Caroline Blakiston

Caroline Blakiston

Caroline Blakiston (born 13 February 1933) is an English actress. Best known for her role in the television comedy series Brass, she has also appeared as Mon Mothma in the science-fiction film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. In the 1960s she appeared in three episodes of The Avengers as well a number of ITC productions such as The Saint and the 1969 Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) episode "Never Trust a Ghost". She appeared to great acclaim as Marjorie Ferrar in the BBC Television adaptation of Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga in 1967. In 1977 she appeared in Raffles as Lady Paulton, and also in Murder Most English as Helen Carobleat. In 1986 Blakiston played the villain Bess Sedgwick, opposite Joan Hickson's Miss Marple, in "At Bertram's Hotel", made by the BBC and shown on the PBS series Mystery in the U.S. She also appeared as Lionel Hardcastle's ex-wife in an episode of As Time Goes By. She and Geoffrey Palmer (Lionel) had previously played estranged spouses a decade earlier in Carla Lane's series The Last Song.

  • Title: Caroline Blakiston
  • Popularity: 4.397
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1933-02-13
  • Place of Birth: Chelsea, London, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Caroline G. Blakiston
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Caroline Blakiston Movies

  • 1983
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    Return of the Jedi

    Return of the Jedi

    7.9 1983 HD

    Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion...

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  • 1978
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    Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

    7.2 1978 HD

    In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both...

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  • 1987
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    The Fourth Protocol

    The Fourth Protocol

    6.253 1987 HD

    Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A...

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  • 1969
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    The Magic Christian

    The Magic Christian

    5.7 1969 HD

    Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be...

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  • 1983
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    Miss A and Miss M

    Miss A and Miss M

    1 1983 HD

    Young Lizzie Cole and her newly widowed mother go to stay in the country at a small guesthouse occupied by spinsters, retired schoolmasters and young...

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  • 1971
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    Sunday Bloody Sunday

    Sunday Bloody Sunday

    6.631 1971 HD

    Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's also...

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  • 1966
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    The Trygon Factor

    The Trygon Factor

    6.4 1966 HD

    A Scotland Yard detective is investigating a string of robberies and a murder, and the information he uncovers leads him to the estate of a wealthy...

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  • 2006
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    Coup!

    Coup!

    1 2006 HD

    Dramatisation of the abortive real-life attempt by Simon Mann to organise a coup to take over Equatorial Guinea in 2004. The case achieved notoriety...

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  • 2018
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    Mary Anning

    Mary Anning

    1 2018 HD

    A woman hunts for fossils and makes a big discovery. But she doesn't get credit again.

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  • 2006
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    Scoop

    Scoop

    6.589 2006 HD

    An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.

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  • 1979
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    Yanks

    Yanks

    6 1979 HD

    During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits...

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  • 2008
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    The Mallen Secret

    The Mallen Secret

    1 2008 HD

    Movie version of The Mallen Secret. Edited together from the episodes of The Mallens.

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  • 1966
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    The Idol

    The Idol

    4.9 1966 HD

    A rebellious student embarks on an affair with the mother of his best friend, leading to disastrous consequences.

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  • 1980
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    The Mallen Curse

    The Mallen Curse

    1 1980 HD

    The fourth and final instalment of the Mallen family saga. Barbara, rejected by Michael, enters into a loveless marriage with a son of the Benshams,...

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  • 1975
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    Knots

    Knots

    2 1975 HD

    A touring company of actors arriving at a theatre, rehearsing and preparing a performance of a revue based on the book 'Knots' by R.D. Laing, devised...

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  • 1978
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    Saturday, Sunday, Monday

    Saturday, Sunday, Monday

    1 1978 HD

    One Saturday evening Rosa Priore is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and their friends. By Sunday afternoon her life and marriage...

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  • 2003
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    The Mallen Streak

    The Mallen Streak

    1 2003 HD

    The first part of the Mallen family saga. Thomas Mallen, the Squire of High Banks Hall, fathers many illegitimate sons, each of whom inherit a...

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  • 2012
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    For Elsie

    For Elsie

    1 2012 HD

    Glenn is a disillusioned piano teacher, who once aspired to be a concert pianist. He is moving back to his parents house and is on the brink of...

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  • 1982
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    Life After Death

    Life After Death

    1 1982 HD

    "We were so close, we loved each other, we made a whole together. I feel cut in half." Meg struggles with the sudden death of her husband.

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  • 1970
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    The Lie

    The Lie

    6 1970 HD

    Ingmar Bergman play looking at the cool and brittle relationship between a successful architect (Frank Finlay) and his academic wife (Gemma Jones)....

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  • 1979
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    The Mallens

    The Mallens

    1 1979 HD

    Adaptation of the Mallen series of novels by Catherine Cookson.

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  • 1978
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    Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man

    Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man

    10 1978 HD

    Drama documentary from 1978 exploring the private feelings of novelist Thomas Hardy through the poems of love and remorse that he wrote after the...

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  • 1997
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    Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

    7.6 1997 HD

    The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his...

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  • 1991
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    Murder Most Horrid

    Murder Most Horrid

    6.6 1991 HD

    A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various characters, as she embarks on a different mystery every...

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  • 1969
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    Department S

    Department S

    4.9 1969 HD

    Department S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The series consists of 28 episodes which originally aired in...

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  • 1979
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    Shoestring

    Shoestring

    6.8 1979 HD

    Shoestring was a BBC television show set in Bristol. It featured a private detective with his own show on Radio West, the local radio station. The...

