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Alice has been lying to herself for years, holding fast to the belief that the needs of her family far outweigh her own. But her outwardly successful marriage hides dark secrets, and for much of her life the children were the only reason she stuck around. These days, though her successful banker son lives nearby, his young wife seems to do everything she can to keep Alice at bay. As for Alice's other son, he has always been something of a stranger and has been traveling for so long that Alice isn't even sure what continent he is on anymore.

Barbara - a child of the Blitz - has more secrets than she cares to admit. She has protected her children from the harsh realities of life and told them little of the poverty of her childhood, nor of the darker side of her marriage to one of Britain's most famous photographers. With such an incomplete picture, her youngest, Sophie, has struggled to understand who her parents really are, and in turn, Barbara sometimes worries, to build her own identity.

At thirty-three, nurse Heather is desperately waiting for her romantic life to begin. Then she meets handsome, strong Anthony and is sure she’s found the one. Brushing any doubts aside, she projects all her hopes for true love onto him. Meanwhile, at a yoga retreat in Spain, happy-go-lucky Joe can’t believe his luck when he meets vivacious, witty Amy. She’s the sharpest, most beautiful woman he has ever dated, and the fact that she’s interested in him feels like a dream come true.

Ruth’s childhood was a happy one, and her family—on her mother’s side—large and loving. But her father’s French origins have always remained a mystery. Now, with aged relatives beginning to die, Ruth decides to research her father’s family before it’s too late. When she discovers a series of long-lost cassettes, everything she thought she knew about them shatters. The tapes expose an unimaginable truth–an epic wartime story of hidden love and sacrifice, stretching back to occupied France.

Seven years after his sister vanished without a trace, Jude is on the road, determined not to return home until he has found her. He wants to reunite his broken family, but more than this he wants to know why Zoe left. They’d been enjoying the funfair - grasping a rare moment of happiness following their parents’ divorce - when after a ride together, Zoe had stopped speaking to her mother’s new partner. Though Mandy believed he was the man she’d waited all her life for, her love for her daughter trumped even that.

Er hat nur eine Stunde – pro Tag! Henry Bins hat eine Schlafstörung: Er ist täglich nur eine Stunde wach. Um 3 Uhr morgens wacht er auf und schläft um 4 Uhr morgens wieder ein, dazwischen ein streng getakteter Lebensrhythmus, jede Minute verplant. Bis Henry eines Nachts den Schrei einer Frau hört und aus dem Haus gegenüber einen Mann stürmen sieht – es ist der Präsident der USA! Henrys Versuch herauszufinden, was vorgefallen ist, führt ihn auf eine gefährliche Spurensuche.

Welcome to the Art-to-Date Podcast. Here you can expect exciting current short news about art with a focus on modern and digital art. Presented by Nick Alexander

Schlägt Henrys letzte Stunde? Das streng geheime Experiment der CIA "Projekt Sandmann", in das höchste Regierungskreise und sogar der Präsident der USA verwickelt sind, ist außer Kontrolle geraten. Henry Bins' merkwürdige Schlafkrankheit, die ihm nur eine wache Stunde pro Tag lässt, scheint eine Folge des menschenverachtenden Projekts zu sein. Er kommt den verantwortlichen Hintermännern auf die Spur. Diese wollen ihn um jeden Preis zum Schweigen bringen.

Bringt uns einen Traum... einen Alptraum! Projekt Sandmann: Ein Experiment der CIA, in das höchste Regierungskreise verwickelt sind. Bis hin zum Präsidenten der USA. Projekt Sandmann: Ein Experiment, das außer Kontrolle geraten ist. Und Henry Bins scheint eines seiner Opfer zu sein. Im verzweifelten Kampf gegen seine Schlafkrankheit, die ihm einen Großteil seines Lebens nimmt, kommt Bins den Hintermännern des menschenverachtenden Projekts auf die Spur. Und die müssen ihn zum Schweigen bringen... unverzüglich und gnadenlos.