John Benfield

When an American human rights lawyer is assassinated in Belfast, it remains for the man's girlfriend, as well as a tough, no nonsense, police detective to find the truth (imdb)

Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor play working class brothers who dream of better things than their respective mechanic and restaurant jobs. Hard-drinking Terry (Farrell) has a weakness for gambling, while brother Ian (McGregor) hankers for the finer things when he starts dating a very ambitious actress (Hayley Atwell). Fate deals a hand when their rich American uncle (Tom Wilkinson) slinks into London with a murderous proposition.

A British satire on the beginning of WWIII.

Based on the true story of A. R. Cikatilo, also known as the monster of Rostov. A. R. Evilenko is a serial killer who killed and ate more than 50 children in old Soviet Republic. (imdb)

This British thriller stars Daniel Newman as Tom, a male prostitute with a troubled past who finds himself sucked into a seedy underworld by George Norris (Mark McGann), a supervillain with a sadistic streak. Tom becomes desperate to escape the vicious circle of blood money, vice and ruthless violence, but there seems no way out ... until fate suddenly gives him a glimmer of hope. (netflix.com)

A female police detective investigates a series of serial murders while dealing with sexist hostility from her male comrades.

Jane Tennison's investigation of a murder is complicated with the unexpected participation of her secret lover in her detective unit.

Assigned to a Vice squad, Detective Jane Tennison investigates a child murder and discovers a sinister link to the police.

Tennison orchestrates a search for an abducted baby, but events take a turn for the worst when personal emotions cause complications.

A series of brutal sex murders disturbingly similar to the pattern of Jane Tennison's first major case leads to the awful suggestion that she may have caught the wrong man the first time.

2 Henry VI focuses on the King's inability to quell the bickering of his nobles, the death of his trusted adviser Duke Humphrey of Gloucester, the rise of the Duke of York and the inevitability of armed conflict. As such, the play culminates with the opening battle of the War, the First Battle of St Albans. (wikipedia)

3 Henry VI deals primarily with the horrors of that conflict, as the once ordered nation is thrown into chaos and barbarism as families break down and moral codes are subverted in the pursuit of revenge and power. (wikipedia)

A younger boy falls in love with a tragic girl who flirts with, and manipulates her older suitors in 1800's Russia. (imdb)

Recently orphaned in America, teenager David Roberts must spend the summer with grumpy maternal grandfather Adam MacAdam, whom he never met, on his sheep-farm on the Isle of Man. Both long for the end of the summer, having nothing in common but their love for dogs, notably Adam's precious champion sheepdog Bob. David strikes a friendship with Maggie, the sassy daughter of friendly neighbor Keith Moore, but Adam hates that family on account of an old canine competition-related tragedy. Other neig (imdb)

An Angel for May follows a modern boy living in Yorkshire, England who cross through a brick wall leading directly into the early 1940's. Tom looks very strange to Sam Wheeler, who owns the property on which Tom landed. Sam, who lives with his adult daughter, Alison, also provides shelter for a traumatized waif named May. May, who had been buried under the rubble when her entire family was killed in a bombing raid, sleeps with the dog outside and refuses to come inside the house even for meals. (Allmovie)

Drama-documentary about divorce in 18th-century England, including three dramatised accounts of divorce and inteviews with historians. (explore.bfi.org.uk)

Half-hour stories with many themes, including; horror, twists, black-magic, sci.-fi. .... Introduced by a puppet called "The Crypt Keeper". A cross between the "Twilight Zone" and modern horror movies. Not suitable for the very young or squeamish. (imdb)

Spender was one of the more remarkable TV detectives of the 1990s. The series featured a large amount of back story for the main characters with many episodes dealing with Spender's domestic life, his family and circumstances. Some of the storylines were surprisingly dark; one episode featured the death of Spender's wife at the hands of a ruthless gangster, another on the kidnap of one of his daughters. (en.wikipedia.org)

Three retired police officers are drafted in to solve cold cases, with a touch of comedy and drama (imdb)

A surreal sitcom set mainly in a flat in Chelsea, London Sean Hughes spends much of his time talking to the "audience" and coping with a variety of strange visitors. (phill.co.uk)

Only one week to go before the marriage of Howard and Mel which quickly escalates into the week from Hell. The series follows the bumbling Howard as he lurches from one appallingly embarrassing disaster to the next in the week leading up to his wedding. (imdb)

Comedy sketch show