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The Story of Film: An Odyssey Season 1 Episode 5
Mark Cousins explores how the trauma of war led to more daring creations for cinema, focusing on the darkening of American film and the drama of the McCarthy years. Screenwriters Paul Schrader and Robert Towne discuss the era and Stanley Donen – director of Singin’ in the Rain – talks about his career.
Cosmos
Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson provides clarity for the vision of the cosmos as he voyages across the universe with never-before-told stories that delve into the scientific concepts of the…
Hostages
The night before a high profile operation on the PM, the surgeon due to perform the procedure is surprised at her family home by four masked men. The gang quickly…
Once Upon a Time
There is a town in Maine where every story book character you’ve ever known is trapped between two worlds, victims of a powerful curse. Only one knows the truth and…
Spy/Master
During the height of the Cold War, Victor Godeanu, the right-hand man and closest advisor to Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, and secret agent for the KGB, must escape Romania and…
Reacher
Jack Reacher, a veteran military police investigator, has just recently entered civilian life. Reacher is a drifter, carrying no phone and the barest of essentials as he travels the country…
Revolution
One day, electricity just stopped working and the world was suddenly thrust back into the dark ages. Now, 15 years later, a young woman’s life is dramatically changed when a…
ONE PIECE
With his straw hat and ragtag crew, young pirate Monkey D. Luffy goes on an epic voyage for treasure.
In the Flesh
Thousands of dead people have risen from their graves and nearly destroyed Britain. A cure has been found – but can the treated zombies be rehabilitated back into living society?
The Andy Warhol Diaries
After he’s shot in 1968, Andy Warhol begins documenting his life and feelings. Those diaries, and this series, reveal the secrets behind his persona.
Platonic
A platonic pair of former best friends approaching midlife reconnect after a long rift. The duo’s friendship becomes more consuming—and destabilizes their lives in a hilarious way.
Sleepy Hollow
Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.
Severance
Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a…
The Consultant
After an unspeakable tragedy at CompWare, a games studio based in downtown Los Angeles, a mysterious consultant, Regus Patoff, blows into town and takes charge.
The Tourist
When a man wakes up in the Australian outback with no memory, he must use the few clues he has to discover his identity before his past catches up with…
What If…?
Taking inspiration from the comic books of the same name, each episode of this animated anthology series questions, revisits and twists classic Marvel Cinematic moments.
Clarkson’s Farm
Follow Jeremy Clarkson as he embarks on his latest adventure, farming. The man who on several occasions claims to be allergic to manual labour takes on the most manually labour…
BEEF
A road rage incident between two strangers — a failing contractor and an unfulfilled entrepreneur — sparks a feud that brings out their darkest impulses.
Taali
Based on the life of Transgender activist Gauri Sawant. Her daring transformation, incredible mootherhood and iconic battle that led to the inclusion of third gender on every official document in…
Baskets
Chip Baskets wants to follow his dream of being a French clown—however, reality keeps interfering. Saddled with financial difficulties and facing an impenetrable language barrier, he moves back home to…
Loki
After stealing the Tesseract during the events of “Avengers: Endgame,” an alternate version of Loki is brought to the mysterious Time Variance Authority, a bureaucratic organization that exists outside of…
Titans
A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman’s first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.