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BBC iPlayer highlights 25-31 May 2019

Richard Bell

Publicist, Digital Communications

A quick round up of what's new this week on BBC iPlayer, programmes that are about to become unavailable, plus some hidden gems you might have missed.

The Looming Tower

Powerful portrayal of the actual events leading up to September 11th 2001, starring Jeff Daniels. The CIA withholds intel on an al-Qaeda plot, so FBI man John O’Neill hopes a young Muslim agent can help. Available until Sat 25 May.

2001: A Space Odyssey

Film. Stanley Kubrick's acclaimed science fiction film that spans four million years as it charts the evolution of humans from ape to star child - via computer technology. Available until Mon 27 May.

Captain Fantastic

Film. Viggo Mortensen plays father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world. Available until Tue 28 May.

Three Girls

Three-part drama box set based on the true stories of victims of grooming and sexual abuse in Rochdale.

Burton And Taylor

Drama box set telling the story of Hollywood's most glamorous couple, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, who acted together for the last time in Noel Coward's Private Lives in 1983.

From Darkness

Psychological crime drama box set. An ex-constable hiding from the guilt of her past is slowly drawn back to confront her darkness.

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