A Step into the Past is a 2001 Hong Kong television series produced by TVB and based on Huang Yi's novel of the same Chinese title. The series tells the story of a 21st-century Hong Kong VIPPU officer who travels back in time to the Warring States period of ancient China. He is involved in a number of important historical events that leads to the first unification of China under the Qin Dynasty. The series' first original broadcast ran from 15 October to 7 December 2001 on the TVB Jade network in Hong Kong.
The epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time.
Kalin, a famous model, is in a scandalous controversy because she is with a married man but she doesn't care about it, since he told her that he is going to get a divorce. One day, she found an ancient golden hairpin that made her dream of Thiankham, a woman who has the same face as her. She saw all of Thiankham's life and felt angry for her. The hairpin shows its power by bringing her soul to Thiankham's body. Thiankham, a naive girl, was adopted by Nankham, the hunter of the vassal prince. One day, she was attacked by a tiger and Thewarit, son of the vassal prince, said that he would help her. That made Thiankham feel grateful and respectful towards him. Finally, she became his mistress. Wongduean, who is Thewarit's wife, is so angry. Thiankham tragically dies and vows to be strong and fierce in the next life, so she can get revenge on everyone who treated her badly.
Orphaned as a child, Liu E travels to the capital Kaifeng, and later catches the eye of Zhao Heng. Though she was a concubine, Liu E was perceptive to state affairs, and often discussed politics with Zhao Heng. This tradition continued when he became emperor in 997. Liu E is crowned empress after adopting the son of a concubine (later Emperor Renzong), and serves as regent of the Song Dynasty during the last two years of her husband’s reign. Liu E would continue to rule until her death twelve years later in 1033.
During the darkest days of the Third Reich, the most dreaded sound was a knock at the door after dark. Everyone who lived under Nazi rule lived in fear of the secretive agents known colloquially as "V-Men". Hitler called them his "deadliest weapon", and without them the Fuhrer's ambition could never have been realized.
Drama depicts the dramatic life of historical figure Heo Joon, who wrote the oriental medical textbook "Donguibogam" and became physician for King Seonjo.
This covert combat series focuses on the Red Troop, an elite group of soldiers from the British military's Special Air Service group.
The comic adventures of a group of misfits who form an extremely bad concert party touring the hot and steamy jungles of Burma entertaining the troops during World War II.
Korakot Benjarong came back from the USA immediately after hearing about his father's, Dr. Krai Benjarong, death. On the first day of his arrival to Thailand, Lord Autthawatee, the family’s lawyer, informed him about the will that his father had left behind. The condition in the will stated that he would get his father’s entire asset only when he marries La Ong Dao, a girl who was adopted by Dr. Krai since she was born.
A ruthless cop and a kind doctor—one kills, one heals. As they grow closer, they face crime, warlords, and buried secrets that test their bond.
The series tells about the three occupations and mass exterminations that took place in the middle of the last century, the Holocaust, the terror, the attempt to physically and spiritually crush Lithuania.
During the Suez Crisis of 1956, two young clerks at the stuffy Foreign Office in Whitehall display little interest in the decline of the British Empire. To their eyes, it can hardly compete with girls, rock music, and the intrigue of romantic entanglements.
Based on the life of Empress Myeongseong (1851 - 1895), the first official wife of King Gojong, the 26th king of the Joseon dynasty. She was killed on October 8, 1895 by Japanese assassins.
After Japan’s invasion of China, a Chinese professor in Boston returns to Beijing to translate a document exposing Japanese war crimes for the UN, but becomes a target of the Japanese army, who will stop at nothing, including kidnapping his brother, to silence him.
The true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive—and to reunite.
Echoes of Destiny: Three Heroes of Jining" is a captivating play that draws inspiration from the lives of Huang Zirong, Song Lusheng, and Yang Chunzao, prominent figures in the early Republic of China. Set in the tumultuous era of political upheaval and social change, the play explores their personal struggles, sacrifices, and triumphs as they navigate through a rapidly evolving China. This gripping tale of resilience, friendship, and the pursuit of ideals showcases the indomitable human spirit against the backdrop of historical events, leaving a lasting legacy that resonates with audiences.
A K-fantasy action unfolds as the Nine-tailed fox makes a crash landing in the year 1938, an era of chaos, and he struggles to return to the present.
The story of the fate of boys and girls who go to school on the day of the Victory of Fascism on May 9, 1945. The script is based on true events and tells the fate of the children of the victorious and vanquished in a common environment at the end of World War II in Serbia.
Invisible Heroes tells the heroic tale of young Finnish diplomats in Chile during 1973’s infamous military coup. Finnish diplomats Tapani Brotherus and Ilkka Jaamala along with Tapani’s wife Lysa Brotherus helped over 2000 left-wing Chileans escape the military junta’s persecution. The Finns acted without official authorization while Swedish ambassador Harald Edelstam was the most visible defendant of human rights with the backing of Sweden’s Prime Minister, Olof Palme.
Dramatizing one of the most infamously notorious and shocking serial killer cases in the world, the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe, commonly dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper, between October 1975 and January 1981, South Yorkshire police undertook the biggest manhunt in British criminal history. The search for Sutcliffe lasted five years, involved over a thousand officers and changed the way the British police worked forever.