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"After 25 years in the force, Detective Inspector Henry Crabbe has lost his appetite for the job. He plans to take early retirement and open his dream restaurant, Pie in the Sky. But his accountant wife, Margaret, doesn't think the numbers add up. And his boss, ACC Fisher needs him around to handle those delicate cases at which he excels. Although craving retirement, Crabbe discovers that crime solving can be just as hard to resist as his signature...
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One of the best-selling authors of all time, Georges Simenon is most famous for his more than 100 novels and short stories featuring Chief Inspector Maigret of the Paris police. Concerned more with "why" than "who" Maigret's profound perception of the realities of human behavior and extraordinary psychological insight make him one of fiction's most interesting and unique sleuths.
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Carrie Mathison, a brilliant but volatile CIA agent, suspects that a rescued American POW may not be what he seems. Is Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody a war hero or an Al Qaeda sleeper agent plotting a spectacular terrorist attack on U.S. soil? Following her instincts, Mathison will risk everything to uncover the truth - her reputation, her career, and even her sanity.
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The town of no return: When four special agents disappear, the Avengers uncover a conspiracy of merchants who are set to take over all of Britain. The gravediggers: When a fault develops in the nation's radar system Emma and Steed uncover a plot to weaken Britain's defense. The cybernauts: Emma and Steed are pitted against cybernetic assassins in this first episode ever shown on American television.
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Death at bargain prices: Emma goes undercover in a department store in order to determine the fate of a colleague. Castle de'ath: Emma and Steed fight against ruthless entrepreneurs at a medieval chamber of horrors. The master minds: the Avengers outwit the master minds when they go undercover at a school for intellectuals.
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Dial a deadly number: The Avengers investigate a new device called a "Bleeper", designed to help millionaire businessmen keep in touch, but used by an unscrupulous entrepreneur to "reach out and kill someone." Man-eater of Surrey Green: When a man-eating intergalactic artichoke transplants a slew of eminent horticulturalists, Steed and Emma stalk the pernicious pod and cultivate a plan to uproot the wily weed. Two's a crowd: When Russian agents employ...
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In Never, never say die, walking corpses and radio-controlled computer men provide the clues to catch a maniac savant attempting to secure the patent on eternal life. In Epic, Emma becomes the unwilling star of a personal cinematic nightmare called "The Destruction of Emma Peel." Well ahead of its time, as usual, this episode of The Avengers introduces the horrific concept of "snuff films" to American audiences. In The Superlative seven, seven of...
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The Living dead: Steed finds a mine of information-- and Emma goes underground. A haunted chapel provides the first clue to an underground (literally!) effort to conquer all of Britain. The correct way to kill: Steed changes partners-- and Emma joins the enemy. Even multiple Steed replicas cannot prevent The Avengers from putting paid to a secrets-for-sale entrepreneur. The hidden tiger: Steed hunts a big cat-- and Emma is badly scratehed. The Avengers...
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In The see-through man Steed Makes a bomb-and Emma is put to sleep. When an enemy agent purchases a secret "invisibility" formula, it takes the perceptive Avengers to see through his plans. In The bird who knew too much Steed fancies pigeons-- and Emma gets the bird. When a villain uses carrier pigeons and political parrots to feather his nest, the Avengers race to clip his wings. In The winged avenger Steed goes bird watching-- and Emma does a comic...
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From Venus with love: Steed is shot full of holes-- and Emma sees stars. Have the scotty boffins at the British Venusian Society cocked up a killer of a conspiracy? Look for the famous "Emmapeeler." The fear merchants: Steed puts out a light-- and Emma takes fright. When fear becomes a business asset, the fearless Avengers brave the bureaucracy and downsize the wages of sin. Escape in time: Steed visits the barber-- 23 medieval stocks.
15) Bancroft
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Everyone has a secret. A dark and compelling thriller centering on Detective Superintendent Elizabeth Bancroft, a female detective with an explosive secret.
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Dr. Jacob Hood is a brilliant biophysicist and special science advisor to the government investigating scientific crises and oddities-- everything from cloning to cryogenics. With absolute jurisdiction and a resolve to apprehend those abusing and misuing scientific discoveries and breakthroughs for their own gain, he's called in as the last line of defense.
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