A fiftysomething English banker falls for and has an affair with an Irish waif from the wrong side of the tracks, causing him grief both professionally and personally.
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Saka no Ue no Kumo is an NHK 21st Century special drama which was aired over three years starting from November 29, 2009. The series runs 13 episodes at 90 minutes each. The first series, with 5 episodes, was broadcast in 2009, while series two and three, each with 4 episodes, were broadcast in late 2010 and 2011. While most episodes were shot in Japan, one of the episodes in series two was shot in Latvia. The TV series is based on the novel Saka no ue no kumo by Ryōtarō Shiba and adopted by Hisashi Nozawa. The theme song of the drama series is titled "Stand Alone". It was composed by Joe Hisaishi, written by Kundo Koyama and performed by British soprano singer Sarah Brightman.
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.
A story that follows a team of cops as they crack serial cases, fight the crusade against drugs and bring down an international crime syndicate. Special forces agent Guo Yang successfully lures the druglord of Anguo into the country's borders to expedite his capture. However, the shock from the death of Zhu Dui causes him to retire from service. Two years later, undercover cop Zhang Chen learns that a new druglord has entered the country. Zhang Chen approaches Guo Yang and they team up to in a fight against the syndicate.
A quirky fashion student becomes the nanny of a handsome widower’s three kids, experiencing a series of silly antics and schemes.
Zhou Sheng Chen was raised by his brother, the Emperor, until the age of thirteen, when he set out to defend the border and establish himself as a loyal and accomplished general. Cui Shi Yi, the well-read daughter of an esteemed family, has been betrothed to the Crown Prince since birth. However, political scheming and tragic events result in Cui Shi Yi falling mute, her former fiance becoming a child Emperor, and Zhou Sheng Chen returning to the capital amidst a cloud of political turmoil.
Set in the ancient capital Luoyang during the era of 13 dynasties, it revolves around three people who come together to investigate a series of mysterious incidents involving the conspiracy to overthrow Empress Wu Ze Tian. Adapted from the novel Luoyang by Ma Bo Yong.
During the "super moon" in 2011, Lei Chu Xia escaped from her murderer and travelled into the future to the year 2021. She appears in front of Xu Xiao Dong, and somehow, her existence seems to depend on Xu Xiao Dong’s presence in which they have to stay close to each other. Having no choice but to stay together, Xu Xiao Dong decides to help Lei Chu Xia recover her memory and find out the truth from 10 years ago.
The economic and cultural growth of town of Centennial, Colorado, through the intertwining lives of the brave men and women inhabiting it. Spanning two centuries from the settling of the area in the 1700s, to the late 1970s.
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships. A co-production with Time-Life Television Productions, the miniseries was first broadcast on BBC 1 in weekly parts from 1 December 1974 to 5 January 1975. It is the earliest BBC adaptation to exist in its entirety; the 1956 adaptation is completely lost, whilst only four of the 1966 adaptation's eight episodes are known to exist.
A deaf girl witnesses the audacious murder of a policewoman.
This classic Australian mini series was originally broadcast in 1989 as three 90 minute episodes and tells the story of a young woman who goes in search of the father she has never known. Her search takes her from Australia to England and then on to Bangkok. There she meets up with a charming young man, Arkie Regan, who plants drugs in her luggage and leaves her to her fate when the authorities find them during a routine search at the airport. Following her imprisonment in the notorious Bangkok Hilton prison she awaits the decision of the authorities on whether she should face the death penalty.
The story of Two and Wish who live together after graduated. Wish is waiting for a job so he's responsible for housework. Two got an office work and meet a lot of people incluiding a net idol "Auy" who come to interfere their relationship.
A spunky barista is torn between two gorgeous looking men - a confident bad boy and a charming good boy who are both involved in catfishing her. Despite noticing the red flags in the two men, is it still possible for her to find real love?
Lin Meiya is on a plane returning home from her studies abroad when she encounters Ou Yang due to a misunderstanding. She had planned to get married upon her return but is unexpectedly met with her boyfriend's cold betrayal. Learning to stand up and move on from heartbreak, she finds employment at Ou Yang's company. As they spend time together, their relationship deepens beyond simple friendship, and they learn to rely on each other through difficult times.
Xie Mingyuan, the martial arts alliance leader, plans to marry his daughter, Xie Tianba, to Ningyuan Marquis, a notorious traitor. Outraged, Xie Tianba leaves home and ventures into the martial world, where she is saved by Mo Haoran, leader of the Storm Sect. As she helps relieve him from a rare poison, they gradually fall in love. Later, Xie Tianba uncovers dark secrets about her father and becomes entangled in a web of betrayal and conflict, testing her trust in Mo Haoran and forcing her to confront her own beliefs and loyalties.
