In the 400 years of Ottoman rule, Greeks had staged numerous revolutions, but they were all drowned in blood. Which factors contributed to the success of the Liberation Struggle of 1821?
A look at the hunt for California's Zodiac Killer, who murdered at least five people in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s and early '70s.
Odissea Nelle Lingue
Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish, also known simply as Destinos, is an educational television program created by Bill VanPatten, who was, at the time, Professor of Spanish and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. The show, designed to introduce viewers to the basics of Spanish, had two seasons, beginning in 1992. Its 52 episodes are often used for educational purposes in schools and are still broadcast regularly on many PBS stations, as well as many local channels. Destinos was produced by WGBH Boston and funded by the Annenberg/CPB Project, with additional funding by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.
1821: Οι Ήρωες
This proudly profane series explores the history and impact of some of the most notorious bad words in the English language.
In the fourth and fifth centuries, B.C., the Greeks built an empire that stretched across the Mediterranean from Asia to Spain. They laid the foundation of modern science, politics, warfare and philosophy, and produced some of the most breathtaking art and architecture the world has ever seen. It was perhaps the most spectacular flourishing of imagination and achievement in recorded history.
Odysseas, lives in Athens, far from his family. The complicated relationship with his father, Lefteris, has led them to estrangement. However, when an unpleasant event forces Odysseasto return to Serres, everything begins to change. Thus, two strangers in the same house, in the same city, father and son, start from scratch to get to know each other. Having Chrysa by his side and Stamatina, Nancy and Thomas opposite him, Odysseas will help his father get back on his feet. Through moments of emotion and laughter, Odysseas and Lefteris will truly get to know each other, will love each other from the beginning and will reconcile with their differences, but also with loss. In a provincial town, with images from a Greece we all know, Odysseas and Lefteris discover that the world is more beautiful when we accept ourselves, and those around us, for who they really are.
Eides språksjov
The series follows the lives and loves of three 30-something professionals in modern day Athens. Elli (Faidra Douka) is a junior executive in a record company, having to deal with a highly demanding bitch-of-a-boss. Following the end of a serious relationship, Elli is worried about never having a chance to marry or have kids. Her search for new partners mostly results in the entry of weirdos in her life. Mitsaki (Mirto Alikaki) is a radio producer with a love-hate-relationship with her own boss. A life-long party girl with a tendency towards short-lived relationships and an aversion to taking any short of responsibility, Mitsaki has to come to grips with the idea of growing up. Billy (Giorgos Pyrpassopoulos) is a reporter with a rather unsteady love-life. He is a homosexual, but tends to be turned-off by the quirks of his various partners and has yet to fully commit to a relationship.
Marina,a teacher in high school gets a divorce after many years of marriage.She agrees though to go on a date with Andreas,a succesfull doctor and father one of her students.
Καλημέρα Ζωή
Litsa is a modern Cinderella but she doesn't know it. She lives with her oppressive family (mother-father, brother and grandmother) and works in the well-established hair salon of the cunning and manipulative Jenny. Although she loves her family and loves her job very much, she feels suffocated. As if all this weren't enough, she catches her partner cheating on her. And on top of that, she decides not to trust any man again, her love knocks on the door in the face of Elias, a spoiled rich kid who is also in a relationship with Jenny's boss. To find a way out, she starts her own blog on the internet, where she writes and communicates with us about everything that happens to her. A girl who wants small and simple things in her life to be happy. On her blog Litsa.com, she awaits our opinions!
A corpse symbolically placed on the border line of the bridge that connects Greece with Turkey, forces the Greek police officer Sofia Bakalis and the Turkish Kenan Karaman to undertake the case of the unusual murder. Very quickly, the two police officers realize that things are not so simple. Unsuspecting of the political forces involved and trying to solve the case, Sophia and Kenan will be in mortal danger, as the perpetrators do everything to hide an explosive secret. However, the price of the truth is much higher than they imagine, with its revelation threatening to lead even to a Greek-Turkish conflict. In the end, Sophia and Kenan will be asked to decide what matters most: their task or their life.
Τα παλιόπαιδα τ' ατίθασα
The Haritou family's ancestral home was initially inhabited only by the unmarried youngest daughter, Irini. However, in the first episode of the series, her older and widowed sister, Olga, moves into the same house until the construction of the new house she is building is completed. Although initially they thought that her move would be temporary, it eventually became permanent for the entire series. At the same time, the middle daughter, Maria, decides to move into her ancestral home and stay with her sisters, because she caught her husband, Yannis, red-handed with her best friend.
A divorced Greek mother of two children meets a divorced Turkish father of two children. They soon fall in love and end up moving in together along with all the children, big mistake because both sides don't get along.
Ποίος Ήτον ο Φονεύς του Αδελφού μου
Based on the best-selling English novel The Island by Victoria Hislop, the series takes place on the island of Spinalonga, off the coast of Crete, and in the village of Plaka which lies within swimming distance across it. The series premiered on 11 October 2010 to record ratings and critical acclaim. It is the most expensive Greek television production ever with a budget of €4 million.
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