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History has changed, the clock is ticking, and she’s out of time… Three months after unintentionally time-travelling back to 1994, and despite now living 21 years in the past, life for Beth is panning out to be pretty peachy… or so she thought. When the inquisitive DCI French starts to probe into her true identity, Beth and Carlton are forced to make a snap decision… stay and face the consequences, or go on the run… an escape through time. However, back in the 1970s, it appears history has changed and not for the better.

After losing her job at an exclusive London hotel, Penny Slipper is only too happy to help when her grandma asks her to take charge at the Cozy Craft sewing shop in charming rural Suffolk. With cousin Izzy on hand as the expert dressmaker and Penny’s head for business, what can possibly go wrong? But Penny’s in town for less than a day when the local librarian is poisoned and Penny fears she might even be accidentally responsible. Penny and Izzy are forced to turn detectives to uncover the true cause of death, while finishing a costume commission for their first customer.

Thirty-three years after his untimely death in 1983, Terry returns to the land of the living to discover the world has somewhat changed. Why is he back? And who is Deana, the old acquaintance suggesting he must atone … demon, angel, or diva? Humour, romance, suspense, the two most unlikely guardian angels, and a time leap from the 1980s.

They say the dead walk amongst us – could that be true? Well, in Fairfield, that unremarkable Hertfordshire town, there are a few that do – apparently. Thirty-three years after his death, Terry awakes to discover an old acquaintance by his side suggesting that he needs to atone – who is this woman – demon or diva?

Christmas … the season of goodwill, or so she thought. Terry and Deana, the most unlikely guardian angels, return for their fourth hilarious assignment. The pressure is on … with only a week to go before Christmas, one woman’s future happiness is at stake. Janice Keelan’s happiness. Unfortunately, one rash, impulsive decision made two weeks before Christmas throws her life into disarray … she’s on the cusp of losing everything. Janice wouldn’t consider herself foolish, but she is lonely, a little too eager to find love, and trusting to a fault … traits that make her vulnerable.

Terry and Deana, the most unlikely guardian angels, face their third and undeniably most challenging mission when their past returns to haunt them. If they are to atone, they must successfully help Virginia … a woman neither has met but, unbeknown to them, was intrinsically entwined in their lives.… the ghostly duo are in for a shock.

Damian, a lovable hapless fool, makes a series of disastrous decisions–he loses everything. Of course, his father, who died thirty-three years ago, can’t help because he’s dead–or is he? However, the dead really do walk amongst us–apparently. Terry and Deana return in their second riotous escapade as they attempt to help Terry’s son scramble out of a rather tricky situation–will they succeed and, at last, atone for their sins?

When a man who died eighteen years ago mysteriously appears on his doorstep, Jason knows his past has finally caught up with him. Forty years have elapsed since Jason Apsley grabbed his second chance when time-travelling back to 1976. Apart from those time-travelling calamitous events of a few decades ago, his second life has been pretty good ... until now.

Eighteen years have elapsed since Jason Apsley grabbed his second chance after time traveling forty-two years into the past. It's now 1994, and those time-travelling calamitous years of the late 70s and 80s are now a distant memory. Life is perfect or is it? Jason's worst nightmare becomes a reality when a mysterious letter appears, suggesting his immediate future may not be as rosy as expected. As the chaos ensues, an inquisitive journalist and DCI French close in on the truth about his past. Will time repeat itself, or can Jason, once again, alter the future?

Living in the remote Scottish Highlands under Witness Protection, life is finally happy for Kate Ward and her young son Joe, until someone from Kate’s past appears. Ryan Albright is the only person that knows all of Kate’s secrets, and what she had to do to escape her previous abusive relationship. Ryan is determined to complete the mission set for him by Kate’s ex-husband.

Tom Large is an accountant, Liz Thorne, is his cleaner, and when Tom stumbles across the body of volunteer librarian, Denise Knight, the unlikely sleuthing duo find themselves hunting a murderer, and thereafter dragged into investigating other local crimes.

Respected and successful barrister Bernadette Wiseman is dead, hanged in the hall of her home. With no sign of foul play and no note, the question raised is why? The police believe it was suicide, but Bernie’s partner, Annie, won’t accept that and instructs JJ Jenson to investigate. As JJ and his sidekick, Davie, dig around in Bernie’s apparently perfect life, they discover professional jealousies, sinister threats and dangerous enemies, but can they establish what actually happened? And more importantly, to honour Bernie’s own dedication to justice, can they prove it?

Ex-police officer, JJ Jenson, is a good man who has led a colourful but turbulent life. He’s seen death and destruction in its many forms. When personal tragedy strikes, JJ turns his back on his former life, and returns to his childhood home in search of peace, preferring to view life through the lens of his camera.

After returning to 1979, when he changed history and prevented the murder of his wife, Frank Stone thought he was done with time travel. He thought wrong. A British time travel murder mystery – a witty whodunnit, back in the 1970s. Thirty-six years have elapsed since Frank saved his ex-wife. A murder which, because of the effects of time travel, never happened – or did it? Now, in 2015 again, and after enjoying his new life, Frank faces an impossible dilemma.

His dying mother, Sandra, is desperate to know what happened to her son. Believing the police have let her down, Sandra hires Patsy Hodge and the Bearing Witness team to find out the truth behind Jason’s disappearance, however devastating. When Meredith meets the Bearing women at a Christmas do, he introduces them to Patsy. The women begin working together to solve the mystery. But as they dig deeper into Jason’s last days, they put other lives in jeopardy. Can Meredith help them solve the mystery of what happened to Jason before the murderer strikes again?

One winter morning in 1998, Alex Martin inherits a mysterious invention from her late father. The Finding Machine solves mysteries. But the biggest mystery of all lies deep within its wiring — the unsolved disappearance of a little girl, dating back seventy years. What happened to the girl, all those years ago? Who was she? Alex and her handsome housemate, Antony, must follow the dots to solve the mystery. But, as dark family secrets are revealed, will the Finding Machine bring them together…or push them further apart?

Henry Cooksey was 17 when he disappeared. No trace of him was ever found, apart from his treasured scarf, abandoned at a bus stop. When the Bearing women investigate his disappearance, they uncover not only betrayal and deceit, but a secret hidden for almost four decades, which could shatter the lives of the loved ones Henry left behind.

Lucy James goes out to celebrate the end of her final exams at college. It’s a decision she soon comes to regret, because next day, she has to attend an important interview, but she can’t remember why. Having recently passed the stringent vetting procedure for a top recruitment agency, she thinks she is probably meeting a prospective employer. Or is it yet another member of the agency? Deciding to wing it, she turns up and meets Gloria.

Ex-police officer, JJ Jenson, is a good man who has led a colourful but turbulent life. He’s seen death and destruction in its many forms. When personal tragedy strikes, JJ turns his back on his former life, and returns to his childhood home in search of peace, preferring to view life through the lens of his camera. But when his camera captures the death of local woman Amber Wilton, the world of murder and deceit drags JJ back into its fold. Working with an old adversary, JJ is determined to prove Amber was murdered and to catch her killer.

A missing actress. A bored writer. A matter of life and death when their stories collide…… Actress Wendy Knight thought her life was finally turning around. But when her ex came back into the picture, he wanted to take all of that away from her and more…and then she disappeared.