Monthly Archiv: May, 2025

Requiem COMPLETE S01

Requiem COMPLETE S01

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6712390

In 1994, a toddler disappeared from a small Welsh village, never to be seen again. 23 years later, in London, the mother of rising cello star Matilda Gray commits suicide, without apparent reason. Among her possessions, Matilda discovers tantalising evidence, linking her mother to the Welsh girl’s disappearance all those years ago. And so grief stricken Matilda travels to Wales, determined to find out who she really is, even if it means unraveling her own identity. In the process, she uncovers long buried secrets in this remote community – including one secret more bizarre, terrifying and dangerous than anything she could have imagined: Dark otherworldly forces are gathering – they have been waiting many years for Matilda to return. If every life is a story, then for most of us, it’s our parents who write the opening chapters. They record and remember our early childhoods as we cannot, acting as trusted witnesses to our lives. But what if you discovered that your parent had lied to …

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Supply & Demand COMPLETE mini-series

Supply & Demand COMPLETE mini-series

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127395/

The first series of the Manchester-set police drama written by Lynda La Plante, comprising one feature-length double episode. DI Harrington (Ade Sapara) is a Cambridge-educated, play-by-the-rules cop, being groomed for command in the police force. Meanwhile, DS Jake Brown (Eamonn Walker) is a tough and streetwise cop, brilliant at undercover work in the drug trade. When chance throws Harrington an opportunity to break one of Manchester’s biggest drug rings by going undercover himself, it’s up to Jake to make sure that Harrington doesn’t blow the case – or their covers. But Harrington begins to discover more than he wanted to know about himself, and he may be in danger of going too far…

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Scruples COMPLETE mini series

Scruples COMPLETE mini series

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080270/

The soap-operatic story follows the fortunes of three ambitious youngish people: Billy, secretary and then wife to an older zillionaire, whose death frees Billy to start up a Beverly Hills boutique ("Scruples") and to pursue the pretentious and manly but commercially woebegone film director Vito Orsini. Meanwhile, Valentine, a French would-be fashion designer, and Spider, a parking lot attendant/photographer/stud, struggle up the ladder, become buddies and put off a romance that seems inevitable despite their difference in height. After Valentine and Spider become Billy’s employees, they team up to navigate a number of speed bumps on the road to happiness.

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