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81) Top of the lake
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A pregnant 12 year-old girl who won't reveal who the father is, walks chest deep into the freezing waters of a New Zealand lake and disappears. Robin Griffin is called in to investigate and becomes more and more obsessed. As she searches, she slowly begins to realize that finding the girl is tantamount to finding herself, a self she has kept well hidden. A powerful and haunting story about our search for happiness, where the dream of paradise attracts...
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A comedy-folk singing duo that spotlights the personal and professional lives of the duo whose career choices, singing satirical and sometimes dirty songs, leaves them with little in common with their peers, and no one but each other to turn to for support and understanding.
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Sometimes a challenge feels too big! Sometimes a clue seems too small! But when it comes to the power of reading, the story is, of course, just right! In the fun-filled adventure, Whyatt makes a mess in his brother Jack's room, and Jack is not happy! Can Whyatt uncover how to fix things with Jack?
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"July 1945. While African American GIs wait for transport home, racial tensions run high at the army base in Hastings -- particularly when a black American serviceman becomes romantically involved with a white local woman. Then a series of nighttime holdups adds to the town's concerns and leaves Foyle puzzled"--Container.
90) Birdsong
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Birdsong is the story of Stephen Wraysford, a young Englishman who arrives in Amiens in Northern France to stay with the Azaire family and falls desperately in love with Isabelle Azaire. They begin an illicit and all-consuming affair, but the relationship falters. Years later, Stephen finds himself serving on the Western Front in the very area where he experienced his great love. He must learn to endure the ravages of war and make peace with his feelings...
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Childhood sweethearts Alan and Celia, both widowed and in their 70s, fall for each other all over again when they are reunited on the internet after nearly 60 years. Their relationship is a celebratory tale of the power of love at any age. But this is also a story about family, and with family comes baggage. Celia's respectable, head teacher daughter Caroline is juggling bringing up two boys and dealing with her husband's infidelity, while Alan's...
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Will Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks and Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbott ever get their relationship together? Or will three wrenching crimes and the investigation of Detective Investigator Helen Morton keep them forever out of sync? Welcome back to the his crime series set in a bucolic Yorkshire town, where you would never expect social workers to abduct a your boy ... never imagine finding a murdered journalist in a holiday chalet ... never...
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When three best friends from Los Angeles unexpectedly find themselves in Cleveland, they are thrilled to discover they're hot! Loving their new home, the women find themselves living under one roof and battling a feisty, quick-witted caretaker. Bonus features include the original full-length pilot, bloopers, behind-the-scenes, set tour, and Victoria's Japanese 'Lady Pants' commercial!
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Beetlejuice, the wild 'ghost with the most' from the 'Neitherworld' and his mortal best friend Lydia, a young, perky, Goth girl from a sleepy Connecticut town, go on wacky adventures in the land of the dead which is filled with kooky characters and madcap monsters at every turn. Features eight Halloween-themed episodes.
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Tells the comedic story of ageing partners Freddie and Stuart, two men who have lived together in their Covent Garden flat for nearly 50 years. Freddie was a budding actor and Stuart worked in a bar when they first met, but their careers are pretty much over and their lives now consist of entertaining their frequent guests, making sure that their aged dog Balthazar is still breathing, and hurling caustic insults at each other.
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Gumball's world is pretty run-of-the-mill. He's chased around school by a T-Rex. He has a friend named Anton who's a piece of toast. He's got a crush on Penny, a peanut with antlers. His dad is a 6'4" bunny. His mom works at a Rainbow Factory. And his brother is a goldfish named Darwin. Yup, everything looks perfectly normal here.
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"Meet Martin Ellingham, an eminent physician with a nasty disposition. Forced to give up his career as a London surgeon after developing a fear of blood, he takes a job as GP in the sleepy Cornish village of Portwenn. His irascible manner and permanent scowl soon have the town in an uproar; he insults each patient he sees and offends nearly everyone else. The only person who's glad to see him is his aunt Joan."--sleeve.
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America's favorite back-stabbing bar owners are at it again in the outrageously over-the-top Season Eight of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia! Join the gang at Paddy's Pub for more disagreements, divisiveness, debauchery and depravity as Charlie and Dee find love among Philadelphia's high society, and Dennis crashes his ex-wife's wedding. Frank loses his memory - and his mind - in a hopeless search for lost treasure, and insanity ensues when the...
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Join us as we return to Cretacia, where our four little dino heroes Rocky, Tiny, Bill, and Mazu are as brave and inseparable as ever. And they're off on new adventures! Whether running, flying, or singing, these four friends are always exploring brand-new corners of Cretacia and making cool discoveries. But will they ever learn the secrets of their new and mysterious friend, Gigantosaurus, the most terrifying of all the dinos in Cretacia? One thing's...