Brenda Blethyn

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.

British series set in a seaside town cafe follows the strong, if sometimes volatile, friendship between owner Kate (the multiple award-winning Brenda Blethyn) and asylum-seeking African doctor Koji (Jimmy Akingbola, Bel-Air).

British sitcom set in a seaside town cafe follows the strong, if sometimes volatile, friendship between owner Kate (the multiple award-winning Brenda Blethyn) and asylum-seeking African doctor Koji (played in Series 2 by Okorie Chukwu, Luther).

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.

Brad Pitt and Craig Sheffer (Nightbreed) star in this gentle nostalgia-driven Robert Redford drama about two brothers growing up into adulthood in 1920s Montana.

After the death of her father, Little Voice or LV becomes a virtual recluse, never going out and hardly ever saying a word...

Animated adaptation of Raymond Briggs’ award-winning graphic memoir of his parents’ lives, featuring the voice of Jim Broadbent.

Oscar-nominated Ian McEwan adaptation directed by Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice) starring Keira Knightley, James MacAvoy, Saoirse Ronan and Vanessa Redgrave.

Keira Knightley is the spirited Elizabeth Bennet and Matthew Macfadyen is the wealthy Mr. Darcy in this Jane Austen adaptation, the directorial debut from Joe Wright (who would go on to direct Atonement, Hanna and Anna Karenina).

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.

Family adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic book. Anjelica Huston stars as the Grand High Witch.

Made redundant after years in a shipyard & still grieving over the drowning of his son decades ago, Glaswegian granddad Frank (Mullan) devises a dubious plan

Romantic comedy taking a look at Welsh small town life, centred around competing funeral homes. Stars Naomi Watts, Alfred Molina and Christopher Walken.