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Based on George Simenon's classic detective novels and starring Michael Gambon, is equipped with rigorous logic, uncanny judgment of character, and, of course, his signature pipe and fedora. Inspector Maigret relishes the challenge of solving any mystery. Filled with dangerous crimes and elusive characters from the villages of rural France to the alleyways of Montmarte. Brings the most intriguing and complex puzzles from Simenon's anthology to the...
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Based on George Simenon's classic detective novels and starring Michael Gambon, is equipped with rigorous logic, uncanny judgment of character, and, of course, his signature pipe and fedora. Inspector Maigret relishes the challenge of solving any mystery. Filled with dangerous crimes and elusive characters from the villages of rural France to the alleyways of Montmarte. Brings the most intriguing and complex puzzles from Simenon's anthology to the...
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Based on George Simenon's classic detective novels and starring Michael Gambon, is equipped with rigorous logic, uncanny judgment of character, and, of course, his signature pipe and fedora. Inspector Maigret relishes the challenge of solving any mystery. Filled with dangerous crimes and elusive characters from the villages of rural France to the alleyways of Montmarte. Brings the most intriguing and complex puzzles from Simenon's anthology to the...
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Two lone strangers trekking on the road -- a retired Australian policeman with a dog as his only company and a widowed English nurse -- meet each other and embark on an epic odyssey in the outback of northern Australia. Joan is looking for answers about her husband's unusual death and Jack is just wandering to escape his past, but together they encounter mysteries in the dark corners of the isolated landscape.
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When an executive for a global pharmaceutical company, Gumbiner-Fishcher, is found dead in Montreal, his wife Sarah's world is thrown into a tailspin. With the ensuing investigation led by garda Emer Byrne revealing more questions than answers, Sarah suddenly finds herself under suspicion, and her life under surveillance.
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In the picturesque English region of Wildemarsh, Detective Matilda Stone investigates crimes with the aid or, often, meddling of her three mystery-writing aunts, who raised her from childhood. Together, they look into a murder at a health spa, a killing in the contemporary art world, and the theft of an Edgar Allen Poe manuscript. Matilda has decidedly less success with her personal affairs, continuing to pine for Dr. Daniel Lynch even as she begins...
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Special features from the first set of this television program.
Special features: Two retrospective documentaries; outtakes; behind-the-scenes documentary "The Electric Theatre Show," with bonus footage; textless credit sequences; U.S. credit sequences; French credit sequences; cast filmographies
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In Season One, Pearl juggled her commitments to the restaurant the eponymous Whitstable Pearl with her side hustle as a PI. In Season Two, Pearl prioritizes her detective work and transition from being a chef who solves crimes to a full-time investigator who just happens to own a restaurant. Pearl's cases overlap with DCI Mike McGuire's police investigations. Their relationship is charged by a determination to outdo each other, and a fiery mutual...
11) Blood: Series 2
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After a year away from home, disgraced physician Jim Hogan returns to make amends with his family. But when his daughter Fiona's car veers off the road one night, it leads to a disturbing discovery.
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"One of Britain's most thrilling series" (Entertainment Weekly) returns as the elite squad of detectives begin investigating a string of murders with links to the police force. Could the killer be a fellow officer? The case has deeply personal ramifications for the team led by DI David Bradford, involving DS Vivienne Cole's ex-husband and threats to DC Rob Brady's family. As they try to discover if a murderer lurks among their ranks, the detectives...
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In 1920s London, brutal and bloodthirsty murder has stained the plush carpets of a handsome London townhouse. The victim is the glamorous and rich Emily French. All the evidence points to Leonard Vole, a young chancer to whom the heiress left her vast fortune and who ruthlessly took her life. At least, this is the story that Emily's dedicated housekeeper Janet Mcintyre stands by in court. Leonard however, is adamant that his partner, the enigmatic...
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Back from leave in the wake of his wife's unexplained disappearance, DI David Bradford (Hugo Speer) just wanted to embrace his workload as head of London's elite homicide investigation unit. It isn't long before his subordinates start questioning whether he was ready for active duty-or if he knew more about his spouse's fate than he was letting on. Intense, largely ad-libbed procedural from Paul Marquess ("Suspects") co-stars Sharon Small, Bailey...
17) Whitstable Pearl
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Based on the novels by Julie Wassmer, this mystery series follows big-hearted restaurant owner Pearl Nolan, who sets up a local detective agency in the English seaside town of Whitstable after undergoing police training in an earlier career. She's joined by Detective Mike McGuire, who comes from London to investigate a case.
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Veteran DI David Bradford heads an elite murder squad, but he's been on leave following the unexplained disappearance of his wife. In his absence, ambitious DS Vivienne Cole has been leading the investigations, and when Bradford returns to work, the two clash over their methods. Despite the tension, Bradford and Cole strive to solve complex crimes. The only case David can't crack is the most personal to him until one of their investigations uncovers...
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Actor Martin Clunes, star of the hit TV series Doc Martin, is on a quest to discover the islands of Australia. There are over 8,000 to choose from, and in this three-part series Martin, an avid nature and animal lover with infectious excitement as a host, visits sixteen of the best. They are a cross-section that express the diversity, history, and challenges of life on island Down Under.