Emilia Fox
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"Dr. Nikki Alexander and the team of forensic pathologists and scientists at the Lyell Centre investigate intriguing new cases: a body falling from the top of a skyscraper, a people trafficking operation, a suspicious death at a festival, a train crash, and corrupt police officers. The cases that end up at the Lyell Centre are rarely straightforward. Initial suspicions are challenged as the evidence mounts and Nikki ad the team must work harder than...
43) Acres & acres
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Based on the best-selling novel by St. John Greene, the film is a heartwarming story of a woman with cancer who makes a list of memories to help her husband raise their sons after she is gone.
44) The pianist
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Based on the memoirs of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew, who was a brilliant pianist. He watched as his family was shipped off to Nazi labor camps. He managed to escape and lived for years in the ruins of Warsaw, hiding from the Nazis.
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"When a new crime scene looks like the carbon copy of a case from her past, forensic pathologist Dr. Nikki Alexander hunts for clues to the connection before the evidence gets too hot to handle. Nikki and her London colleagues, Doctors Thomas Chamberlain and Jack Hodgson, [use] their better-late-than-never efforts to pry secrets from victims' remains and catch the killers. Did a gunman target a family of picnickers on purpose, or shoot at random?...
46) The Virgin Queen
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"A riveting drama that explores the fascinating 44-year-reign of Elizabeth I, from her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror, through her great love affair with Robert Dudley into her years of triumph over the Spanish Armada, and finally her last, enigmatic relationship with her young protégé, the Earl of Essex. Vulnerable and imperious, passionate and unreachable, forever torn between duty and personal longing, the reign of...
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The most autobiographical of Dickens' works, David Copperfield often echoes the writer's own life. It tells a moving story of David's journey from birth to maturity, a journey which inextricably links his life with some of Dickens' most colorful and extraordinary families.
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What do a people-smuggler, a photogenic young schoolteacher, a missing teenager, and a father/son pair have in common? Alas, their remains are the most reliable witnesses of how they died, and, if they were murdered, who killed them. Following grisly clues, Dr. Nikki Alexander and her team of forensic pathologists delve into London₂s illegal immigrant community, a toxic media storm, families camped on a riverbank, a shocking car accident and international...
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"Dr. Nikki Alexander and the team at the Lyell Centre must solve five more thrilling mysteries. A body in the concrete pillar of a car park. A downed plane. Scientific research gone wrong. The cases that end up at the Lyell Centre are rarely straightforward. Initial suspicions are challenged as the evidence mounts, and Nikki and the team must work harder than ever to find the truth"--Container.
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"The drama returns opening in Liverpool with an assassination attempt and Sam Ryan calling on the team with a plea for help seventeen years after leaving the Lyell. Sam seeks to usher in democratic health care, but the shooting of the Health Secretary and Sam's husband pulls Dr. Nikki Alexander, Jack Hodgson and Simone Tyler into a world of duplicity, intrigue and betrayal. When the credibility of DNA testing is challenged, the bedrock of forensic...
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"Still reeling from the sudden death of Dr. Thomas Chamberlain and the shock departure of colleague Clarissa Mullery, Nikki and colleague Jack Hodgson return to the Lyell Centre. A case at a high-security prison stirs disturbing memories for Nikki. New recruit Adam causes friction with his impetuous desire to impress. The Lyell team help to solve the murder of a promising young boxer, as Jack's family pressures come to a head and Nikki suspects a...
54) The Wipers Times
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It's 1916 and British Captain Fred Roberts and his detachment discover an abandoned printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium. Roberts has an idea, he will produce a newspaper to raise the spirits of his soldiers, taking their minds off 'the attentions of Messrs Hun and Co.' They call it The Wipers Times, after the army slang for Ypres, and fill it with spoofs, jokes, and subversive comedy. A hit with the troops on the Western Front, it also incurs...
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"Unfairly accused of making a serious error in court, London forensic pathologist Dr. Nikki Alexander defends herself and leads her team in five more brutal cases. What's the connection between a dead medical researcher covered with mysterious puncture marks, and a billionaire scientist? Where's the rest of the body that belongs to the part recovered in a Brighton dump? Who killed a transgender man, and can the team find crucial evidence fast enough...
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The crackling sexual currents in London University's forensic pathology department flow in new directions in five gripping, two-part episodes of the award-winning BBC crime drama. Will Harry's affair with a former colleague cloud his judgment when her husband is murdered? Will Nikki's affair with a South African businessman keep her in Cape Town? Tangled passions and deceit end in a pool of blood for the wife of a wealthy banker, and in women's murders...
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"[The team] discover bizarre truths about victims' final moments -- from a woman's horrific encounter that only DNA analysis can untangle, to the cosmetic clinic that produced to-die-for results for a pregnant client. When an assassin poses a US diplomat's body for a macabre photo opportunity, London forensic pathologist Dr. Nikki Alexander and her expert team wrestle with the FBI and top US officials to uncover a shocking secret. What's behind the...
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Even London University₂s dedicated team of forensic pathologists may not always uncover the deadly truth in time to catch sex-traffickers, serial killers, suburban murderers, rogue prison officers, and psychotic manipulators. Harry, Leo, and Nikki use every resource they have, from DNA and computer graphic imaging to criminal profiling and facial reconstruction, often putting their lives at risk as they work to identify victims and discover how...
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Dead bodies speak the shocking truth to London University's team of forensic pathologists. A horrific murder may be more than Nikki can bear. A gruesome case in Sheffield puts a strain on Leo's relationship with Janet. And the death of a pregnant prostitute in Budapest holds dire consequences for Harry and his lover, Anna. How to explain the second bullet in the skull of an apparent suicide victim who witnessed a murder in Afghanistan?