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An orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.

Harry Potter lives his second year at Hogwarts with Ron and Hermione when a message on the wall announces that the legendary Chamber of Secrets has been opened. The trio soon realize that, to save the school, it will take a lot of courage.

Set in 1950s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.

The 1960s lives and adventures of the police constabulary, medical staff, and residents of Ashfordly and Aidensfield.

The early life of Queen Victoria, from her ascension to the throne at the tender age of 18 to her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert.

In 1897 Transylvania, the blood-drinking Count draws his plans against Victorian London.

A rebellious Malibu princess is sent off to a strict English boarding school by her father. Unwilling to accept the strict regime, she decides to misbehave, in the hope of being dismissed from school.

The trials and misadventures of the staff of a country veterinary office in Yorkshire from the 1930s to the 1950s.

A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - a story of young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times.

A seemingly ordinary family actually has a dark secret: they are vampires. They choose not to drink blood despite their natural cravings, but their truth is revealed one day.

Set in the 1960s, this British medical drama follows the staff and patients of St Aidan's Royal Free Hospital.

Seven British construction workers escape Britain's ever-growing dole queues and travel to Germany to work on a site in Düsseldorf. Follow their trials and tribulations of working away from home and away from the women they left behind.

In 1933, retired detective Hercule Poirot is targeted by a taunting killer who sends letters signed "ABC", which Poirot must decode in order to discover the identity of the murderer.

The platonic relationship between artist Dora Carrington and writer Lytton Strachey in the early twentieth century.

A pair of literary sleuths unearth the amorous secret of two Victorian poets only to find themselves falling under a passionate spell.

A crusty barrister oversees difficult criminal cases while dealing with the demands of his family life.

The true story of Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition to the South Pole, and his epic struggle to lead his twenty-eight man crew to safety after his ship was crushed in the pack ice.

The vampire count leaves his Transylvanian home to wreak havoc across the world.

It tells the story of Gandhi's earliest days and his days as a lawyer, showing the lesser known stories of his life that played an important role in shaping him into a Mahatma.

The story of a young veterinarian's apprenticeship to a somewhat eccentric older vet in the English countryside, and the young man's hesitating courtship of the daughter of a local farmer.

Based on the novel novel by Jane Rogers, the series follows the stories of seven young women who came to live and serve in the household of 19th century cult leader John Wroe.

After their home life is turned upside down, three children and the family's donkeys escape across the backbone of Northern England, confronting both the harsh landscapes and what it means to be siblings.

99% of those who carried out the murders in the Holocaust were never prosecuted. Why not?

An eccentric seaman puts together an equally eccentric crew with the idea of sailing from northern England to the Artic along the path of Captain Scoresby, a 1791 sea captain.

The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the run, and a pregnant young girl and her boyfriend missing from home.