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  • Sense & Sensibility

    Sense & Sensibility

    Sense is correct judgment. Sensibility is quickness of emotion. Two sisters with wildly different proportions of each throw their hearts into the search for true love in Andrew Davies' adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel. Hattie Morahan is Elinor Dashwood, Charity Wakefield is her impulsive sister Marianne, and Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) is Edward Ferrars.

  • The Shadow in the North (The Sally Lockhart Mysteries)

    The Shadow in the North (The Sally Lockhart Mysteries)

    Billie Piper (Mansfield Park) reprises her role as feisty young sleuth Sally Lockhart, based on the novels by Philip Pullman. A magician, a clairvoyant, and a sinister plot set Sally Lockhart on the trail of an evil far more awful than she could ever imagine. Also starring JJ Feild (Northanger Abbey).

  • Sharpe's Challenge

    Sharpe's Challenge

    War weary Colonel Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean, The Lord of the Rings) leaves retirement to search for his missing old friend amidst rebellious forces in British India. Padma Lakshmi (Top Chef) stars in this tale of intrigue and seduction, based on characters created by novelist Bernard Corwell.

  • Sharpe's Peril

    Sharpe's Peril

    Colonel Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean, The Lord of the Rings) has one last mission before returning to England: escorting a beautiful but spoiled young woman (Beatrice Rosen, 2012) across central India's 600 perilous miles of hostile territory with his comrade-in-arms and their ragtag troops.

  • Sherlock, Season 1

    Sherlock, Season 1

    Sherlock, the world's foremost consulting detective (Benedict Cumberbatch, The Last Enemy, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), and the beleaguered Dr. John Watson (Martin Freeman, The Hobbit, The Office UK) stalk again in Season 1's thrilling episodes, A Study in Pink, The Blind Banker, and The Great Game.

  • Sherlock, Season 2

    Sherlock, Season 2

    The dynamic, if dysfunctional duo of Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch, The Last Enemy, War Horse) and Dr. John Watson (Martin Freeman, The Hobbit), battles the worst of 21st- century London, including a tech savvy arch-villain who wants to rule the world and a hound from the hinges of Hell.

  • Small Island

    Small Island

    When a young, ambitious Jamaican woman moves to gritty post-war London in search of a better life, she finds that the "Mother Country" is not quite the land of opportunity she had imagined. Starring Naomie Harris (Pirates of the Caribbean), Ruth Wilson (Jane Eyre), and Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock, The Last Enemy). Based on Andrea Levy's award-winning novel.

  • The Song of Lunch

    The Song of Lunch

    What could possibly go wrong when two ex-lovers meet for lunch at their favorite haunt from years before? Lots. Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility) and Alan Rickman (Harry Potter) take that risk in this funny, bittersweet drama, adapted from Christopher Reid’s narrative poem.

  • South Riding

    South Riding

    Anna Maxwell Martin (Bleak House) is a feisty young headmistress campaigning for change and avoiding love in Depression-era Yorkshire. David Morrissey (Sense & Sensibility) and Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey) also star in Andrew Davis' adaptation of Winifred Holtby's classic novel.

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