Ex-policeman Galbraith is caught up in mystery and murder in these two gripping, fast-paced detective dramasAfter a long career in the Flying Squad, veteran copper Bill Galbraith is hanging up his truncheon and saying goodbye to the police force. He's looking forward to a quiet life on civvy street - but his best friend, private investigator Tommy Evans, has other ideas...In The King of Diamonds, Galbraith's enjoying a peaceful retirement in the co...

‘You’re not to disturb, annoy or offend. They’re walking on a knife edge out there, anything could tilt the balance.’ Missing: one junior diplomat and 43 of the British Embassy’s most confidential files. The timing is alarmingly significant: with neo-Nazi riots and radical student demonstrations, the threat to Germany’s security is all too apparent. Britain’s own Alan Turner is sent in, with instructions to tread carefully at all costs. But will he find the missing man and the files before...

An epic BBC historical drama based on Iceland's famous saga of tragedy, heroism and fateWritten by an anonymous storyteller in the 13th Century, and describing events between 960 and 1020, Njáls saga is one of the great works of medieval literature. The longest and most celebrated of the Icelandic sagas, it deals with family honour, vengeance, and a vicious blood feud spanning almost 50 years.Based on the classic translation by Magnus Magnusson and...

An epic 12-part drama about the events leading up to, and following, the execution of King Charles I'Classy writing... wonderfully crisp, with a brilliant cast' The SpectatorEngland, 1647. Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army has routed the Royalists, and the King, having fled to Scotland, has been ransomed, sent back across the border and imprisoned. It seems the war is over, but there is trouble ahead. Parliament wants to di...