Short Film Showcase
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Short Film Showcase

John Hurt, Adrian Dunbar, and Sally Hawkins are some of the stars in this collection of award-winning short films where love and friendship take the lead.
202210 episodesTV-14
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  1. S1 E1 - The Attendant

    November 20, 2022
    12min
    TV-14
    Frankie (Adrian Dunbar) is a parking attendant with his eye on the future. His friend Cathy is in financial trouble, but as Frankie always says, "Something will turn up!"
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  2. S1 E2 - Love at First Sight

    November 20, 2022
    13min
    TV-14
    Do you believe in love at first sight? When Arthur claps eyes on Ruth, he is left in no doubt. Award-winning actors John Hurt and Phyllida Law star.
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  3. S1 E3 - The Silent Child

    November 20, 2022
    20min
    TV-14
    In this Oscar®-winning film, an overwhelmed family employs a deaf-specialist social worker to help prepare their "broken child," Libby, for the real world.
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  4. S1 E4 - Joey

    November 20, 2022
    15min
    TV-14
    A lonely clown (John Simm) plying his trade in a forgotten seaside resort falls in love and is forced to confront a terrible secret he's been hiding.
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  5. S1 E5 - The Phone Call

    November 20, 2022
    21min
    TV-14
    This Oscar® winner follows Heather (Sally Hawkins), a shy woman employed at a call center who receives a call from a mystery man that will change her life forever.
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  6. S1 E6 - Roy

    November 20, 2022
    15min
    TV-14
    Isolated widower Roy (David Bradley) passes time by cold-calling strangers from the phone book. When he dials an adult hotline worker, an unlikely friendship is born.
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  7. S1 E7 - Little Bird

    November 20, 2022
    10min
    TV-14
    After the women of Great Britain are called upon to aid the war effort, how far will one young woman with a secret go to expand her limited horizons and herself?
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  8. S1 E8 - A Glimpse

    November 20, 2022
    10min
    TV-14
    A busy Londoner's life is sidetracked when an encounter with a spontaneous stranger in a cafe inspires her to take a chance on a more uncertain future.
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  9. S1 E9 - Break

    November 20, 2022
    20min
    TV-14
    Oscar® nominee John Hurt stars in this uniquely lyrical drama about a chance meeting between two young parents and their elderly neighbors that impacts all their lives.
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  10. S1 E10 - Don vs Lightning

    November 20, 2022
    13min
    TV-14
    When Don (Peter Mullan), an elderly Scottish grump, finds himself a victim of multiple lightning strikes, he worries that his quiet life may never be the same again.
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