A story that follows Chen Ting Jing, a righteous man who becomes a premier of the Qing Dynasty.
In the 23rd year of the reign of Kangxi, Chen Tingjing receives orders from the Emperor to investigate a fraud case in Shuntian Village. The case ignite Chen Ting Jing's difficult campaign to fight corruption and promulgate reform as he becomes embroiled in the political struggle amongst powerful factions within the royal court.
Chanakya is a 47-part epic Indian television historical drama. The series is a fictionalized account of the life and times of 4th century BCE Indian economist, strategist and political theorist Chanakya and is based on events occurring between 340 BCE and 321/20 BCE, starting with Chanakya's boyhood and culminating in the coronation of Chandragupta Maurya.
In the fall of 2014, a young Russian journalist Alexei Suvorov, who dreams of money and fame, travels to Donbass as part of a humanitarian mission to interview the famous battalion commander Lesentsov, who is fighting on the side of the militia. He intends to sell the collected material to a German publication, with which he cooperates in parallel and where he plans to get a permanent job. During the journey, Suvorov encounters numerous obstacles that always distance him from his intended goal. As a result, he is forced to act rashly, risk his life and make mistakes. His fellow travelers are people with different destinies and attitudes to what is happening.
The plot centers on a large-scale conspiracy by a group of US military personnel, led by General James Scott, against the current President Jordan Lyman. Further events show that the President, who sent his closest aides and friends to investigate, easily and almost indifferently accepts the news of their deaths, because he is only interested in his own person.
The series follows the rupture of Andalusia into many warring states, which allowed the northern Kingdom of Castile to expand its borders and take control.
In a sleepy high school in Kfar Sava, in a Citizenship class, 12th-grader Lianne and her teacher Amir get into a heated political confrontation that gets out of hand and soon reaches personal and painful places.
Through three intertwining tales, the series sheds light on the terrorist acts taking place in the Arab region, especially Egypt, through the stories of the terrorist Ramzy, the police officer Adel who faces off against him, and the broadcaster Tarek Kassab who reports the events to the audience.
Capturing the spirit of the age and the turmoil of the times, Sword of Honour tells the heartbreaking story of a nation at war, the soldiers who left their families to fight, the social upheaval and the emotionally perilous journey back home.
In 1964 in Laos, young Tim Page discovers his vocation as a photo journalist and is given a job, a camera, and a trip to Vietnam. There, he learns the ropes, learns about the war first in Saigon, and then in country on patrol with troops. He and his colleagues, including the sons of Errol Flynn and John Steinbeck, capture the war in pictures, recover from their wounds, swap stories, battle censorship, and support each other between the explosions at the brothel run by Tranh Ki: Frankie's House.
The day before Almedal Week begins, Minister of Business Affairs David Ehrling receives a call from Prime Minister Elvira Kropp. She explains that she intends to resign and that in connection with a press conference she wants to "point out" David as a possible successor. David will stop at nothing to become Prime Minister. But is it a price worth paying?
Cameraman River Haag travels to war-torn Syria, documenting stories of the worst humanitarian crisis since WWII. After meeting a medical unit of passionate volunteers, River finds himself forced by conscience to use his own military medical training to join the YPG in the fight against ISIS, providing treatment to civilian casualties of war, as well as Kurdish, Arab, and even ISIS fighters.
In 1927, as Japan seeks to control the Northeast railway, local Chinese authorities plan to build their own independent railway. The Binzhou Railway Company, led by Cao Dingbang and his son Cao Mofei, faces fierce opposition from Japan as they work to assert control over the project.