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Daniel Mays
2) Des
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The story is about one of the most infamous serial killers in UK history: Dennis Nilsen. Known as the 'kindly killer', Nilsen was an unassuming civil servant who became Britain's most prolific serial killer of the time. The chilling true-crime series delves into Nilsen's emotionally elusive psyche after his arrest in 1983.
3) 1917
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers, Blake's own brother among them.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The Great Fire of London raged for four days in 1666, making over 70,000 of the city's 80,000 inhabitants homeless. From King Charles II and Samuel Pepys to Thomas Farriner, the King's baker, in whose premises the fire began, witness the chaos of a city imploding, and the fear and rumors of treachery that took hold. This drama recreates the chaos of a city imploding, and the fear and rumors of treachery that took hold.
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Hannah, who wears a hearing aid, is forced to go on a vacation, during which she finds a job caring for Josef. Josef is a burn victim on an oil rig who temporarily lost his sight; Hannah's job is to care for Josef until he is stable enough to be transferred.
9) The bank job
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
A small-time crook takes on a bank heist when an old friend offers him an inside track to the vault. Along with his hastily assembled team of low-rung criminals, Terry finds himself deep. Quiet suddenly the group become the target of ruthless mobsters, the police, government officials at the highest level, and even the royal family. Based on the true story of a British princess and a sex scandal.
10) The bank job
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
A small-time crook takes on a bank heist when an old friend offers him an inside track to the vault. Along with his hastily assembled team of low-rung criminals, Terry finds himself deep. Quiet suddenly the group become the target of ruthless mobsters, the police, government officials at the highest level, and even the royal family. Based on the true story of a British princess and a sex scandal.
11) Magpie murders
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A beguiling murder mystery with a solution that will both astonish and shock viewers, the plot revolves around the character Susan Ryeland, an editor who is given an unfinished manuscript of author Alan Conway's latest novel, but has little idea it will change her life.
12) Vera Drake
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Formats
Description
Vera Drake tells of a woman in 1950s England who is devoted to caring for her family, but secretly aids women who want to terminate unwanted pregnancies. When the authorities find her out, Vera's world and family life rapidly unravel.
13) Good omens
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In the beginning and eleven years ago, two immortal beings decide that it might not be time to start an Apocalypse. Having followed the wrong boy for years, Aziraphale and Crowley must now try to locate the whereabouts of the real Antichrist. Perhaps the story of Agnes Nutter and her famous prophecies will hold the answer?
14) 1917
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers, Blake's own brother among them.
15) Good omens
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In the beginning and eleven years ago, two immortal beings decide that it might not be time to start an Apocalypse. Having followed the wrong boy for years, Aziraphale and Crowley must now try to locate the whereabouts of the real Antichrist. Perhaps the story of Agnes Nutter and her famous prophecies will hold the answer?