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Television shows based on British novels
Black Narcissus
Himalayas, 1934. A remote clifftop palace once known as the ‘House of Women’ holds many dark secrets. When the young nuns of St. Faith attempt to establish a mission there, its haunting mysteries awak...
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Nancherrow
The basic story involves Loveday's struggle to keep the estate Nancherrow in the family after the death of her father.
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Age Before Beauty
Bel, after spending the past 18 years as a homemaker, steps in to save the family business in a failing family run beauty salon in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. Family feuds and bitter rivalries, pro...
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Labyrinth
Jumping back and forth between modern and medieval France, the lives of two women separated by centuries, are united in their search for an ancient artifact.
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The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids is a BBC miniseries adaptation of John Wyndham's novel of the same name. The novel had previously been adapted by the BBC in a 1981 miniseries.
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Wide Sargasso Sea
Dramatisation of Jean Rhys's novel set in 19th-century Jamaica. The tragic story of the first Mrs Rochester from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre centres on an arranged marriage between a white Creole hei...
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Casino Royale
American spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss LeChiffre while monitoring his actions.
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The Queen and I
A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and assets, and forces them to live on a rundown council estate.
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The War of the Worlds
In Edwardian England, George and his partner Amy attempt to defy society and start a life together as they face the escalating terror of an alien invasion, fighting for their lives against an enemy be...
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Game On
Game On is a coming-of-age stoner comedy that follows gamers Regina, Mac, and Warren as they struggle to find a way to save the game store they operate, or else find themselves forced to abandon their...
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