The Adventures of Sinbad is a Canadian television series which aired from 1996 to 1998. It follows on the story from the pilot of the same name, and revolves around the series' protagonist, Sinbad. The series is a re-telling of the adventures of Sinbad from The Arabian Nights.
Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.
A blood-soaked, medieval epic that tells the story of Wilkin Brattle, a 14th century warrior, whose life is forever changed when a divine messenger beseeches him to lay down his sword and lead the life of another man: a journeyman executioner. Set in northern Wales during a time rife with rebellion and political upheaval, Wilkin must walk a tight rope between protecting his true identity while also serving a mysterious destiny.
Guided by Annora, a mystical healer whose seeming omniscience keeps Wilkin under her sway; manipulated by Milus Corbett, a devious Chamberlain with grand political aspirations; and driven by a deepening connection with the Baroness Lady Love, Wilkin struggles to navigate political, emotional and supernal pitfalls in his quest to understand his greater purpose.
Centennial, Colorado: nel '700 si insediano gli indiani Arapaho e iniziano numerose vicende che arrivano fino agli anni settanta del XX secolo. Si intrecciano le storie dei primi pionieri, di avventurieri e di una schiera di personaggi che tracciano la storia dello Stato del Colorado e del mito della frontiera americano.
Ulisse lascia sua moglie Penelope e suo figlio Telemaco per prendere parte all'assedio di Troia. La città resiste stoicamente all'assedio e non può essere presa con la forza, tanto che l'esercito assediante va gradualmente perdendosi d'animo. Ulisse escogita un ingegnoso sistema e riesce a penetrare in città con il suo esercito nascosto all'interno di un cavallo di legno. Troia viene così conquistata, ma per punizione, Ulisse affronterà una serie di ostacoli escogitati dal dio Nettuno. Ulisse affronterà pericoli mai visti: da Polifemo fino alla Maga Circe, Calipso e poi il ritorno in patria e all'uccisione dei Proci. Il film termina con il bacio tra Ulisse e Penelope.
The Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. The series was first broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in 2000.
Nella Madrid del 1720, una cuoca di talento attira l'attenzione di un duca vedovo che sta rientrando nella società aristocratica.
An adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II, re-edited in chronological order with additional footage not seen in the first two films added.
Journey to the West is a Hong Kong television series adapted from the classical novel of the same title. Starring Dicky Cheung, Kwong Wah, Wayne Lai and Evergreen Mak, the series was produced by TVB and was first broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in November 1996. A sequel, Journey to the West II, was broadcast in 1998, but the role of the Monkey King was played by Benny Chan instead, due to contract problems between Dicky Cheung and TVB. Cheung later reprised the role in another television series The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra, which was broadcast on TVB but not produced by the station.
The story deals with several separate yet intertwining story lines, revolving around the protagonists Kiu Fung, Duen Yu and Hui Juk.
Within the spectacular, complex and corrupt world of gladiatorial sports in Ancient Rome, follow an ensemble of diverse characters across the many layers of Roman society where sports, politics and business intersect and collide.
Wai Siu Bo is the son of a prostitute who works in a brothel in Yangzhou. After joining the Heaven and Earth society, he heads to the Capital and gets enrolled into the service of the Grand Eunuchs. There he becomes friends with the young emperor Hong Hei (Wai mistakes the emperor as another young eunuch) and falls in love with the emperor's younger sister, Princess Kin Ning. His adventures in the Forbidden City leads him into discovering the empress dowager as an impostor; finding several volumes of the prized 42 Chapters which contains the location of a treasure cave; helps the emperor kill the baddie courtier, Lord Obai; and see his position rise from humble eunuch to a grand courtier and confidante of the emperor.
The Flying Fox of the Snowy Mountain 1999 is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novels Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain and The Young Flying Fox.
Miniserie biblica dedicata alla figura di Dina, figlia di Lia e Giacobbe.
Follow the saga of Cynthia and Devon, two siblings whose intense love drives everything and everyone around them to ruin.
Set in the 19th century, the series tracks a mother and her son following their release after spending the first seventeen years of the boy’s life in prison together. Having been granted their freedom, the two just want to live in peace. Unfortunately, they find themselves between conflicting interests of two bandit clans and the local governor, fighting over trade routes.
