A Mug's Game
1996 Β· 50m Β· Drama
Four-part series that studies the personal lives of folk in a remote Scottish fishing village that is coming to terms with rationalisation, and globalisation of its fishing industry.
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2002 Β· β 6.1
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Kidnapped
1979 Β· β 7.1
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Monarch of the Glen
2000 Β· β 7.3
Archie MacDonald, a young restaurateur is called back to his childhood home of Glenbogle where he is told he is the new Laird of Glenbogle.
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Taggart
1983 Β· β 6.4
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1994 Β· β 8.4
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2006 Β· β 7.1
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Deadliest Catch: On Deck
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Forty-foot waves, 700 pound crab pots, freezing temperatures and your mortality staring you in the faceβ¦it's all in a day's work for these modern day prospectors. Each episode shows a little added footage and overlay-ed social media pop-ups from the series "Deadliest Catch".
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Rebus
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Detective series set in and around Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector John Rebus, whose methods earn him the wrath of his superiors, does not hesitate to circumvent the law to enforce it.
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2011 Β· β 6.4
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