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.
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Harriet Slater
Clara Trenchard
Benjamin Wainwright
Frederick Trenchard
Edward Bluemel
Doctor Stephen Ellerby
Elaine Cassidy
Davison
Claude Perron
Marquise d'Etagnac
Sophie Thompson
Mrs Dunn
David Fynn
Ross
Liam Garrigan
Fletcher
Gerard Horan
Enright
Miles Jupp
Duke of Rochester
Lu Chenyuan, a rising star, surprises the entire capital by proposing to marry Jiang Yurou, the notorious daughter of the valiant general. Determined to make him regret his decision, Jiang Yurou tries every trick to break the engagement. However, Lu Chenyuan counters her every move and remains steadfast by her side. Eventually, his unwavering devotion wins her over, and they end up together as a loving couple.
Madam Zhao Shuangshuang, gifted with the ability to see red strings connecting destined lovers, is Lin’an City’s top matchmaker, dedicated to helping others find love while dreaming of her own. She meets Cheng Yin, a man on a mission to disrupt matchmakers after a personal tragedy. Their opposing goals spark an ongoing rivalry, yet Cheng Yin begins to feel a connection to Zhao Shuangshuang. When an old flame from Zhao Shuangshuang's past reappears, hidden truths emerge, leading both to confront their feelings and pasts as they navigate their growing bond.
Shen Zhili embarks on a quest to revive her master using an ancient formula that requires a rare medicinal ingredient. When Su Chenche arrives, Shen Zhili is unexpectedly trapped in a time loop, discovering that each time Su Chenche dies, time resets. To complete the mission, the two set out together, navigating misunderstandings, a growing bond, and cryptic guidance from a mysterious figure in the shadows. Can they solve the riddle of the time loop and find the elusive ingredient?
The ancient gods died, and there is only one last god in the world - Xingzhi. Rumor has it that this God of Action has lived alone in the heavens for tens of thousands of years, ruthless and lustless. In the battle of the immortals and demons, he turned the tide by himself, and since then, Du Men has been swept away, and his traces are hard to find. Hundreds of years are just a click away. As the queen who was born with a pearl in the devil world, Shen Li's life was bright and dazzling. But on the occasion of her thousand-year-old birthday, the claws of political marriage were scratching their heads. On the way to escape from the marriage, Shen Li was beaten back to the original form of a phoenix and fell to the world with injuries. When she was seriously injured and comatose, the mortal hawker treated her as a fat chicken, plucked all the hair from her body, and locked her in a cage for sale. The fate of the two is tightly linked by a seemingly casual transaction.
It's 1715 on the Bahamian island of New Providence, the first functioning democracy in the Americas, where the diabolical pirate Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard, reigns over a rogue nation of thieves, outlaws and miscreant sailors. Part shantytown, part marauder's paradise, this is a place like no other on earth - and a mounting threat to international commerce. To gain control of this fearsome society, Tom Lowe, a highly skilled undercover assassin, is sent to the buccaneers' haven to take down the brilliant and charismatic Blackbeard. But the closer Lowe gets, the more he finds that his quest is not so simple. Lowe can't help but admire the political ideals of Blackbeard, whose thirst for knowledge knows no bounds - and no law. But Lowe is not the only danger to Blackbeard's rule. He is a man with many villainous rivals and one great weakness - a passionately driven woman whom he cannot deny.
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.
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.
As a dynasty crumbles, Xie Queshan, a general now branded a traitor, captures Nanyi after she accidentally steals a secret message. Trapped within his household, the two uncover each other’s hidden identities and are drawn into a dangerous conspiracy. Forged through repeated brushes with death, their alliance deepens as they face the ultimate choice between loyalty to the realm and the feelings growing between them.
Ye Ruyi is unexpectedly transported into a comic book as a minor, doomed character, where she encounters Zuo Qianchen, a fallen prince living a double life as a hero. Together, they move from mutual manipulation to redemption, awakening other characters and reshaping their fates to rewrite the story.
After the Fu family's massacre, only the daughter, Fu Zhaoxue survives, but the evidence points to her former lover, Gu Jingzhou. Returning with a new face as Lin Qianyu, she marries into the Gu family to uncover their secrets, reigniting a forbidden romance with Gu Jingzhou. As truths unfold, love and old grudges resurface, leading to an intense rekindling of feelings.
Amid political chaos caused by the former emperor’s suppression of the military, the general’s son Nan Chenxiao disguises himself as a woman to stay safe, while aspiring official Rui Yu hides her identity by posing as a man. Forced into partnership through an unexpected marriage by the new emperor, the two face dangerous trials and uncover each other’s secrets to help the emperor restore stability to the realm.
Empress Shen Yuning, widowed and remarried to her late husband’s brother to protect her posthumous child, faces an impossible choice when her first husband miraculously returns, demanding she return to him. Caught between two emperors with very different love, she must decide where her heart truly lies.
Princess Yun Qifeng, once free-spirited and admired, is suddenly transported into a story that paints her as a notorious villain. Abandoned by her husband and ridiculed by those around her, she soon discovers that the very people who scorned her are now vying for her favor, turning her world upside down.
Dr Lucien Blake left Ballarat as a young man. But now he finds himself returning to take over not only his dead father's medical practice, but also his on-call role as the town's police surgeon, only to find change is afoot, nothing is sacred, and no one is safe.
In the legendary Nine Cities, noblewoman Fan Yun and cunning lord Qi Zheng join forces to overcome a looming crisis. As they fight for the people's welfare, their bond deepens into friendship and love to bring peace and prosperity to the realm.
When a political marriage ignites a long-awaited revenge, the returning Princess Royal and her former lover clash in the court’s power struggles. But as love and rivalry collide, they realize they are each other’s only salvation and join forces to reshape the kingdom’s future.
Shen Zhao, oppressed as the mistress of a general’s household, unexpectedly swaps bodies with General Chu Muyi. Experiencing each other’s lives, they develop a deep bond while Shen Zhao uses the general’s authority to uncover the truth behind her father’s wrongful exile.
Xiao Zhao creates a game revolving around the workplace and the palace where Zhao Ruoqi has to navigate the difficulties within the game.
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.
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.
Brothel owner, Margaret Wells, struggles to raise her daughters in London during the 18th century.
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.
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.
Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.
A series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.
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.
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.
An artist finds romance with a chef in Italy and embarks on a life-changing journey of love, loss, resilience and hope across cultures and continents.
A spinoff of "The Oval," follows Ruth Truesdale as she's forced to play nice with a scandalous religious cult of powerful sex crazed fanatics in the hopes of freeing herself and her daughter.
The true story of a duchess publicly shamed in a high society divorce that gripped the nation.
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.
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.
Based on a novel by Clara Darling, about a college grad who heads to a big city looking for work and discovers her older sister, who's been living there for years, is a model.
When a local girl goes missing, a woman is forced to face the demons from her traumatic childhood.
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.
An affair threatens the lives of Dan Gallagher and his wife, Beth, in this deep-dive reimagining of the classic psychosexual thriller which explores fatal attraction and the timeless themes of marriage and infidelity through the lens of modern attitudes toward strong women, personality disorders and coercive control.
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.
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.