Lesley Manville
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English
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Joan and Tom (Academy Award® nominee Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson) have been married for many years. An everyday couple with a remarkable love, there is an ease to their relationship which only comes from spending a lifetime together. When Joan is diagnosed with breast cancer, the course of her treatment shines a light on their enduring devotion, as they must find the humor and grace to survive a year of adversity.
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Mum volume 1
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English
Description
It is Cathy's 60th birthday and the family are going for lunch.
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Mum volume 4
Language
English
Description
Kelly and Jason are up early and going on holiday. Michael has had a terrible night and has something he wants to tell Cathy.
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Mum volume 3
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English
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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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Mum volume 3
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English
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Cathy is having a barbecue. Michael hasn't replied to her email and she wants to know why.
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Series
Mum volume 5
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English
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As summer draws to a close, Cathy and Michael see each other for the first time in months. And with Maureen in hospital, Reg anxiously waits for news.
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Series
Mum volume 2
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English
Description
It is Easter Sunday and Cathy and Michael have plans to clear the front room together. Jason and Kelly have got other ideas.
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Mum volume 5
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English
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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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Mum volume 6
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English
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It is New Year's Eve and while Cathy is trying to have a nice little party, Kelly and Jason come back arguing. Michael turns up and as Cathy is trying to sort out Jason and keep her party going, she tries to find the right moment to give him his Christmas present.
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Series
Mum volume 2
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English
Description
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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Mum volume 4
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English
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It is a hot summer's day, and while Kelly and her cousin sunbathe in the garden, Cathy is getting ready to go for lunch with a new, male friend. Michael is taking her and is keen to find out more about this friend.
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Series
Mum volume 1
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English
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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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Mum volume 6
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English
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It is Fireworks Night and Cathy is having a bonfire. As Michael moves on after the death of his mother, Cathy feels she needs to tell him something.
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English
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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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English
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Retired publisher Susan Ryeland is living the good life. She is running a small hotel on a Greek island with her long-term boyfriend Andreas. It should be everything she's always wanted. But is it? And then the Trehearnes come to stay. The strange and mysterious story they tell, about an unfortunate murder that took place on the same day and in the same hotel in which their daughter was married, a picturesque inn on the Suffolk coast named Farlingaye...
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English
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It's the following Thursday. Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He's made a big mistake and he needs her help. His story involves stolen diamonds, a violent mobster and a very real threat to his life. As bodies start piling up, Elizabeth enlists Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron in the hunt for a ruthless murderer. And if they find the diamonds too? Well, wouldn't that be a bonus? But this time they...
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Thursday Murder Club novels volume 1
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English
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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...
18) Phantom thread
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
Set in the glamour of the 1950's post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister Cyril are at the center of the British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock's life until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled...
19) The Firm
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Drama about Bex, an estate agent with an apparently respectable family life, who is also a football hooligan leading of a vicious FIRM of thugs.