The early 17th Century story of three courageous, dynamic women who leave their dark pasts behind in England, and make the journey of a lifetime across the ocean for a new life in America.
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Sophie Rundle
Alice Kett
Niamh Walsh
Verity Bridges
Naomi Battrick
Jocelyn Woodbryg
Gwilym Lee
Samuel Castell
Stuart Martin
Silas Sharrow
Matt Stokoe
James Read
Burn Gorman
Nicholas Farlow
Jason Flemyng
Sir George Yeardley
Patsy Ferran
Mercy
Dean Lennox Kelly
Meredith Rutter
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.
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".
Set in 17th century Paris, musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are members of an elite band of soldiers who fight for what is just. They are heroes in the truest and most abiding sense – men that can be trusted and believed in to do the right thing, regardless of personal risk.
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.
After losing her job for standing up to her boss's harassment, Li Qinnan accidentally falls into a sewer and dreams she’s transported to the ancient kingdom of Daqi. There, she becomes Qiu Yuke, a noblewoman betrothed to the kingdom’s enigmatic National Advisor, Ming Jingchuan, who has his own secrets. Desperate to escape her arranged marriage, Qiu Yuke crosses paths with Ming, and despite her initial resistance, they begin to form a connection. As they navigate the complexities of love and power, dark forces threaten to disrupt their lives and the kingdom’s stability. Caught in a web of intrigue, Qiu Yuke must make a choice that could alter her fate forever, leading her to confront unexpected challenges and hidden truths.
Bai Chu, the daughter of a high-ranking general, is forced by the emperor to marry Prince Chen, despite longing for her lost childhood love. Unbeknownst to her, the marriage is part of Prince Chen’s plan to gain her family’s influence in his rivalry with Prince Qi. On their wedding night, an assassination plot by Prince Qi results in the deaths of Prince Chen and Bai Chu’s parents. Seeking revenge, Bai Chu infiltrates an assassin group under Prince Qi’s control, where a mysterious masked man repeatedly protects her.
A young woman's plan to marry the heir to a Chinese incense empire leads to her family's ruin...until she gets a second chance to right her wrongs.
In order to save her "seriously ill" adoptive father, the heroine Jing Qi'er went down the mountain to Wangyou Tea House to look for the magic medicine - Guiyuan Pill. She met Huan Yunhua, the master of Yunshan Pavilion, who pretended to be the tea house that had been missing for many years. The young owner of the tea house comes to rob the tea house, and the two pretend to be a couple "with their own agendas". However, an old grudge is involved, and an unexpected combination of circumstances restores the reputation of the tea house and they fall in love with each other. The world is vast, but pleasure and happiness are within easy reach.
A Ke, a mysterious woman with the power to enter people's dreams, uncovers a deeper connection with the cold-hearted constable Shen Nan. As she navigates the dreams of others, she discovers a fated love between them that transcends time and spans multiple lifetimes.
After a successful auction, renowned auctioneer Qi Xuan’s life takes a sudden turn when an accident involving an ancient painting sends her back in time to the mysterious Jing Dynasty. She awakens as Su Wangfei, the wife of the famed war hero Prince Su Qianyu. Already struggling to find a way back home, her journey becomes even more complicated when she and her husband switch bodies.
Li Chuchu, a young woman from a noble family who has been oppressed for years, discovers that her mother’s death was not accidental. Determined to seek justice, she embarks on a mission to uncover the truth. Along the way, she becomes entangled in a complex relationship with her legitimate brother, Li Zhen, as they both wrestle with love, revenge, and their search for justice.
Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.
Set during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, a young and shy midshipman, rises through the ranks to become an admiral.
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
Brothel owner, Margaret Wells, struggles to raise her daughters in London during the 18th century.
Belgravia, 1871. When Lord Frederick Trenchard meets Clara Dunn, their courtship is full of passion. But after they marry, the scandalous world of high society and a long-buried family secret threaten to unravel their happiness.
A group of fun-loving American girls burst onto the scene in tightly corseted 1870s London, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash. Sent to secure husbands and status, the buccaneers' hearts are set on much more than that.
The story of New York farmer, Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America’s fight for independence.
Dublin, 1868. The Guinness family patriarch is dead, and his four children — each with dark secrets to hide — hold the brewery's fate in their hands.
In 18th-century North America, ruthless trappers and entrepreneurs fight to wrest control of the fur trade from the mighty Hudson's Bay Company.
Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.
It’s 1882 and the Gilded Age is in full swing when Marian Brook, a young orphaned daughter of a Southern general, moves in with her rigidly conventional aunts in New York City. With the help of Peggy Scott, an African-American woman masquerading as her maid, Marian gets caught up in the dazzling lives of her rich neighbors as she struggles to decide between adhering to the rules or forging her own path.
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.
The story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster victor, Henry VII. Based on the Philippa Gregory book of the same name.
A series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.
Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a bar than a courtroom. When he reluctantly agrees to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the biggest client of Cooperman & McBride, the massive law firm he helped create, Billy and his ragtag team uncover a vast and deadly conspiracy, pitting them all in a life or death trial against the ultimate Goliath.
When a young mother from a sheltered cult crosses paths with a mysterious stranger, she embarks on a risky affair that awakens desires and dark secrets.
A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warfare, courage, love, loyalty and our universal search for identity. Combining real historical figures and events with fictional characters, it is the story of how a people combined their strength under one of the most iconic kings of history in order to reclaim their land for themselves and build a place they call home.
The social and class divisions in early 20th century England through the intersection of three families - the wealthy Wilcoxes, the gentle and idealistic Schlegels and the lower-middle class Basts.
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.
When Lucy Albright and Stephen DeMarco meet at college, they are at that formative age when seemingly mundane choices lead the way to irrevocable consequences. They quickly fall into an addictive entanglement that will permanently alter not only their lives, but the lives of everyone around them.
Based on the true story of Grace Marks, a housemaid and immigrant from Ireland who was imprisoned in 1843, perhaps wrongly, for the murder of her employer Thomas Kinnear. Grace claims to have no memory of the murder yet the facts are irrefutable. A decade after, Dr. Simon Jordan tries to help Grace recall her past.
The journey of a book smart teen whose life is forever transformed when he moves from the streets of west Philadelphia to live with his relatives in one of LA’s wealthiest suburbs.
The story of a young Louis XIV on his journey to become the most powerful monarch in Europe, from his battles with the fronde through his development into the Sun King. Historical and fictional characters guide us in a world of betrayal and political maneuvering, revealing Versailles in all its glory and brutality.