An immersive look at how a young woman from a small village in 18th-century England became one of the UK's best-loved novelists.
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Three women who shared a devastating trauma as teenagers find their emotional scars ripped open when one of them writes a book about the experience.
Now in her twenties, Anne returns to Avonlea for the first time since Marilla Cuthbert's death. Gilbert has been offered a position in a hospital in New York, and he persuades Anne to come with him. He arranges a position for her at a large publishing house. Big city life isn't what they expected. Anne's manuscript is stolen by a dashing American writer, Jack Garrison. Thus the stage is set for a final three hour installment in the "Anne of Green Gables" story which follows the characters from New York, the war effort in Europe and eventually returns them to the red earth of Prince Edward Island.
An author with severe antisocial tendencies learns to confront her deep emotional wounds when she meets a stranger who challenges her cold facade.
It tells the romance of Yu Ra a web novel writer who planed her new romance novel when she saw by chance the photographer Jung Woo but ended up being the main character of the story.
A life as dramatic as her work. Lucy Worsley discovers the origins of Agatha Christie's macabre magic - and with some compelling characters, uncovers carefully concealed secrets.
Desperate to escape from his emotional baggage and the heavy responsibility he’s had all his life, a psychiatric ward worker begins to heal with help from the unexpected – a woman who writes fairy tales but doesn’t believe in them.
Twenty-four short films by 24 female writers, performed by 24 women actors, all based on women’s real life experiences of sexism, harassment, and violence. A diversity of female voices and talent from across Europe come together for a series that tackles head-on the everyday brutality experienced by women.
At a major university, the first woman of color to become chair tries to meet the dizzying demands and high expectations of a failing English department.
Colette, une femme libre is a two-part French biographical TV film directed in 2003 by Nadine Trintignant and broadcast on January 25 and February 1, 2004 on RTBF, then on April 26 and April 27, 2004 on France 2. A biography of French writer Colette, it was also the last role for Marie Trintignant, who was killed by her partner Bertrand Cantat shortly before the end of filming at the end of July 2003.
Biopic of Bozena Nemcová, a famous Czech 19th century writer and feminist, focused on her complicated on-off relationship with her husband Josef Nemec.
Events planner-turned-women's prison governor Laura Willis documents the thrills and spills of life behind bars in this delightfully dry comedy series.
Shi Yan and Qin Xiu Han's marriage is in name only. Qin Xiu Han keeps his chastity for his white moonlight Liu Ru Yan. Lonely and desperate Shi Yan meets Xiao Chen Yan and seeks comfort in his gentle company. It was not until Qin Xiu Han found out that Liu Ru Yan had cheated on him that he begged for reconciliation. However, he did not expect that Xiao Chen Yan, who was with Shi Yan, was actually the heir of a top warlord.
When a mysterious phone call from a deceased classmate sends her back in time, Fang Xiaoxun finds herself reliving the past. As she tries to prevent his tragic fate, she unravels long-buried secrets and is drawn into a journey of healing, discovery, and unexpected connection.
Often reduced to a handful of romantic clichés - that of a young messenger on a bicycle or a fighter posing with her machine gun slung over her shoulder - women have long remained invisible in the history of the French Resistance. And yet, in a defeated, humiliated country deprived in part of its male population, women were the first to react and initiate a spirit of resistance. Through five individual destinies, this collection highlights the crucial role played by women between 1940 and 1944.
Determined to escape a fate as a pawn in a royal power struggle, the general’s daughter Chu Zhao takes her destiny into her own hands. Alongside Xie Yanlai, a once-overlooked soldier with a troubled past, she rises through political turmoil and war. Together, they uncover conspiracies, defend the kingdom from enemies within and beyond, and fight to secure a better future for their people.
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.
A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.
An anthology series centered around people who believe themselves to be the modern-day descendants of the Romanov family.
Margaret Hale is a southerner from a country vicarage newly settled in the industrial northern town of Milton. In the shock of her move, she misjudges charismatic cotton mill-owner John Thornton, whose strength of purpose and passion are a match for her own pride and willfulness. When the workers of Milton call a strike, Margaret takes their side, and the two are brought into deeper conflict. As events spiral out of control, Margaret - to her surprise - begins to fall in love with Thornton...
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.
The spirited and impulsive Charlotte Heywood moves from her rural home to Sanditon, a fishing village attempting to reinvent itself as a seaside resort.
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.
An anthology of sweeping true love stories that captured the world’s attention.
A recently retired English professor discovers a real knack for investigation and cannot help but interfere with the cases assigned to her police detective son.
This compelling series investigates the motives and m.o. of female murderers. While males are often driven by anger, impulse and destruction, women usually have more complex, long-term reasons to kill.
A multigenerational family saga centered around one woman who, having recently relocated and intent on revitalizing her marriage, finds herself going head to head with some of the most powerful and deceitful players in the city.
A “psychological exposé” into the minds of the most diabolical antagonists in WWE history and their impact on mainstream culture.
An exuberant drama set in Melbourne's Fitzroy, centering on Nina Proudman and her struggle to deal with her fabulously messy family, her hunt for a decent love life and her tendency to overthink and fly off into fantasy.
The story of Queen Victoria, who came to the throne at a time of great economic turbulence and resurgent republicanism – and died 64 years later the head of the largest empire the world had ever seen, having revitalised the throne’s public image and become “grandmother of Europe”.
Three "good girl" suburban wives and mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take their power back.
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.
Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary to complement the revival of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Each episode was broadcast on BBC Three on Saturdays, immediately after the broadcast of the weekly television episode on BBC One. The running time of the first two series was 30 minutes, being extended to 45 minutes in the third. BBC Three also broadcast a cut-down edition of the programme, lasting 15 minutes, shown after the repeats on Sundays and Fridays and after the weekday evening repeats of earlier seasons.
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.
American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.