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A series of murders takes place that seem to have a pattern. The police apparently overlook the pattern, so the women start investigating themselves.

The Singing Detective is a BBC television miniseries written by Dennis Potter, which stars Michael Gambon, and was directed by Jon Amiel. The six episodes were "Skin", "Heat", "Lovely Days", "Clues", "Pitter Patter" and "Who Done It". The serial was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 in 1986 on Sunday nights at 8pm from 16 November to 21 December with later PBS and cable television showings in the United States. It won a Peabody Award in 1989. It ranks 20th on the British Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes, as voted by industry professionals in 2000. It was included in the 1992 Dennis Potter retrospective at the Museum of Television & Radio and became a permanent addition to the Museum's collections in New York and Los Angeles. There was co-production funding from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was released on DVD in the US on 15 April 2003[1] and in the UK on 8 March 2004.

The documentary concerned the history of jazz music in the United States, from its origins at the turn of the 20th century to the present day. It was narrated by Keith David, and featured interviews with present-day musicians and critics such as trumpeter Wynton Marsalis (also the artistic director and co-producer of Jazz) and critics Gary Giddins and Stanley Crouch. Music critic and African American historian Gerald Early was also a consultant. Broadcaster and producer Phil Schaap was interviewed briefly. Jazz was the longest jazz documentary yet produced, and it was rich in musical examples and classic, rare and unseen footage.

If you think you know North America, you can think again. In this unforgettable television event, Discovery Channel turns the lens toward its homeland and captures a land where life collides with hostile, untamed wilderness in the most diverse, deadly environment on Earth.

Roots is a 1977 American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's work Roots: The Saga of an American Family.

The Civil War is a documentary film created by Ken Burns about the American Civil War. It was first broadcast on PBS on five consecutive nights from Sunday, September 23 to Thursday, September 27, 1990.

Top of the Lake follows a detective (Elisabeth Moss) investigating the disappearance of a pregnant 12-year-old girl. * Elisabeth Moss won a Golden Globe Award (2014) for "Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie". * Top of the Lake received two 2014 Golden Globe Nominations, "Best Miniseries or TV Movie" and "Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie" (Elisabeth Moss).

Elaine Barrish, a former First Lady and current Secretary of State, finds herself recently divorced, and must deal with State Department issues while trying to keep her family together.

Mildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing mother during the Great Depression who finds herself separated from her husband, opening a restaurant of her own and falling in love with a new man, all the while trying to earn her narcissistic daughter's love and respect.

It's the true American story of a legendary family feud-one that spanned decades and nearly launched a war between Kentucky and West Virginia. Hatfields & McCoys, a three-part miniseries, showcases an all-star cast led by Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton. It chronicles a clash of clans that inspired passion, vengeance, courage, sacrifice, crimes and accusations, while forever transforming the two families and the region they lived in.

While the term "miniseries" had not yet been coined at the time, Disney's Davy Crockett was the first miniseries in the history or television. Davy Crockett was a 5 part animated series that played out over the course of a year.

Labyrinth is a two part, four-hour mini series on The CW. It is an adaption of the Kate Mosse best-seller. Labyrinth will jump back and forth between modern and medieval France to show the lives of two women who, despite being separated by centuries, are united in their search for the Holy Grail.

A rookie cop is obsessed with tracking down the killer of a 15-year-old girl, who she hunts over the course of 28 years.

The plot revolves around the families of two sisters; Maggie Geyser and Evelyn Hale. The Geysers are southern farmers from Charlottesville, Virginia. The Hales own a small newspaper in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Geysers are generally indifferent to the issue of slavery but are sympathetic to the Southern cause. The lone exception in the family is son John, an artistic young man who becomes sympathetic to the plight of southern slaves and free blacks. The Hales are pro-Union and anti-slavery, but like many northerners at the time they hope for a peaceful solution to the nation's problems.

The story centers on the friendship of two adventurers, Bill Haskell and Byron Epstein, as they travel west during the Klondike Gold Rush. Along the way they "must navigate harsh conditions, unpredictable weather and desperate, dangerous characters," including mill owner Belinda Mulrooney and aspiring writer Jack London.

The founder and temperamental artistic director of the American Ballet Company, Paul Grayson (Ben Daniels) is determined to make it rank among the world's best artistic institutions. As the company's aging prima ballerina, Kiira (Irina Dvorovenko) struggles with an injury, Grayson believes the company's saving grace is Claire Robbins (Sarah Hay), a ballet dancer with a troubled past, whose inner torment drives her in compelling, unforeseeable ways. The series explores the dysfunction and glamour of the ballet world. * 2016 Golden Globe Nominee - Best Television Limited Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television * 2016 Golden Globe Nominee - Sarah Hay - Best Performance By An Actress In A Limited Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television