The drama highlights the 100-year history of the Communist Party of China, unfolding across eight key segments, each connected by a classic song.
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The story follows the Castaño Gil family, a prosperous cattle ranching family marked by the kidnapping and murder of patriarch José Castaño by the guerrilla. This event triggers the decision of brothers Fidel, Vicente, and Carlos to form a self-defense army to fight the guerrillas, intensifying the armed conflict in Colombia. However, what seemed like a unified struggle is threatened by betrayal.
Each hour-long film follows a different woman as they experience “moments that are emotionally raw, thought-provoking and utterly personal”.
In this suspenseful story, scholar Fan Luo Luo disguises herself as a man and comes to Yecheng Yamen to work as a police officer. Unexpectedly, she met Gu Qian Mo, a young minister from Dali Temple who concealed his identity and came to investigate the theft of weapons. The two started a full-fledged daily life as colleagues. As the truths emerged one by one, love also grew and spread in their hearts...
Ling Zhiyan transmigrates into ancient China as a princess consort everyone takes for a simpleton — then answers her husband's contempt and his consort's abuse with ruthless efficiency. She means to settle the inner court, leave the manor, and build her own power. Instead she becomes the prize the imperial princes fight over.
During the Ming Dynasty’s Yongle reign, a series of mysterious crimes unsettle Zhejiang. Investigator Zhou Xin is tasked with uncovering the truth, bringing justice, and protecting the people. However, as he delves deeper, he finds himself entangled in a dangerous web of corruption and power struggles that threaten everything he stands for.
In late Qing-era Guangzhou, Liang Kun’s family is targeted for a secret porcelain manual, leading to his father’s murder. Years later, as he trains in porcelain-making, betrayal and tragedy resurface. After surviving a near-death experience, he masters martial arts and uncovers a web of conspiracies. Framed for murder, he must fight for justice using his self-created Iron Wire Fist.
In the 1960s, Israeli clerk-turned-secret agent Eli Cohen goes deep undercover inside Syria on a perilous, years-long mission to spy for Mossad.
In 1980s South Korea, two friends face a romantic rivalry amidst the turmoil of political unrest, leading to tragedy and a quest for revenge that could tear them apart.
A love-story between a noblewoman and a mysterious man who shows up in her hometown set in the 1600s during the Qing invasion.
A talented Joseon Dynasty lawyer is used to putting his own interests first – but will a princess in disguise change his mind?
Kraft Mystery Theatre is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from June 17, 1961 to September 25, 1963. A successor to Kraft Television Theater with a change of focus away from straight drama. The high productions remained along with the ability to attract well known talent.
Short plays by writers new to television drama.
A series of self-contained stories, each recounting a murder scene as seen from the chilling viewpoint of the killer. Explore the inner workings of a criminal's brain, revealing humanity at its darkest.
Prince Zhong's household was wiped out, leaving only the eldest young lady, Yu Zhao Ye, and her grandmother under house arrest by her uncle, Jia Chong. Obsessed with Yu Zhao Ye because she resembled her late mother, Jia Chong had burned down the mansion out of unrequited desire. Patiently plotting, Zhao Ye orchestrated her cousin Jia Shu Yan's public humiliation at a birthday banquet and deliberately sought out the ghost-faced general Xie Wei Lan in a dark alley to protect her honor. With Xie Wei Lan's help, Zhao Ye exposed the Jia family's scandals at the Spring Banquet and used the battlefield to sway the general's heart.
The Dick Powell Show is an American anthology series that ran on NBC from 1961- 1963, primarily sponsored by the Reynolds Metals Company. It was hosted by longtime film star Dick Powell until his death from lymphatic cancer on January 2, 1963, then by a series of guest hosts until the series ended. The first of these was Gregory Peck, who began the January 8 program with a tribute to Powell, recognizing him as "a great and good friend to our industry." Peck was followed by fellow actors such as Robert Mitchum, Frank Sinatra, Glenn Ford, Charles Boyer, Jackie Cooper, Rock Hudson, Milton Berle, Jack Lemmon, Dean Martin, Robert Taylor, Steve McQueen, David Niven, Danny Thomas, Robert Wagner and John Wayne.
