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Alison Steadman and Sue Johnston star as world-weary hack Dee T. Mitchell in these two mystery thrillers set in South Wales. These two gripping crime dramas follow the dogged, imaginative and impressive investigations of Dee T. Mitchell, a reporter on a local Swansea newspaper, as she attempts to uncover the murders of two individuals and in the process exposes deep secrets and cover-ups across the Gower peninsula and beyond.

Beyond the Horizon is a play by Eugene O'Neill which won the 1920 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It is the tale of two brothers who set out on different and unexpected paths in life, and the power of fate to influence our lives. Robert is the dreamer who yearns for new worlds beyond the confines of the family farm, while Andrew is the practical one who wants to follow in his father's footsteps and take care of the farm. However, the roles are reversed when a woman creates conflict between the two brothers, and the rest is tragedy...

This story is about the king of the polar bears who lives in the far North, where all the animals fear him. One day, some men arrive in a boat, shoot him, and take his pelt. But by his own magic, he rises again, and the seagulls bring him feathers for a new coat. The polar bears, however, were not impressed with their king’s new coat, and one of them challenged him.

Headed for some well-deserved shore leave, Shepard is gunned down in the streets of Seattle, a victim of "a mugging gone stupid." He awakens, not in a hospital bed, but in the surreal world of Purgatory. Within seconds of his arrival, he is saved from a gruesome and painful end by his new best friend, Horace. That's Quintus Horatius Flaccus the philosopher, to you Roman history buffs. Horace explains to Shepard the cold, hard rules for surviving in Purgatory. More than just the walls have ears, and he's not sure how long Shepard will last.

Jordan is a practical joker, so when he hears of a new shop opening in town that sells jokes, trinkets, and everything in between, he rushes down there to check out their wares. Somehow, it isn't the jokes that take his fancy, but a painting: a picture of a beautiful Pacific Island. It draws him in, and he quickly purchases it. It isn't 'til later that the painting really draws him in. What power does this painting have? What adventure shall he embark on?