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  • 1961
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    The Avengers

    The Avengers

    7.7 1961 HD

    The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left...

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  • 1992
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    Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

    7 1992 HD

    Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

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  • 1984
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    Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

    8.1 1984 HD

    Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend...

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  • 1975
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    The Sweeney

    The Sweeney

    7.7 1975 HD

    Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.

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  • 1962
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    The Saint

    The Saint

    7.327 1962 HD

    Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those...

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  • 1986
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    Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

    7.4 1986 HD

    The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a...

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  • 1989
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    Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again

    Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again

    6 1989 HD

    Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again was a 1989 TV mini-series based on the Judith Krantz novel, Till We Meet Again. It starred Mia Sara, Bruce...

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  • 1970
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    Shadows of Fear

    Shadows of Fear

    6 1970 HD

    Anthology series in which characters find themselves in weird and scary situations. Not evoked by the supernatural but by other people.

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  • 1968
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    The Champions

    The Champions

    6 1968 HD

    The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network...

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  • 1984
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    Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

    Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

    5 1984 HD

    Mr Palfrey of Westminster was a British television drama produced by Thames Television, which ran in 1984–85.

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  • 1979
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    The Mallens

    The Mallens

    5 1979 HD

    The Mallens was a popular Granada Television adaptation of Catherine Cookson novels that ran for 13 episodes from 1979-1980.

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  • 1981
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    Private Schulz

    Private Schulz

    5.8 1981 HD

    Private Schulz is a BBC television comedy drama serial set mostly in Germany, during and immediately after World War II. It stars Michael Elphick in...

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  • 1992
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    Rides

    Rides

    6 1992 HD

    Rides is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1992 and 1993. It lasted two series of six episodes each and was made by Warner...

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  • 1983
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    Brass

    Brass

    5.4 1983 HD

    Brass is a British comedy-drama series made by Granada Television for ITV and eventually Channel 4. Set mostly in Utterley, a fictional Lancashire...

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  • 1957
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    Emergency – Ward 10

    Emergency – Ward 10

    5 1957 HD

    Emergency – Ward 10 is a British television series shown on ITV between 1957 and 1967. Like The Grove Family, a series shown by the BBC between...

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  • 1968
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    The Caesars

    The Caesars

    7.8 1968 HD

    The Caesars is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in 1968. Made in black-and-white and written and...

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  • 1981
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    The Last Song

    The Last Song

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1962
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    City Beneath the Sea

    City Beneath the Sea

    6 1962 HD

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  • 1999
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    Sunburn

    Sunburn

    4 1999 HD

    Sunburn is a British television series that followed the lives of a group of British holiday reps. It was broadcast on BBC One between 16 January...

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  • 1977
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    Murder Most English

    Murder Most English

    5.5 1977 HD

    1970s detective series based on the Flaxborough novels by Colin Watson. Starring Anton Rodgers as Detective Inspector Purbright and Christopher...

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  • 2013
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    Father Brown

    Father Brown

    7.5 2013 HD

    Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve...

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  • 1976
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    Laurence Olivier Presents

    Laurence Olivier Presents

    7 1976 HD

    Laurence Olivier Presents is a British television series made by Granada Television which ran from 1976 to 1978. The plays, with the exception of...

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  • 2006
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    The Line of Beauty

    The Line of Beauty

    6.4 2006 HD

    Crawl deep under the skin of Thatcher's Britain, seen through the eyes and experiences of a young, gay man, from the euphoria of falling in love to...

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  • 1985
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    Charters and Caldicott

    Charters and Caldicott

    6 1985 HD

    Charters and Caldicott is a 1985 BBC mystery series featuring the characters Charters and Caldicott from the film The Lady Vanishes. It featured six...

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  • 1987
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    Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel

    Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel

    7.3 1987 HD

    There's a murder at the elegant hotel where Miss Marple is staying and international adventurer Bess Sedgwick is the prime suspect.

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  • 1970
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    Play for Today

    Play for Today

    6.125 1970 HD

    Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

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  • 1970
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    Play for Today

    Play for Today

    6.125 1970 HD

    Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

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  • 1989
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    Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

    8.1 1989 HD

    From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule...

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  • 1977
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    Raffles

    Raffles

    8 1977 HD

    Raffles was a 1977 television adaptation of the A. J. Raffles stories by Ernest William Hornung. The series was produced by Yorkshire Television and...

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  • 1964
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    The Wednesday Play

    The Wednesday Play

    4.5 1964 HD

    The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written...

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  • 1992
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    As Time Goes By

    As Time Goes By

    7.6 1992 HD

    Two lovers are reunited after decades apart following a mutual misunderstanding.

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  • 1992
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    Mulberry

    Mulberry

    7.2 1992 HD

    Mulberry was a fantasy situation comedy airing on BBC One in the early 1990s. The creative team behind the programme included writers John Esmonde...

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  • 1997
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    Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

    7.6 1997 HD

    The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his...

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  • 1997
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    Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

    7.6 1997 HD

    The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his...

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  • 1984
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    Miss Marple

    Miss Marple

    8 1984 HD

    Miss Marple, the spinster detective who is one of the most famous characters created by English crime writer Agatha Christie, is portrayed by Joan...

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  • 2015
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    Poldark

    Poldark

    7.8 2015 HD

    Britain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest - only the bankers are smiling. It's 1783 and Ross...

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