Fader Brown er katolsk præst i et lille landsbysamfund i 1950'ernes England. Og så er han lidt af en menneskekender med et særligt talent for at opklare forbrydelser. Baseret på historierne af forfatteren G.K. Chesterton.
'Babylon Berlin' genskaber Berlin i de brølende 20'ere og er den dyreste ikke-engelsksprogede dramaserie nogensinde.
Under ledelse af Earl Ragnar (Peter Gantzler) angriber de danske vikingerne hårdt og brutalt Wessex, men skåner Kongesønnen Uthred. Kongesønnen vokser op blandt de danske vikinger, en opvækst som fører til store identitetsproblemer og endnu større dilemmaer. ’The Last Kingdom’ er produceret af et Emmy-vindende team og har flere danskere på rollelisten.
Terence Winter og Martin Scorsese bringer historien om Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, Atlantic Citys ubestridte zar i en tid, hvor alkoholforbuddet blev katalysator for organiseret kriminalitet i USA. Nucky, lige dele politiker og gangster, og hans løjtnanter sad på magten i en tid, hvor illegal alkohol skabte indbringende muligheder for både spritsmuglere og distributører. Atlantic Citys beliggenhed nær havet gjorde byen til midtpunkt for smuglere som Arnold Rothstein, Lucky Luciano og Al Capone – og Nicky handlede med dem alle. Vi følger en konge af underverdenen og hans inderkreds med deres bagdørspolitik, bitre magtkampe, konstante strid med FBI og en umættelig appetit for kvinder, penge og magt. Mens pengene vælter ind, slås Nucky og hans håndlangere for at forsvare deres domæne mod misundelige gangstere… med drabelige følger.
Denne serie følger familien Crawley og dens tjenestefolk i tykt og tyndt og udstiller snobberiet og intrigerne i et forældet klassesystem.
The Great er en satirisk dramaserie om den unge, idealistiske Catherine (Elle Fanning), der senere blev kendt som Catherine the Great. Catherine kommer som ung kvinde til Rusland for at indgå i et arrangeret ægteskab med landets kejser, Peter (Nicholas Hoult). I mødet med et dystert og deprimerende Rusland indser Catherine hurtigt, at de forhåbninger om kærlighed og det søde liv, hun havde gjort sig inden ankomst, falder pladask til jorden. Hun beslutter sig derfor for at ændre tingenes tilstand – det kræver blot, at hun slår sin mand ihjel, vinder over kirken og udfordrer militæret! Serien er skrevet af Tony McNamara, der også stod bag manuskriptet til den prisvindende film, The Favourite, fra 2018.
Two sisters who set up a London fashion house for society of the early 1920s.
Mord med Miss Fisher er baseret på den australske forfatter Kerry Greenwood's romaner. Serien kredser om det personlige og professionelle liv af Phryne Fisher, en glamourøs privatdetektiv i 1920'ernes Melbourne, Australien.
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 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.
Mr. Selfridge recounts the real life story of the flamboyant and visionary American founder of Selfridge's, London's lavish department store. Set in 1909 London, when women were reveling in a new sense of freedom and modernity, it follows Harry Gordon Selfridge ('Mile a Minute Harry'), a man with a mission to make shopping as thrilling as sex. Pioneering and reckless, with an almost manic energy, Harry created a theater of retail where any topic or trend that was new, exciting, entertaining - or just eccentric - was showcased.
Mary, Queen of Scots, står over for politiske og seksuelle intriger i det franske hofs forræderiske verden.
USA’s forgyldte tidsalder var en tid med stor økonomisk omvæltning. Denne historie indledes i 1882 i denne periode, hvor Marian Brook, den forældreløse datter af en sydstatsgeneral, flytter ind hos sine konventionelle tanter i New York.
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.
Set in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, the series chronicles the daily lives of farm-workers, craftsmen and gentry at the end of the 19th Century. Lark Rise to Candleford is a love letter to a vanished corner of rural England and a heart-warming drama series teeming with wit, wisdom and romance.
When Eliza Scarlet's father dies, he leaves her penniless, but she resolves to continue his detective agency. To operate in a male-dominated world, though, she needs a partner... step forward a detective known as the Duke. Eliza and The Duke strike up a mismatched, fiery relationship as they team up to solve crime in the murkiest depths of 1880’s London.
Virtues of Harmony is a long-running sitcom from Hong Kong, lasting 322 episodes with two direct seasons. Produced by Tsui Yu On, the sitcom was a TVB production and aired five days a week from September 17, 2001 to December 28, 2002. The series chronicles the comical events and life of the Kam household, a rich family during a prosperous time in the Ming Dynasty of China. The series was inspired by the 2000 TVB comedy drama Colourful Life.
Originally planned to be an 150-episode sitcom, an extra 200 episodes were added due to the sitcom's rating success. After the episode finale, a spin-off sequel, Virtues of Harmony II was released in 2003, as well as a spin-off musical, which starred the same cast.
Romantik, humor og intriger. Dramaserien 'Sanditon' er baseret på Jane Austens sidste, ufuldendte roman og har manuskript af Andrew Davies, der stod bag Austen-successerien 'Stolthed og fordom'.
Belfast, 1909. The Harland and Wolff shipyard has been handed the greatest project in its history. It will build a great, unsinkable ship. And it will be called the RMS Titanic.
Brothel owner, Margaret Wells, struggles to raise her daughters in London during the 18th century.