Deep in the heart of the English countryside lies the enchanting village of Gladbury. Legend has it every 25 years an angel visits the village candlemaker and touches a single candle. Whoever lights this candle receives a miracle on Christmas Eve. But in 1890, at the dawn of the electric age, this centuries old legend may come to an end.

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This documentary marks the end of the epic tale of Inspector Morse, the iconic Oxford detective celebrated the world over. From the original Inspector Morse (1987-2000), through to the spin off ‘Lewis’ in (2006-2015) and after ten years, the series ‘Endeavour’, which explores the detective’s back story in 1960s Britain, the story of Inspector Morse is finally coming to an end.
Featuring interviews with all the main cast members, we explore the huge global appeal of this Oxford universe of crime.
We go behind the scenes during the filming of the last series of ‘Endeavour’ as they tie together over six decades of interconnecting plots.
Actress Abigail Thaw, daughter of original Morse star John Thaw reveals how she became a regular member of the ‘Endeavour’ cast.
Lead ‘Endeavour’ star Shaun Evans explores the journey he’s taken from bringing the origins of the detective to life to his more recent challenges directing episodes of the series.
Original Morse star ‘Kevin Whately’ reflects on the huge effect the hit detective series has had on his career.
And as the series comes to an end all the cast and crew of ‘Endeavour’ reflect on the rich appeal of this series set in 60s Britain as they bring this epic story to an end.
Narrated by Barbara Flynn.

UK television series from 2002–2003

2007 British television series directed by Simon Curtis and Steve Hudson

Five leading British actresses play the Queen at pivotal times in her life, as this ground-breaking series examines Britain's social history through key events in her reign.

Morse and Lewis investigate the death of Nicholas Quinn, a hard of hearing Oxford examiner who had recently complained to his superior that others in the examination syndicate were selling secrets. Quinn died of cyanide poisoning but Morse is convinced that this is a case of murder, not suicide. When a second prominent member of the syndicate is killed, Morse looks to the other members for the murderer. What he finds is a maze of deceit and office adultery.

Dr. Edmund Bickleigh is married to a particularly overbearing woman who reminds him at every turn that he is living in her house. But the good doctor has outside interests to help him cope: many of the town's female population seems to have had intimate relations with him. When a new arrival to town becomes involved romantically with Edmund, he decides maybe it was time his wife wasn't around much longer. He puts in place a plan to become free to remarry -- after all he has a cabinet full of lethal (and mostly legal) drugs on hand. But it's an old lover that proves his savior, at least for a short time.

1932年12月的一个清晨，即将成为新娘的桃丽躲在卧室里发愁，因为她知道即将发生的婚礼不会一帆风顺。去年夏天她在度假时爱上了另一位青年约瑟夫，这位情人正在赶往这里，而新娘的母亲（伊丽莎白.麦高文《美国往事》《唐顿庄园》饰）势必会恼怒。可怜的新娘陷入感情漩涡，这场婚礼将会如何收尾呢？豪华的服装、美丽的英格兰乡村、盛大的传统英伦婚礼，一部洋溢着轻松愉快、幽默浪漫的温馨影片。

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Keeley Hawes narrates this five-part series examining the extraordinary impact that costume and period drama has had on television history over the last 50 years.
1/5. The Greatest Stories Ever Told.
Cynics dismiss the genre as a threadbare parade of bonnets, frilly shirts and cliches, but costume drama is subject to trends, too. Mind you, Jane Austen has ruled the roost for a while now, costume drama is a whimsical beast. It all began with a bow, arrow and foot-tapping jingle in The Adventures of Robin Hood in 1955. Then came adultery in The Forsyte Saga, posttraumatic stress in Upstairs, Downstairs and risque Romans in I Claudius. Part one selects the best of the bunch, while the stars reminisce about their time in togas and stays.
2/5. The Stars. This episode explores how costume dramas created stars out of the leading men and women who appeared in them. Featuring interviews with Sean Bean, Juliet Aubrey, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons, Billie Piper, Dorian Healy and Alex Kingston.
3/5. Affairs Of The Heart. Many of your favorite shows are shown including BBC's Pride and Prejudice from 1995,the Sharpe series, and more recent series like Cranford.
4/5. Picture Perfect. This episode revisits some of the genre's most beautiful and evocative settings--from the Castle Howard of Brideshead Revisited to the Cornwall of Poldark--and reveals the tools which allowed programme makers to recreate the past. Interviews include Anthony Andrews, Simon Williams, Alex Kingston, Barbara Flynn, Bill Paterson, John Hurt, Derek Jacobi, Hans Matheson and Charity Wakefield.
5/5. A Call To Arms. The final part explores the epic and adventurous side of period dramas.

