Lesley Sharp
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English
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In the United States today, the human body defines a lucrative site of reusable parts, ranging from whole organs to minuscule and even microscopic tissues. Although the medical practices that enable the transfer of parts from one body to another most certainly relieve suffering and extend lives, they have also irrevocably altered perceptions of the cultural values assigned to the body. Organ transfer is rich terrain to investigate; especially in the...
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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All eight episodes from the second series of the ITV detective drama. Suranne Jones and Lesley Sharp star as two homicide detectives working for the Greater Manchester Major Incident Team. As Janet Scott (Sharp) and Rachel Bailey (Jones) investigate a string of macabre crimes across the city, they must also face up to some harsh truths in their own personal lives.
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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This season Janet and Rachel deal with the brutal murders of two men. At the same time, Janet splits with her husband and struggles to run her family without his support. Rachel is invited to work on a high profile case with her boss DCI Gill Murray. Elsewhere, Rachel's wayward brother turns up on her doorstep. Can Rachel trust him?
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Battle-scarred from their conflict, Rachel and Janet decide to move forward with focus and honesty. But when they both pass the promotion board with flying colours, it falls to Gill to choose who stays on as Sergeant at Syndicate 9, and their newfound harmony is threatened. Rachel's self-doubt sees her struggle with balancing her ambition with a new relationship, which may just be the best she's ever had. Meanwhile, Janet's home life throws up some...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Rachel Bailey and Janet Scott are back for another season. Upon stepping into the position of acting DI, Rachel senses the growing divide amongst her team. With Janet preoccupied by the arrest of her daughter and unable to advise on the situation, the two are left struggling to refocus on the horrific case at hand, the sinister world of Darknet.
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English
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From UK bestselling author Gillian McAllister comes an astonishing, compulsively twisty psychological thriller about a mother who witnesses her teenage son stab a man and then seizes on an unconventional way to try to save him. Can you stop a murder after it's already happened? Late October. After midnight. You're waiting up for your seventeen-year-old son. He's late. As you watch from the window, he emerges, and you realize he isn't alone: he's walking...
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English
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The detectives investigate the murder of a wealthy man whose double life left him vulnerable to exploitation. Away from work, Rachel's recent moment of indiscretion threatens to come back to haunt her when a confused Sean takes a phone call from her one-night stand.
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English
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The discovery of slaves on the Pritchard farm has turned a murder inquiry into a huge, multi-agency investigation. Under investigation for the crash, a devastated Janet finds solace in Chris's calm reasoning. When an incandescent Evie Pritchard smells alcohol on DCI Gill Murray's breath, she has all the ammunition she needs to discredit both the investigation and Gill.
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English
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Syndicate 9's new Sergeant is thrown in the deep end with a historical missing person's case. Their biggest challenge is to hide their contempt for the poor police work that hampered the original investigation. Janet keeps Gill's secret but shares another secret with Rachel. And when Mandy Sweeting's body is discovered, 23 years after she went missing, the new Sergeant takes on huge proportions.
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English
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Retrospective episode set immediately after the events of season two. Rachel faces further accusations of masterminding the fatal attack on ex-lover Nick and finds comfort in the arms of ever-faithful Sean, agreeing to marry him. The detectives also investigate the case of a businessman suspected of murdering a tramp.
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Gill introduces her new sergeant to Will Pemberton, an ambitious detective superintendent on his way to the top. Unbeknownst to her, Rachel and Will have been enjoying a passionate yet discreet affair. The case of the week involves the murder of a woman in a Manchester hotel. With only a necklace and the name Lola to go on, Syndicate 9 try to piece together her last known movements.
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English
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Janet is unnerved to discover that DSI Dodson cannot ignore her concerns about Gill's drinking. Just as Rachel feels as if she is getting to grips with the job, she makes a fatal error that puts Janet and Chris in danger. When a man's body is found wedged between rocks on the moors with nothing to identify him, a road block is set up and an appeal put out.