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.
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The people behind it
Maggie Smith
Violet Crawley
Michelle Dockery
Mary Crawley
Laura Carmichael
Edith Crawley
Joanne Froggatt
Anna Smith
Hugh Bonneville
Robert Crawley
Phyllis Logan
Mrs. Hughes
Elizabeth McGovern
Cora Crawley
Jim Carter
Charles Carson
Brendan Coyle
John Bates
Penelope Wilton
Isobel Merton
Jun Qinglan, a wealthy young lady, suffers a tragic fate when her family is destroyed and her fiancé, Li Congyao, not only fails to rescue her but also disfigures her. After escaping, she adopts a new identity as a skilled male coroner to seek revenge and clear her name. When she unexpectedly encounters Li Congyao again, he has become cold and brutal, even abducting her as his male concubine, reigniting their conflict.
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.
In the small, fictional Yorkshire town of Skelthwaite is an engaging story of life, love, family and people’s ever-changing fortunes in rural England. Set against the rugged landscape of Yorkshire, it follows the busy professional and family lives of District Nurses, as they bring nursing and emotional care to young and old alike. The first four series concentrates on the lives of district health nurses Peggy Snow and Ruth Goddard. The story expands to focus on the lives of more Skelthwhaite residents, particularly those related to the nurses as well as those employed in a local toilet tissue factory.
A series of television drama programmes loosely based on Baroness Emmuska Orczy's series of novels, set in 1793 during the French Revolution. It stars Richard E. Grant as the hero, Sir Percy Blakeney, and his eponymous alter ego. The first series also starred Elizabeth McGovern as his wife Marguerite and Martin Shaw as the Pimpernel's archrival, Paul Chauvelin. Robespierre was played by Ronan Vibert. It was filmed in the Czech Republic and scored by a Czech composer, Michal Pavlíček.
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
Wycliffe is a British television series, based on W. J. Burley's novels about Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe. It was produced by HTV and broadcast on the ITV Network, following a pilot episode on 7 August 1993, between 24 July 1994 and 5 July 1998. The series was filmed in Cornwall, with a production office in Truro. Music for the series was composed by Nigel Hess and was awarded the Royal Television Society award for the best television theme. Wycliffe is played by Jack Shepherd, assisted by DI Doug Kersey and DI Lucy Lane. Each episode deals with a murder investigation. In the early series, the stories are adapted from Burley's books and are in classic whodunit style, often with quirky characters and plot elements. In later seasons, the tone becomes more naturalistic and there is more emphasis on internal politics within the police.
Ian George, the head of an exclusive school, is asked to take a look at Hope Park Comprehensive School, which is in special measures, and asked to confirm its closure. The outgoing head breaks down during his farewell speech and delivers an emotional rant against the students, telling them how worthless they are. After meeting staff and pupils, George believes there is some hope for the school. The show was inspired by a real head teacher named William Atkinson.
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
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.
In the late 1940s, the Shanhai Gang rises as a key force in the local Chinese community. Retired leader Cheng Hui returns to rebuild the gang amid external threats, internal power struggles, and colonial interference, shaping its fight for survival and legacy.
Pressured to marry, modern-day Xiaoxiao is transported into the body of an ancient bathhouse worker, Chu Xiaoran. Armed with a magic pouch of modern items, she helps Chu Xiaoran woo a distant princess while using his body to flirt with every handsome man she meets, leading to a series of comedic misadventures in this whimsical, time-traveling journey.
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.
In the 15th year of Qingshuo, Princess Li Conghuan of Zizhou marries Crown Prince Mo Heng, but her true motive is revenge. Once in love with the Second Prince, Mo Jin, she witnessed the brutal murder of her mother and her newborn child. Returning to the palace, Li Conghuan is determined to avenge their deaths, but her former love, now the Crown Princess' husband, struggles to believe she would go to such lengths for power. Caught in a web of assassination attempts and suspicion, the two must navigate misunderstandings and hidden intentions as their paths intertwine once more.
Once the cherished daughter of the Mu family, Mu Qingran faces sudden upheaval when her father’s empire collapses and she is reluctantly married to Prince Zhao Yunchu. Misunderstandings arise between her ambition to revive the family business and his desire for a traditional, obedient wife, leading him to marry the Mu family’s rival, Shen Yanan, and sparking a series of dramatic events.
A chance encounter brings the Shen family to Yong'an City, where they meet Lin Yan, a magistrate. Their journey unfolds into a whimsical tale of gourmet delights, local traditions, and an unexpected romance.
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.
Set in 1936, the show takes viewers, old and new, back to the lavish world of Belgravia, London. A new set of occupants reside at 165 Eaton Place and viewers see how external and internal influences of the tumultuous pre-war period shape and mould the lives of this wealthy family and their servants.
Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her employer's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked.
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...
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.
The spirited and impulsive Charlotte Heywood moves from her rural home to Sanditon, a fishing village attempting to reinvent itself as a seaside resort.
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.
Britain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest - only the bankers are smiling. It's 1783 and Ross Poldark returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ruins: his father dead, the family mine long since closed, his house wrecked and his sweetheart pledged to marry his cousin. But Ross finds that hope and love can be found when you are least expecting it in the wild but beautiful Cornish landscape.
The story of Tess Durbeyfield, a low-born country girl whose family find they have noble connections.
The trials and tribulations of the very large, colorful and imperfect Braverman family.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a 1996 serial adaptation of Anne Brontë's novel of the same name, produced by the BBC. A mysterious young woman arrives at Wildfell Hall, an old house of the Elizabethan era, with a young son. She is determined to lead an independent existence, but her new neighbours do not want to leave her alone. Only one of them, a young farmer, succeeds in finding her secrets.
A tale of secrets and scandals set in 1840s London. When the Trenchards accept an invitation to the now legendary ball hosted by the Duchess of Richmond on the fateful evening of the Battle of Waterloo, it sets in motion a series of events that will have consequences for decades to come as secrets unravel behind the porticoed doors of London’s grandest postcode.
Chronicles the lives of four generations of an upper-class family of stockbrokers, set against the backdrop of a rapidly evolving late-Victorian world.
Count Alexander Rostov finds himself going from riches to rags following the Russian revolution. A Soviet tribunal banishes him to the attic room of an opulent hotel, where, oblivious to the world outside, he discovers the true value of friendship, family and love.
The story of the penniless Mary Thorne, who grows up with her rich aunt/cousins at Greshamsbury Park estate.
The generous John Jarndyce, struggling with his own past, and his two young wards Richard and Ada, are all caught up, like Lady Dedlock, in the infamous case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce, which will make one of them rich beyond imagination if it can ever be brought to a conclusion. As Tulkinghorn digs deeper into Lady Dedlock's past, he unearths a secret that will change their lives forever, and which is almost as astounding as the final outcome of the Jarndyce case.
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.
In Edwardian England, George and his partner Amy attempt to defy society and start a life together as they face the escalating terror of an alien invasion, fighting for their lives against an enemy beyond their comprehension.
A big city lawyer returns to her hometown to take the case of a group of girls suffering from a mysterious illness.
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.