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On an ordinary day? at an air show like that in any small town? a plane crashes into a crowd of spectators. After the dust clears? a thirteen-year-old girl named Ava is found huddled beneath the rubble with her best friend? who is injured and bleeding. When Ava places her hands over him? his woun...

The Somme, 1916. James Falconer, once a barrow boy on a London market, stands in the trenches, awaiting the command to go over the top. Away from his business empire in London, he is simply a soldier, war the great leveller. But, unlike his men, and unknown to them, deep down, Falconer doesn't ca...

January 1830, and one of the hardest winters in memory. The prime minister, the Iron Duke, is resisting growing calls for parliamentary reform, provoking scenes of violent unrest in the countryside. Against this backdrop, Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Hervey takes command of his regiment, the 6th Li...

Working Class Boy is a powerful reflection on a traumatic and violent childhood, which fuelled the excess and recklessness that would define, but almost destroy, the rock'n'roll legend. This is the story of how James Swan became Jimmy Barnes. It is a memoir burning with the frustration and frenet...

A soul guitarist who spent eight years playing with James Brown describes what it was like to work under the "Godfather of Soul," his life on the road, and the harsh lessons he learned along the way.

Mary Shields is a moody, acerbic Glaswegian probation officer. Foul-mouthed and kind-hearted, she's one of the best; but it's hard to like the unrepentant clients who have done terrible things, and one day she's going to get fed up and take things a step too far... Liam Macdowall is that step too...

Chris Honeysett's latest assignment is babysitting TV archaeologist Guy Middleton during filming at an aging rock star's mansion near Bath. Seems straightforward enough. It turns out to be anything but. While his brief is to protect Guy from over-eager fans, when the TV presenter starts to receiv...