Vicki Pepperdine
1) Puppy Love
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Featuring a weird and wonderful set of characters, this kind-hearted comedy is set firmly in a dog-centric world, and explores all the oddities and foibles of people obsessed with their canine companions. Centred on a dog training class, Puppy Love follows two very different women - Nana V and Naomi Singh - as they contend with headstrong dogs, impossible teenage kids and disappointing husbands. From crazed cat-lovers and over-zealous policemen to...
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A rare glimpse into the relationship between beloved children2s author A. A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie the Pooh. Along with his mother Daphne, and his nanny Olive, Christopher Robin and his family are swept up in the international success of the books; the enchanting tales bringing hope and comfort to England after the First World War. But with the eyes of the world on Christopher Robin, what...
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"[Follow] a brilliant young fund manager named Millie, who quits her job and ends things with her long-term boyfriend to fulfill her dream of becoming an opera singer in the Scottish Highlands. She begins intense vocal training lessons with a renowned but fearsome singing teacher and former opera diva Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop. It is there she meets Max, another of Meghan's students who is also training for the upcoming 'Singer of Renown' contest. The...
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"When a radio journalist interviews Maggie Cole for a small piece about local life in their small coastal community, she gives him far more detail–and embellishment–about the locals and their personal lives than he was counting on. In the days and weeks following the show’s broadcast, Maggie’s over-zealous chit-chat gets her into serious hot water, as the fallout from her very public gossip-fest disrupts the lives of her fellow residents....
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Straight out of medical school, a young doctor is sent to a remote village in the middle of nowhere to run a small hospital. The young doctor soon discovers that the realities of his profession bear no resemblance to his training and learns that textbooks are no help to him now...