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In The Widow episode 5 & 6, Georgia (Kate Beckinsale) finds Pieter Bello (Bart Fouche), and Martin (Charles Dance) and Ariel (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson) search for the Flight 19 bomber

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In The Widow episode 3 and 4, Georgia (Kate Beckinsale) starts resorting to extreme measures to find the frightening Pieter Bello (Bart Fouche)

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In ITV's The Widow, Kate Beckinsale (playing Georgia) flies to the Congo after seeing evidence that her husband may have survived a tragic plane crash

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From Killing Eve writer Rob Williams comes The Victim, the BBC's latest investigative drama that asks difficult questions about a child murder. Starring Kelly Macdonald and John Hannah

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In The Bay, ITV have brought us enticing twists, intriguing characters, and visually absorbing settings. Here's why you should watch it

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In Ben is Back, Julia Roberts plays Holly Burns, mother to recovering drug addict Ben (Lucas Hedges). But after coming home for Christmas, Ben's dark past catches up with him

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Nordic folklore is combined with grisly crimes in a Swedish genre-bender Border, based on the writings of John Ajvide Lindqvist

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From influential director Asghar Farhadi and starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, Everybody Knows is a fine-tuned family drama that sometimes falls flat

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In the Cleaning Up finale, Sam (Sheridan Smith) is losing control and her persona 'Nancy' starts to evaporate. Her plans fall apart, but she's not giving up

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In Pure episode 2, Marnie (Charly Clive) still struggles with her sexually intrusive OCD, but tries to find herself through Charlie (Joe Cole), a recovering porn addict

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In Cleaning Up episode five, Sam (Sheridan Smith) starts to enjoy her persona 'Nancy' a little too much – which may prove to be her downfall

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In True Detective episode 5, 1990 Wayne (Mahershala Ali) is getting closer to finding the truth and so is 2015 Wayne. The latter seeks an old friend for help

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In Pure, Channel 4's new sex-infused comedy-drama, Marnie (Charly Clive) suffers an especially intrusive form of OCD. She hops on a coach to London in the hope of finding answers

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In Cleaning Up episode 4, Sam (Sheridan Smith) has to delve into her conning talents to support her new alter-ego. But now, there's a greater risk of 'Nancy' being revealed

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In True Detective episode four, the season reaches its halfway point and Wayne (Mahershala Ali) is close to finding answers

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In episode three of ITV's Sheridan Smith drama Cleaning Up, Sam is moving deeper into the world of insider trading – even creating a fake persona to get ahead

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In episode 3 of True Detective, the Purcell case is reopened in 1990 – causing Detective Roland (Stephen Dorff) to seek out Wayne (Mahershala Ali)

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Episode 2 of ITV's new Sheridan Smith drama Cleaning Up raises the stakes and Sam's life starts to crumble. She needs to get better, otherwise she'll lose everything

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In True Detective season 3, Mahershala Ali plays Wayne, a retired detective with dementia. He has to explore his fading memories to solve a case that's burdened him since 1980

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Part comedy, part social drama, part heist thriller. Sheridan Smith stars in this new, genre-clashing ITV series Cleaning Up

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Cleaning Up, the upcoming comedy-drama from ITV, looks like a fun but emotional journey into insider trading. We attended a Q&A for the show with Sheridan Smith and others

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Innocence and experience jostle in Shoplifters, a beautiful, alchemical family drama from Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda who snapped up the Palme d'Or at Cannes

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A directorial debut from actor Paul Dano and starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan, Wildlife is a stripped-back drama about being reckless in your quietest moments

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From the producers of The Night Manager, a new le Carré series storms onto the BBC: The Little Drummer Girl

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A revenge story of cosmic proportions from visionary director Panos Cosmatos featuring a career-defining performance from Nicolas Cage, Mandy has us holding on to our seat

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Bradley Cooper directs and stars alongside Lady Gaga for the fourth iteration of this story – but everything about A Star Is Born still feels alive and essential

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Gaspar Noé returns with Climax, another piece of provocation, blending sex, drugs and faux-philosophical musings

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A fresh new interpretation of the legendary collection of tales

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Vinay Patel's love story spans seven decades and three continents in An Adventure at Bush Theatre

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The latest film from UK-based Polish director Paweł Pawlikowski, Cold War is a chilling black-and-white melodic odyssey through Communist Europe, Paris and beyond

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Bigger hair, bigger outfits, bigger stakes: the gritty porn drama The Deuce from creator of The Wire returns

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Henry Cavill, Angela Bassett and Vanessa Kirby join Tom Cruise for Mission: Impossible — Fallout, the stunning sixth instalment of the action film series