Tina and Sean are two of societies rejects. Tina hates her parents and has moved out, living in a squat. Sean stutters badly except when he sings or is angry, which is the case most of the time. They meet in a pub one night and become, in Tina's words, just like Bonnie and Clyde. They first murder a local loan shark but then set their sights on one of the detectives looking for them. Fitz brings his insight to the case but continues his testy relationship with the the police. His home life is still in a shambles. He very much wants his wife to move back in with him, but she will only agree if he joins Gamblers Anonymous. There is also a growing sexual tension between Fitz and Detective Penhaligon, which is obvious to both of them.

Fitz, Penhaligon and the other officers at Anson Road C.I.D. attend Jimmy Beck’s funeral. Fitz meets Beck’s sister who asks him how her brother had gone so badly wrong. It turns out that Beck had talked about Fitz constantly when he rang home and his sister wanted to put a face to a “friend”. Penhaligon causes a scene at the wake when she gets very drunk. Fitz calls her a taxi and turns down her offer to go back to her house and sleep with her. Bill Preece/Nash, a 17 year old boy who is living in a children’s care home, breaks into the factory where he is doing work experience and is found by the foreman, Stuart Grady. There is an unspoken but palpable chemistry between the two and Grady lets Bill sleep on the floor in his flat. When Grady’s landlady, Mrs. Franklin finds Bill in the flat the next morning, she assumes that he is a rent boy and threatens to call the police. Grady is so distressed that Bill stabs Mrs. Franklin to stop Grady from being unhappy. She is only wounded and Grady has to deliver the fatal blow to prevent his friend from going to prison. Before they can leave the flat, Mr. Franklin comes home and finds his dying wife in the cellar trying to get out. He falls down into the cellar with her where he is later found by the police and charged with his wife’s murder. Grady is questioned by DC Alan Temple and tells him that Bill is his son. Fitz concludes that Mr. Franklin does not have the courage or strength to commit murder and that they are looking for two killers. However, he mistakenly assumes that it is a man and a woman team. Fitz’s home life is still extremely torrid since Judith seems to be going through postnatal depression following the birth of their son. She is also being increasingly drawn to Fitz’s brother as a source of comfort.

After having sex with a prostitute, David Harvey kills her when he finds he is unable to pay and she threatens to tell his wife. The case becomes complicated however when a second prostitute is killed and the forensic evidence indicates that it was the same killer. Only problem is that Harvey was in custody at the time of the second killing. Fitz is convinced that Harvey killed the first woman and that an accomplice did the second to cast doubt on his guilt. DS Jimmy Beck returns to work after four months sick leave, still haunted by his role in DI Bilborough's death and continuing to deny that he raped Jane Penhaligon. Fitz's mother dies and he has to deal with the guilt of being a less than attentive son.

ITV六集新剧《德雷尔一家》根据Gerald Durrell的回忆录三部曲改编，故事发生在上世纪三十年代（1935年），Louisa Durrell（Keeley Hawes）身无分文，但她需要养活四个孩子（其中有几个已经成年）。她丈夫几年前去世了，她的一切都偏离了轨道：丈夫留下的积蓄已被花光，家庭面临严重经济压力，孩子们一个个全都不争气。为了让生活重新开始，她决定举家搬迁到希腊西北沿海的科孚岛（Corfu），但这家人仍然面临诸多挑战……因为一个女人在那个年代实在没有多少养家糊口的手段。与此同时，并非所有家人都赞成她的决定，一场家庭内战随即爆发。更糟糕的是，他们发现当时的科孚岛甚至还没有通电。和伦敦这种大都会相比，这里简直就是「原始社会」。但这里的生活费用很低，而且风景美如天堂，要想重建这个家庭，没有哪里比这里更合适了。

该剧改编自Elizabeth Gaskell的同名遗作。
《锦绣佳人》在英国传媒奖中拿下最佳戏剧及最佳女演员两项大奖。
Molly（贾斯蒂恩·瓦戴尔 Justine Waddell 饰）和父亲（比尔·帕特森 Bill Paterson 饰）相依为命多年，Molly渐渐长成如花的少女，父亲担心她谈恋爱，于是送她去拜访老友。Molly不在家的期间，父亲却突然闪电结婚，家中多了一个继母（弗兰西丝卡·安妮丝 Francesca Annis 饰）和姐姐Cynthia（凯莉·霍威 Keeley Hawes 饰）让Molly很难适应，尤其是继母对她诸多限制，好在Cynthia美丽又率真，Molly立刻和她结成好友，Cynthia所到之处都有很多男士败倒在她的石榴裙下，没想到Molly暗恋的意中人也对Cynthia一网情深。心碎的Molly努力掩饰她的失落，却发现继母和 Cynthia似乎隐藏着一段不为人知的过去......

Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved children's book "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", struggles for love, happiness and success.

本片拍摄于2003年，改编自阿加莎·克里斯蒂的同名原著作品，为大卫·苏切特主演的“大侦探波罗”电视系列剧中的一集，讲述了一桩发生在一个特别地点的特别案件：尼罗河上的一艘游艇中，一位不幸的女士被枪杀，船上每一个人都可能是凶手，可谁是？谁不是？波罗正在紧张地思索……