Si Qingye, the president of the Si Group, and Ning Wuhui part ways due to a misunderstanding. Pregnant and alone, Ning loses all her memories after giving birth and becomes a single mother. Seven years later, they reunite and gradually rediscover their feelings, resolving past misunderstandings and embarking on a journey toward a joyful life as a family of four.
Luo Zhi has a crush on an outstanding boy named Sheng Huainan and follows up his steps to get into the same university. They have to get over problems between themselves and their families, and make progress in their relationship.
This is a mystery-solving adventure story about an idol girl Xiao Zao An (with a hidden personality named Ai Di Sheng) and genius detective Mi Ka Ka who experienced a series of revenge cases together and fight against a secret organization named Poker. Also get to find out what is the identity of this hidden personality Ai Di Sheng.
Son Ji Eun moves to a small city due to her husband's new job as a civil servant. She works part-time at a mart. Son Ji Eun is quiet and sincere. Her life in the small city becomes boring. Son Ji Eun's life is shaken by Yoon Jung Woo. Yoon Jung Woo is a biology teacher at a local school.
Wiped clean of memories and thrown together, a group of strangers fight to survive harsh realities -- and the island that traps them.
After Neurosurgeon Maggie Sullivan’s personal and professional life are thrown into turmoil she returns home to Sullivan’s Crossing. While there, Maggie is forced to navigate her complicated present while confronting the painful past she has chosen to ignore for years.
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.
Evie and Pete move into an upscale neighborhood and find themselves in a world of curtain twitching and status anxiety. They find friendship in the shape of the couple next door, alpha traffic cop Danny and his wife, glamorous yoga instructor Becka, but after Danny and Evie share a passionate night together there is trouble ahead.
Meet the Duncans, a prominent family from Jamaica, Queens. By day, they’re an upstanding family; by night, they live a dangerous secret life.
The spirited and impulsive Charlotte Heywood moves from her rural home to Sanditon, a fishing village attempting to reinvent itself as a seaside resort.
Set in the wealthy neighbourhood of Bishopscourt, Cape Town, investigative journalist Edie Hansen gets caught up in the ugly underbelly that lies beneath the picturesque beauty of the city, dragging her back to a turbulent past.
A basketball prodigy must navigate a maze of pressure if he's going to overcome the odds against him and learn what it truly means to have swagger.
A typical day at Lochmill Capital is upended when armed thieves burst in and force Zara and her best friend Luke to execute their demands. In the aftermath, conflicted detective Rhys races against time to find out who stole £4 billion pounds of people's pensions and why.
A seemingly perfect interracial first family becomes the White House's newest residents. But behind closed doors they unleash a torrent of lies, cheating and corruption.
Jack Irish is a man getting his life back together again. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, apprentice cabinet maker, punter and sometime lover – the complete man really. An expert in finding those who don’t want to be found – dead or alive, Jack helps out his mates while avoiding the past. That is until the past finds him.
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...
A penniless mother makes an impulsive decision in the jewellery shop where she works, and is propelled into a different world.
A pair of scheming ex-lovers attempt to exploit others by using the power of seduction. TV adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' classic 18th Century novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses".
After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.
Star is a tough-as-nails young woman who came up in the foster care system and decides one day to take control of her destiny. She tracks down her sister, Simone, and her Instagram bestie, Alexandra, and together, the trio journeys to Atlanta with the hope of becoming music superstars.
Felicity Porter, a sensitive and intelligent girl from the San Francisco Bay Area, decides to give up a slot at Stanford University's pre-med program to follow her long time crush to college in New York City. Things get even more complicated when she meets her dorm's resident advisor and they fall in love.
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.
The trials and tribulations of the very large, colorful and imperfect Braverman family.
A high-stakes thriller about Elena Federova, a very recently captured international arms dealer and brilliant criminal mastermind who even in captivity orchestrates a number of coordinated bank heists, and Val Turner, the principled, relentless and socially outcast FBI agent who will stop at nothing to foil her ambitious plan.
Dr Lucinda Edwards is a smart, battle-hardened doctor, but we meet her on a nightmare shift that ends in the death of an opioid overdose victim, Edith Owusu. Despite the support of her medical supervisor, Dr Leo Harris, Edith’s grieving father Sir Anthony Owusu, demands an enquiry into Lucinda’s actions on the fateful night.