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- 20122h 40m8.6 (380)TV MovieDirectorMarianne ElliottScott GrahamSteven HoggettStarsLuke TreadawayNiamh CusackPaul RitterChristopher has an extraordinary brain - exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. When his neighbour's dog is murdered, he ventures on a frightening journey that upturns his world.
- DirectorSimon StoneTony Grech-SmithStarsBillie PiperJohn MacmillanBrendan CowellThe extraordinary Billie Piper plays Her, a woman driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child. Simon Stone creates a radical new production of Lorca's achingly powerful masterpiece.
- DirectorNick WickhamStarsKate DuchêneChukwudi IwujiÉva MagyarHedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon and the relationship is already in trouble. Trapped but determined, Hedda tries to control those around her, only to see her own world unravel.
- DirectorJames MacDonaldTim Van SomerenStarsImogen PootsImelda StauntonConleth HillAn older couple drags a young couple into their intense arguments and abuse after accidentally inviting them to their house.
- DirectorBenedict AndrewsNick WickhamStarsGillian AndersonClare BurtLachele CarlAs Blanche's fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace - but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski.
- DirectorMatthew DunsterRoss MacGibbonStarsJosef DaviesJames DrydenJohnny FlynnLocal hangman Harry is unaware of the recent abolition of hanging in Great Britain, and everyone, including his old assistant Syd, and the peculiar Mooney, are just dying to hear Harry's reaction to the news.
- DirectorDominic CookeTim Van SomerenStarsImelda StauntonGary RaymondTracie BennettThe former Weismann's Follies girls return to their old theatre one last time. At the core of the story are two married couples on the brink of collapse. As the night goes on, egos are unleashed, lies are exposed, and secrets are revealed.
- DirectorNicholas HytnerTony Grech-SmithStarsBen WhishawMichelle FairleyDavid MorrisseyCaesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat's popularity, the educated elite conspire to bring him down. After his assassination, civil war erupts on the streets of Rome.
- DirectorLyndsey TurnerRobin LoughStarsBenedict CumberbatchCiarán HindsSian BrookeHamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his Uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans his revenge.
- DirectorJosie RourkeTim Van SomerenStarsRochenda SandallMark StanleyDwane WalcottCaius Martius Coriolanus is a war hero, banished from his home, seeking to come back.
- DirectorSimon GodwinTony Grech-SmithStarsRalph FiennesSophie OkonedoTim McMullanCaesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war-torn empire the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony have fallen fiercely in love.
- DirectorCarrie CracknellMatthew AmosStarsVanessa KirbyEric Kofi AbrefaThalissa TeixeiraWild and newly single, Julie throws a late night party, which rapidly descends into a savage fight for survival.
- DirectorJonathan MunbyRoss MacGibbonStarsIan McKellenSinéad CusackDanny WebbTwo aging fathers - one a King, one his courtier - reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, and their worlds crumble.
- DirectorMelly StillStarsDavid AjalaGaye BrownGary CarrA parallel world, 1860. Two teenagers thrown together by a tsunami. One wears next to nothing, the other a long white dress. Neither speaks the others language, but somehow they must learn to survive and forge a new nation.
- DirectorRobert IckeRhodri HuwIlinca RadulianStarsAndrew ScottJuliet StevensonJessica Brown FindlayHamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
- DirectorRob AshfordKenneth BranaghBenjamin CaronStarsRichard MaddenLily JamesDerek JacobiTwo teenagers fall in love, but their feuding families and fate itself cause the relationship to end in tragedy.
- DirectorNick WickhamStarsJude LawChukwudi IwujiHalina ReijnA drifter falls for a married woman at road side diner and the two plot to kill her husband.
- DirectorDavid LeveauxTim Van SomerenStarsJoshua McGuireDaniel RadcliffeDavid HaigAgainst the backdrop of Hamlet, two hapless minor characters, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, take centre stage.
- DirectorMichael LonghurstTim Van SomerenStarsLucian MsamatiAdam GillenKarla CromeWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young prodigy, arrives in Vienna, the music capital of the world - and he's determined to make a splash.
- DirectorIvo van HoveNick WickhamStarsEmun ElliottPhoebe FoxMichael GouldIn Brooklyn, longshoreman Eddie Carbone welcomes his Sicilian cousins to the land of freedom. But when one of them falls for his beautiful niece, they discover that freedom comes at a price.
- DirectorScott ElliotDavid HornStarsTaissa FarmigaEd HarrisAmy MadiganLive theatrical production of Sam Shepard's play about a grandson who brings his girlfriend home to meet his family and uncovers the destructive nature of dark family secrets.
- DirectorRob AshfordKenneth BranaghBenjamin CaronStarsMiranda RaisonPierre AtriJaygann AyehA jealous King jeopardizes his family, friendships, and succession.
- DirectorRob AshfordBenjamin CaronStarsLauren AlexandraKenneth BranaghPhil DunsterSet against the backdrop of post-war Britain, John Osbornes modern classic conjures the seedy glamor of the old music halls for an explosive examination of public masks and private torment.
- DirectorNeil ArmfieldRobin LoughStarsSian BrookeOwen FindlayAlex HassellPauline Gibson has spent her life as a doctor, the inspiring leader of a local health campaign. When she crosses paths with her old boyfriend, a stalwart loyalist in Labour Party politics, she's faced with an agonising decision.
- DirectorDanny BoyleTim Van SomerenStarsJonny Lee MillerBenedict CumberbatchAndreea PaduraruChildlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein's bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the Creature determines to track down his creator.