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Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn humankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.

When the massive Lawson cattle station lacks an heir, Australia's rival factions see a chance to seize control. The land grabs threaten to destroy the declining dynasty.

In the midst of an international crisis, Kate Wyler, a career diplomat, lands in a high-profile job for which she is not suited, with tectonic implications for her marriage and her political future.

What happened to the women at 10 Rillington Place? The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.

The wartime daily routine on a British bomber base in southeastern England is revealed through the eyes of newly arrived Flying Officer Peter Penrose (Sir John Mills).

The story of how a young Donald Trump started his real-estate business in 1970s and '80s New York with the helping hand of infamous lawyer Roy M. Cohn.

Clive Riordan plans a devilish revenge against his wife's lover.

Need a lawyer? Call Mickey Haller. He runs his law practice out of his Lincoln, and he's ready to hit the gas. Moving through Los Angeles, he takes cases while balancing a private life that includes being a father and having two ex-wives.

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.

A gangster hires a down-and-out press agent to make his airheaded girlfriend a singing star.

The British adventurer and soldier T.E Lawrence is best known for his work with the Arabs during the First World War which helped defeat Germany's ally, Turkey. This1962 British television explores the complex character of Lawrence from childhood to his time in Syria sketching castles and learning arabic as a university student, to work in Iraq as an archaeologist, archival vision of Lawrence's time in the middle east and his own photographs from the First World War. As it was made 27 years after his death, there are many interviews with people who knew him, and excerpts from his diaries. Unlike the 1962 Peter O'Toole movie, Lawrence of Arabia, this documentary covers his post-war life, including his work with the Colonial Office which carved up the middle east and his post war quest to hide from his unwanted fame. Was Lawrence a Saint, charlatan, or just caught up in events that shaped the 21st century?

The story of an RAF fighter squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain.

When a U.S. Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardises the ship, the first officer is urged to consider relieving him of command.

A thief arrested for a jewelry heist initially refuses to give up his accomplices, but he changes his mind after his wife dies under mysterious circumstances.

The story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years rebuilding a 1920 Indian motorcycle, which helped him set the land speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.

An animated documentary promoting of the soundness of strategic aerial bombing in World War II.

The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.

Lawrence and Feisal go to argue for Arab independence at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.

A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate reality where they never existed.

In 1916, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions"; one night during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced.

During a steam engine race, an American airline firm plans to buy a new British passenger plane, but the deal hits trouble when the designer and the daughter of the Airline owner take an instant dislike to each other after a crash.

A fading celebrity takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.

A decades-spanning exploration of a woman's life in Mississippi.

In pursuit of a serial killer, an FBI agent uncovers a series of occult clues that she must solve to end his terrifying killing spree.