Downloading from iTunes to iPad is not working

I've just purchased an iPad mini and have bought several movies & a tv series on iTunes.  For some reason they are not downloading properly.  They get about 99% completed then say "unable to download, done? or retry?".  Anyone have any ideas about what I might be doing wrong??

Hi NotYetAMidwife,
If you have retried the downloads and they are still failing, I recommend reporting this to the iTunes Store:
How to report an issue with your iTunes Store, App Store, Mac App Store, or iBookstore purchase
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1933
Cheers!
- Ari

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