Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christian theology with gnosticism and Masonic lore, particularly that of the Knights Templar.
For a thousand years, the Vikings have made quite a name and reputation for themselves as the strongest families with a thirst for violence. Thorfinn, the son of one of the Vikings' greatest warriors, spends his boyhood in a battlefield enhancing his skills in his adventure to redeem his most-desired revenge after his father was murdered.
Xiao Chu Yue had admired Xiao Ji for ten years, yet as his nominal younger sister, she could only watch him take countless concubines. At a palace banquet, Xiao Ji, in order to protect a favored concubine, forced her to marry the Regent. Cold and disillusioned, on her wedding night she asked, “No consummation?” The Regent, known as the “Living Devil,” replied, “If I wish, may I?” She closed her eyes: “You may.”
Jin Geum Seong is a poor nobleman who lives with his mother and making ends meet is challenging. While gathering wood on the mountain, he spies a woman swimming nearby. Believing she is about to take her life, he creates a disturbance allowing him to save Choi Hye Seong, the third daughter of Choi Jin Sa. Only things are not as they seem when she turns out to be a man named 'Salbyul,' Love will bloom between Hye Seong and Geum Seong, much like a flower on a warm spring day.
Empress Dowager Su Zhaoge, known for her indulgent reputation, conceals a determined plan for justice. Years of betrayal have fueled her resolve, leading her to collaborate with Emperor Xiao Zhi. As their partnership deepens, unexpected emotions begin to surface, complicating her path of retribution.
In her previous life, Xia Yu Bing was a villainess sentenced to death by poison by her husband, Xu Zi Yan. Now, the author of a comic has given her a chance to be reborn. She had no choice in the past but this time, she wants to be a good person.
Based upon a real case under the reign of King Rama II of Thailand, Muen and Rid are passionately in love. However, Muen's father has promised his daughter to another man. Unable to accept this arranged marriage, Muen brings this matter to court, hoping that she will be able to marry Rid, her true love.
Sharpe is a British series of television dramas starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe is the hero of a number of novels by Bernard Cornwell; most, though not all, of the episodes are based on the books. Produced by Celtic Films and Picture Palace Films for the ITV network, the series was shot mainly in Turkey and the Crimea, although some filming was also done in England, Spain and Portugal. The series originally ran from 1993 to 1997. In 2004, as part of ITV's new set of drama, ITV announced that it intended to produce new episodes of Sharpe, in co-production with BBC America, loosely based on his time in India, with Sean Bean continuing his role as Sharpe. Sharpe's Challenge is a two-part adventure; part one premiered on ITV on 23 April 2006, with part two being shown the following night. With more gore than earlier episodes, the show was broadcast by BBC America in September 2006.
Ambitious, post-Civil War costume drama spanning 36 years which intertwines several stories of lust, power, greed and murder in dealing with two former army field doctors and their passion for their work and women in their lives.
Orphaned Jang-geum becomes the first female physician in the Joseon Dynasty and her determination is tested when people around her start showing their true faces.
Amid a royal and political power struggle, a king entangles with an intriguing woman — whose hidden desire for revenge transforms into unintended love.
Niracha came to work as a teacher in a village. There was a strange incident in which many men in the village became unconscious. Everyone was fightened and didn't dare to leave the house at night. They believe this is happening because of the ghost of a widow, but Niracha doesn't believe in it. She then meets Thodsanon. He's an engineer who was sent to explore the route that leads to the waterfall, but the villagers warned him about it being dangerous - a man was found lying dead in the forest near the waterfall and no one knows how he died. The arrival of Prangthip, a beautiful and mysterious woman, causes the villagers to be paranoid. Some nights, people hear loud cries coming from her house. Prangthip befriends Thodsanon and people start to gossip about them, especially Nethmaya, who likes him. She uses dark magic to find out if Prangthip is really human.
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A priceless jewel, originally plundered from a Hindu shrine, is presented to Rachel Verinder on her 18th birthday. The jewel goes missing and suspicion falls over the household, threatening to destroy someone close to Rachel's heart.
Song Xixi, a brave and determined woman, left the battlefield to fulfill her promise to her mother and married under a family arrangement. However, when her husband, Zhan Beiwang, returned from the war and wanted to take a concubine, breaking his promise, she did not sit idly by. She asked for a divorce and, with all the determination in the world, returned to the war. She restored her family's honor, defended her city, and along the way, found her true soul mate: King Beiming, Xie Rumo. It was a journey of struggle, transformation, and personal rediscovery.
At the turn of the century, new roads and railway lines threaten the very existence of the once thriving river boat trade. While trying to mediate in the dispute between the shearers and the riverboat skippers, Brenton Edwards is framed and sentenced to imprisonment in Melbourne. Without Brenton, Delie is faced with a custody battle over her children and the not altogether unwanted attentions of Cyrus James, a charming, but mysterious overseas entrepreneur. Alone she must fight to keep her family and the riverboat "Philadelphia".
Island at War is a British television series that tells the story of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands. It primarily focuses on three local families: the upper class Dorrs, the middle class Mahys and the working class Jonases, and four German officers. The fictional island of St. Gregory serves as a stand-in for the real-life islands Jersey and Guernsey, and the story is compiled from the events on both islands. Produced by Granada Television in Manchester, Island at War had an estimated budget of £9,000,000 and was filmed on location in the Isle of Man from August 2003 to October 2003. When the series was shown in the UK, it appeared in six 70-minute episodes.
Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.
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.