All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring Monica Dolan, ranked

The heart-wrenching but moving story of Leon a nine-year-old mixed-race boy who fights to reunite his family after being taken into care and separated from his blue-eyed, blond, baby brother Jake. Set in Birmingham in the 1980s Leon’s struggle is pitched against the backdrop of the race riots, forcing the young boy to explore the notions of identity and belonging.

A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Although wounded both physically and psychologically, his unique insight and background as a military police investigator prove crucial in solving complex crimes that have baffled the police.

A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Although wounded both physically and psychologically, his unique insight and background as a military police investigator prove crucial in solving complex crimes that have baffled the police.

In 1965, Jeremy Thorpe, a Liberal Member of Parliament, must contend with disgruntled ex-lover Norman Josiffe, whom he met in 1961 and had a relationship with for several years. When Thorpe grew tired of Norman and insisted that he leave the house he had arranged and paid for in London, the young man began to make threats.

Suffocated by debts, prison officer John Darwin pretended to drown in a canoe accident so his wife could make fraudulent claims on their insurance. Anne Darwin played the grieving widow whilst police investigated his disappearance. Yet all along John Darwin was living in an apartment in the house next door to his wife, regularly visiting her through an interconnecting passage. Devastated by the loss of their father, neither of their sons had an inkling their parents had betrayed them.

Pagford is a seemingly idyllic English village with a cobbled market square and ancient abbey, behind the pretty façade however, is a town at war: rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils. When Barry dies suddenly, Pagford is left in shock, and the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the village has yet seen.

Sue works in a library. Daniel eats crisps and listens to Metallica. This was the summer Daniel was due to spend with his father and his father’s new wife in Florida. But when they cancel his trip at the last minute, Sue and Daniel suddenly face the prospect of six long weeks together.

An anthology series featuring self-contained stories that have a slightly surreal, gothic feel with a magical twist on reality. In second episode, Feeders and Eaters, we find ourselves immersed in the nighttime atmosphere of an all-night cafe, where a waitress is recounted an unusual love story with Gothic, twisted, and surreal elements.

An anthology series featuring self-contained stories that have a slightly surreal, gothic feel with a magical twist on reality. In fourth episode, Looking for the Girl, after the cameras are turned off, an aging photographer narrates to a reporter the story of his muse.

An anthology series featuring self-contained stories that have a slightly surreal, gothic feel with a magical twist on reality. In first episode, Foreign Parts, Simon is a man who lives his life by a strict routine. He wakes up, gets dressed, and takes the DLR to work every day. However, he begins to feel like he’s losing his sense of identity as he slowly transforms into someone or something else, both figuratively and perhaps even literally.

An anthology series featuring self-contained stories that have a slightly surreal, gothic feel with a magical twist on reality. In third episode, Closing Time, a bar patron is participating in the tradition of sharing nightlife anecdotes with other customers.