The final months of Anne Boleyn's life, her struggle with Tudor England's patriarchal society, her desire to secure a future for her daughter, Elizabeth, and the brutal reality of her failure to provide Henry with a male heir.
In 1963 Bangkok, a prince sent for an arranged marriage finds his heart drawn instead to his fiancée’s cousin, forcing him to choose between love and duty.
In Joseon, a vengeful crown prince and a memory-lost merchant mysteriously swap bodies, unraveling a web of chaos, secrets, and unexpected fate.
A legendary story about a young man who overcomes many hardships to become a formidable force in the Shanghai Bund. Xiong Tian grew up in the streets. With nothing to his name, he works a thankless job just to make a living. Nonetheless, he is quick-witted, talented and exceptionally gifted in steam-powered machinery. By chance, he gets pulled into a complicated fight and works his way to become a champion.
Young Nicholas Nickleby sets out to make his fortune in order to prevent his mother and sister from depending upon his uncle, Ralph Nicklby. But he finds his first job as master at a Yorkshire school to be cruel, and runs away with one of the students. Meanwhile, Kate is subjected to the unwanted attentions of Sir Mulberry Hawk, aided by her uncle. Nicholas and his new friend, Smike, begin their adventures and eventually set out to rescue Kate, with the usual Dickensian twists, turns and asides.
In 1937 Tianjin, after the city falls under occupation, Ye Qingxuan joins the Anti-Traitor Resistance Group to avenge his mentor. Together, they eliminate collaborators, uncover Japanese spy schemes, and fight to sabotage enemy operations in a thrilling tale of courage and resistance.
When a nightclub dancer is murdered, rising star Zhou Yudie becomes the prime suspect after her jewelry is found at the scene. As her devoted fan Guan Ren investigates to prove her innocence, a string of mysterious deaths unravels a web of hidden identities, family secrets, and a haunting symbol—the plum blossom mark. As the truth slowly surfaces, dark pasts collide, leading to a shocking revelation behind the real killer’s motive.
Clyde Barrow, a charismatic convicted armed robber, sweeps Bonnie Parker, an impressionable, petite, small-town waitress, off her feet, and the two embark on one one of most infamous bank-robbing sprees in history.
Qin Manzhi, the daughter of a crime lord, falls for her bodyguard, Lu Huai. Unbeknownst to her, he has infiltrated her family to seek revenge. As love and betrayal intertwine, hidden truths emerge, revealing a devastating secret that changes everything.
A sweeping epic of good and evil, treachery and intrigue, violence and beauty, a sensuous, spirited story set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles in 12th Century England.
Set in 1928, the story follows Chen Jiadong as he travels to Southeast Asia in search of a better life. Connected through qiaopi, letters and remittances linking overseas Chinese with their families, he experiences hardship, love, and unwavering devotion to his family and homeland.
Dickensian intertwines the realm of fictional characters in Charles Dickens’ novels—including Scrooge, Fagin and Miss Havisham—in half-hour episodes, as their lives intertwine in 19th century London. The Old Curiosity Shop sits next door to The Three Cripples Pub, while Fagin’s Den is hidden down a murky alley off a bustling Victorian street.
The final of seven programmes starring Jeremy Brett as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 'consulting detective' Sherlock Holmes, primarily due to Brett's declining health. Adapts six short stories: The Three Gables, The Dying Detective, The Golden Pince-Nez, The Red Circle, The Mazarin Stone, and The Cardboard Box.
During the years of the Spanish Reconquest, Manuel Rodríguez is a wanted man in Chile. His head already has a price and he's considered a legend among many. But it's his love for Francisca, a noble woman, what will make him take all kinds of risks, regardless of the differences that separate them. From then on, Rodríguez will fight both for the freedom of his homeland and for the love of his life, Francisca.
A young possessed woman is brought to live in a convent, where she will provoke passions and test the beliefs and strength of the faithful.
Detectives Jack and Paco investigate a murder spree on the rock ’n’ roll, cocaine-infused revelry of the Sunset Strip.
Napoleon and Love is a British television miniseries produced by Thames Television for ITV, lasting for nine episodes from 5 March to 30 April 1974. The series stars Ian Holm in the title role as Napoleon and depicts his relationships with the women who featured in his life as a backdrop to his rise and fall.
A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
Bleak House is BBC television drama first broadcast in 1985. The serial was adapted by Arthur Hopcraft from Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House and it was the second adaptation by the BBC.
Set in 1930s Shanghai, Jiang Xin, an heir to a wealthy family, loses her memory in an accident. Du Xiaohan assumes her identity, while the real Jiang Xin is captured by powerful businessman Bai Zhangjie.