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Meryl Streep portrays Margaret Thatcher, who became the first and only female Prime Minister of England. The Iron Lady is the surprisingly intimate journey of a "common" grocer's daughter whose social ambition and steel will propelled her to unprecedented power in a world dominated by men.

"The King's Speech" presents a sideways glance at a crucial period in 20th-century history--as the monumentally awkward Prince Albert, or Bertie, becomes King George VI unexpectedly in 1936 when his older brother Edward VIII abdicates to marry American divorc�ee Wallis Simpson. In imperial Britain between the wars, that was problem enough, but Bertie suffered from a chronic stammer that made his public appearances painful for everyone. In an age...

Cadfael, a Benedictine monk at an abbey in Middle Ages Shrewsbury, solves crimes and murders. In this episode a young monk who falls in love with a beautiful widow is found cruelly bludgeoned to death. Cadfael's investigations lead to another murder.

At Shrewsbury in 1138, Brother Cadfael has medication for all ills except poison.

Cadfael, a Benedictine monk at an abbey in Middle Ages Shrewsbury, uses his keen intuition to solve crimes and murders.

Cadfael is called upon to bury 94 rebel soldiers. The ceremony is disrupted when Cadfael finds one corpse too many, and no one is above suspicion as he hunts for the murderer.

Brother Cadfael investigates the disappearance of Baron Huon de Domville who mysteriously rides off alone into the night on the eve of his wedding and is never seen alive again.

After failing to have his marriage to Katherine annulled, Henry appoints himself the head of the Church of England. Anne Boleyn insists that Henry remove the Queen from the picture. A royal visit to France finally prompts Anne to consummate her relationship with Henry. After failed attempts to have his marriage annulled, Henry's patience finally wears out and he marries Anne in secret. The king and new queen are disappointed that their first child...

Henry, now forty-five, marries Jane Seymour. Jane helps to reconcile Mary with her father, but only after Mary signs a paper admitting that she is illegitimate. Jane gives birth to a son, but dies shortly thereafter. Devastated by Jane's death, Henry locks himself away, drawing fantasy palaces, with caustic court jester Will Sommers as his sole companion, and much more.