A heartwarming drama inspired by true stories of individuals who built new lives in 12 cities and towns across Fukushima.
A historical saga about the second caliph and Commander of the Faithful Omar Bin Al-Khattab and his pivotal role in the Islamic State.
A female coroner and royal detective solve a decades-old mystery in Tang Dynasty China, risking all to expose dangerous secrets.
During the 22nd Century, science and technology had advanced beyond ethical bounds, so most of mankind reversed course. Eventually, global dictatorships violated the United Nation's Bioethics Treaty, secretly stockpiling arms. As a result, an oblivious America was attacked. Retaliation with augmented nuclear weaponry had unforeseen effects, affecting most survivors in the Western Hemisphere and altering the rest. Those infected became ravenous beasts, feeding off the remaining population. But pockets of humanity remain.
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
An anthology series centered around people who believe themselves to be the modern-day descendants of the Romanov family.
Adapted from the classical 14th century novel of the same title by Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms is part historical, part legend, and part mythical – romanticises and dramatises the lives of feudal lords and their retainers, who tried to replace the dwindling Han dynasty or restore it. The focus is mainly on the three power blocs that emerged from the remnants of the Han dynasty, and would eventually form the three states of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu.
Follows the contrasting worlds of left-wing The Herald (broadsheet) and right-wing The Post (tabloid), highlighting the challenges of modern journalism, including hacking scandals and the rise of online media.
Growing up in Gilead is all they have ever known. As a new generation of young women grapple with the bleak future that awaits them, they will be forced to search for allies, new and old, to help in their fight for freedom.
Through Julia Child’s life and her singular joie de vivre, the series explores a pivotal time in American history – the emergence of public television as a new social institution, feminism and the women's movement, the nature of celebrity and America's cultural evolution.
Li Yunlong, a bold and unconventional leader during the War of Resistance, leads his battalion to victory against Japanese forces. Amid rivalry and friendship with fellow general Chu Yunfei, he is wounded in battle and later finds love with nurse Tian Yu, facing the challenges of war and changing times alongside his comrades and family.
A series based on the events in the reign of the Jiajing Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
How certain people end up being accused of a crime.
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour is a Canadian/American original anthology horror-fantasy series, with episodes each half an hour long. The series is based on The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It Movie, and the books The Haunting Hour and Nightmare Hour anthology by R. L. Stine.
Xie Huai'an, son of the Huben Army's creator, survives his family's massacre. After ten long years in hiding, he returns to Chang'an disguised as a lowly registrar, moving step by step through jianghu clashes and palace power plays in a tense battle of wits to avenge his family and safeguard the realm.
The rise of the Qin state in the Warring States period during the reign of Duke Xiao of Qin.
A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.
When a secret from the past rears its head, respected warrior Feng Zhiwei is forced to choose between revenge and her loyalty to ruling prince Ning Yi.
An anthology series of five stories looking at the lives of a group of friends and their families in London’s West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early 80s.
Heidi Bergman is a caseworker at Homecoming, a Geist Group facility helping soldiers transition to civilian life. Years later she has started a new life, living with her mother and working as a waitress, when a Department of Defense auditor questions why she left the Homecoming facility. Heidi quickly realizes that there's a whole other story behind the story she's been telling herself.
The story of World War II told through the intertwining fates of ordinary people from all sides of this global conflict as they grapple with the effect of the war on their everyday lives.
"Legend of Zang Hai" follows the son of Imperial Astronomer Kuai Duo. Consumed by vengeance, he spends a decade honing his skills. Assuming the name Zang Hai, he ventures into the capital to uncover the truth, avenge his family, and restore justice.
A series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.
This anthology series brings to life Aaron Mahnke's titular podcast and uncovers the real-life events that spawn our darkest nightmares. Blending reenactments, animation, archive and narration, Lore reveals how our horror legends – such as vampires, werewolves and body snatchers – are rooted in truth.
