Lesley Manville
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It is Cathy's first Valentine's Day since she lost her husband. Her brother Derek comes round to keep her company but his partner Pauline wishes that she was anywhere else. Cathy's son Jason has some surprising news for her and when Michael turns up unannounced he's concerned to find that Cathy has received a Valentine's card.
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It is the morning of Cathy's husband's funeral and her family gather at the house to wait for the funeral cars. Battling her brother's partner and meeting her son's new and over-enthusiastic girlfriend Kelly, Cathy prepares herself for a day of great emotion with help from her friend Michael.
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Cathy's family visit to help her clear out her garage, her brother and his partner turning up fresh from a game of golf where they've made friends with a millionaire. Kelly's mum comes round to take an old fridge and Cathy sees a new side to her. Michael helps out too and faces a decision.
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It is early in the morning and Cathy is trying to get ready for work. Jason has an interview for a job in Australia and Kelly is upset that she might have to move there. After a heavy night out with Derek, Michael finds himself on Cathy's sofa with a secret to keep from Cathy.
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A young orphan girl happens to come across a book about hypnosis, and pretty soon she's hypnotized her way onto a London show and become rich and famous. But when she attracts the attention of a crook who wants the book for himself, she must figure out how to outwit him.
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"In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves The Thursday Murder Club. There's Red Ron, the infamous former socialist firebrand, still causing trouble; gentle Joyce, widowed, pining for another resident, but surely not as innocent as she seems; Ibrahim, a former therapist who understands the darker side of human nature; and Elizabeth? Well, no one...
15) Painted lady
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After a failed suicide attempt Maggie Sheridan is taken in by Sir Charles Stafford and his son Sebastian.
16) Maleficent
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A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces a battle with the invading king's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom, and perhaps to Maleficent's true happiness...
17) Magpie murders
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A beguiling murder mystery with a solution that will both astonish and shock viewers, the plot revolves around the character Susan Ryeland, an editor who is given an unfinished manuscript of author Alan Conway₂s latest novel, but has little idea it will change her life.
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Summer 1939. Harry, a translator at the British Embassy in Warsaw, is falling in love with Polish waitress Kasia. When German tanks roll into Poland, and Britain declares war on Germany, Harry and Kasia face terrible choices. With her life in grave danger, can Harry help her, and if he can, how will he ever explain himself to Lois Bennett, the girl he left behind in Manchester?
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Maleficent travels to a grand old castle to celebrate young Aurora's upcoming wedding to Prince Phillip. While there, she meets Aurora's future mother-in-law -- a conniving queen who hatches a devious plot to destroy the land's fairies. Hoping to stop her, Maleficent joins forces with a seasoned warrior and a group of outcasts to battle the queen and her powerful army.