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Mr Bates v The Post Office (2024) #1524
TV DRAMA
Special
Mr Bates vs. The Post Office: With Toby Jones, Monica Dolan, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Will Mellor. One of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history where hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a defective IT system. |
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Simon Schama's History of Now (2022) #1457
DOCUMENTARY
Special
3x1 hour episodes. Simon Schama reflects on a life in culture - and its enduring power in shaping our world. From The Handmaid's Tale to The Thick of It, how has art defined what matters to us all? 1/3 Truth and Democracy. Simon Schama explores the artists who have fought for truth and democracy in his lifetime. 2/3 Equality. Simon Schama explores the artists who have been at the vanguard of the fight for equality. 3/3 The Price of Plenty. Simon Schama examines how different Americans created visions of the postwar world. |
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The Post (2017) #1300
FILM
Main
Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk. A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between the press and the government. About the 'Pentagon Papers' - prior to the Watergate affair.. |
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Frost/Nixon (2008) #465
FILM
Main
Directed by Ron Howard. With Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Sam Rockwell. A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon. |