24 - Complete Season 1-8 + Redemption (New Packaging) [DVD]

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This 1920s-set drama about a pair of fashion-pioneer sisters in roaring London takes the inconsequential and elevates it to high drama.

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It rarely deviates from two people talking in a room: with dialogue this finely crafted, nothing else is needed.