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Based on Georges Simenon's classic detective novels, Michael Gambon stars as Jules Maigret, a sleuth equipped with rigorous logic, uncanny judgment of character, and a signature pipe and fedora. Inspector Maigret relishes the challenge of solving any mystery. Filled with dangerous crimes and elusive characters from the villages of rural France to the alleyways of Montmarte, this series brings the most intriguing and complex puzzles from Simenon's...

The Minotaur was a creature that was a monstrous half-man, half-bull imprisoned in Daedalus's labyrinth. Crete gave birth to Europe's first civilization nearly 5,000 years ago. Then it collapsed in fire and violence. Many questions have arisen from the society and Hughes is following in the footsteps of famed archaeologists to find startling new insights into the Minoan culture. Fresh evidence excaved from sites all over Crete offers tantalizing clues...

Recorded talks by Joseph Campbell near the end of his life where he explains what he has learned in life.

Episode 1. The Doc finds his return to London delayed by the birth of his son, and then again by some sad news. Meanwhile he butts heads with his replacement, a newly-qualified doctor whose diagnoses he doesn't agree with.... Episode 2. The Doc's Aunt Ruth arrives for the funeral and learns that she has inherited the farm while the Doc finds out that one of the pall bearers isn't up to the job and that Aunt Ruth may well have some medical problems...

The killings at badger's drift: An elderly woman dies suddenly after witnessing something unsettling in the woods. Written in blood: A bestselling novelist is found beaten to death the morning after attending a meeting of a writers circle. Death of a hollow man: A murder victim is discovered in a lake near where Barnaby is rehearsing for an amateur theatrical production. Faithful unto death: The beautiful wife of a wealthy businessman has disappeared...

Jimmy Rose is a career criminal newly free after twelve years in prison. Greeted with cold disdain from his wife, Jackie, Jimmy decides to stick to the terms of his parole: hold down a job and stay right in the eyes of the law. But when he finds out that his beloved granddaughter, Ellie, ran away and is now a drug addict, Jimmy will risk everything to bring her home.

Scenery of Sicily shot in high-definition video from a helicopter-mounted camera. Includes Cefalu, Términi Imerese, Palermo, Marsala, Siracusa, Catania, and more.

Before the hit television series, the same characters appeared in three feature-length adaptations of Maureen Jennings's beloved novels. In gritty 1890s Toronto, Detective William Murdoch uses new forensic techniques to solve the murders of a young chambermaid, a colleague on the force, and a backstreet abortionist.

Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd arrives on assignment in Brokenwood, a small town where memories--and animosities--run deep. He's an experienced cop with a 1971 "classic" car, a collection of country music cassettes, and an indeterminate number of ex-wives. The new woman in his life is his assistant, Detective Constable Kristin Sims a by-the-book investigator nearly twenty years younger than her boss's car, who quickly has to get used to his lone-wolf...

Author and Oxford University professor Marcus du Sautoy sets out to solve mathematical mysteries in an engaging and accessible BBC documentary. Du Sautoy travels from Chartres Cathedral to Grand Central Station in search of the mysterious hidden code that can unlock the very laws of the universe.