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When notorius serial killer Joe Carroll (Purefoy) escapes from death row and embarks on a new killing spree, the FBI calls former agent Ryan Hardy (Bacon), who captured Carroll nine years earlier, after Carroll murdered 14 female students on a collage campus where he taught liter...ature. Carroll was communicating with a network of killers from prison - and there's no telling how many additonal killers are out there.
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Christopher Ellison reprises his role as Frank Burnside, one of The Bill's best-loved characters, in this grittier, post-watershed spin-off, first aired in 2000. Having built his reputation on good detective work combined with his unique approach of putting suspects' heads down t...he toilet and making their lives hell Burnside is back on familiar form heading a crack unit in the National Crime Squad, Britain's equivalent of the FBI. In a series of hard-hitting investigations tackling big-league villains old adversary Ronnie Buchan topping his list rough diamond Burnside is joined by Dave Summers, a suave graduate who sometimes finds his boss's methods dubious, and the feisty Sam Philips, a wild-child with an instinctive flair for police work. His colleagues may be younger, fitter and trained in modern techniques, but both recognise that Burnside's way gets results
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CASE 1 - THE KILLINGS AT BADGER'S DRIFT A gentle stroll I the woods for Miss Emily Simpson ends in tragedy. To the village doctor Miss Simpson's death looks natural but her old friend Lucy Bellringer is unconvinced. Lucy eventually draws the unwilling Chief Inspector Barnaby int...o the case. Barnaby's investigations reveal old rivalries, old loves and new scandals. Then a second horrifying killing shocks Barnaby into running the murderer to ground. CASE 2 - WRITTEN IN BLOOD Gerald Hadleigh, secretary of the Midsomer Worthy's Writers' Circle had never wanted to invite best-selling novelist Max Jennings to one of their meetings. When Gerald is found dead the next morning from a brutal battering, the other members of the circle wish they had heeded his reluctance. Inspector Barnaby soon discovers that Gerald is a man of mystery, a man with a past. When another body is found, Barnaby has a double murder on his hands. CASE 3 - DEATH OF A HOLLOW MAN At the Corn Exchange, preparations are in full swing for the forthcoming production of Amadeus, unaware that nearby the body of a local resident, Agnes Gray, is about to be found floating in the river. Barnaby sets out to discover who has perpetrated the crime, however, before he can conclude his investigations there is trouble at the theatre. CASE 4 - FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH A project to develop the Old Mill is struggling financially and many inhabitants of Morton Fendle believe that they have been conned out of a considerable sum of money. When the wife of the wealthy mill owner goes missing Barnaby suspects that she has been kidnapped and sets out to unravel the mystery. CASE 5 - DEATH IN DISGUISE There is a death at The Lodge of the Golden Windhorse. At the commune William Carter is found at the bottom of the stairs with a broken neck. The residents gather round the body and Barnaby and Troy are called in to find out if this was a simple accident or of there are more sinister goings on. A few days later Barnaby
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Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Kevin Bacon (Ryan Hardy) stars with James Purefoy in this edge-of-your-seat thriller from Executive producer Kevin Williamson that follows a deadly cat-and-mouse pursuit between a former FBI agent and Purefoy, a diabolical serial killer.

Join the legendary 'Master of Suspense,' Alfred Hitchcock, in every original episode from Seasons 1-4 of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, the Emmy Award-winning murder-mystery series that, in the words of Hitchcock himself, 'brought murder back into the home - where it belongs'. Loaded... with twists, turns and things that go bump in the night, these classic tales of menace and mayhem are brought together in this 20-disc set.
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