1837: Another year of the grueling Caucasian war. A young officer, Grigory Pechorin, was sent into exile to the active army for participating in a duel. Here in the Caucasus, Pechorin will have to become an unwitting participant in rapidly unfolding events - a fight with smugglers, the abduction of a young Circassian princess, another duel. And when the whole world turns against Pechorin, and a close friend falls by his hand, he will continue his journey alone, a hero, a product of the new age...
The powerful man Al-Hakam facilitates illegal smuggling through some corrupt policemen, despite the fact that his son Rayan is a police officer who goes after outlaws.
Thomas Becker (Matthias Koeberlin), son of a powerful building contractor (Heiner Lauterbach), is shot on New Year's Day. Commissioner Barbara Falck (Sabine Winterfeldt) and colleague Christian Krämer (Wolf Danny Homann) start the investigation and suspect a connection with the collapse of the "cube", in which a young cleaner was killed. Was the murder of Thomas an act of revenge against the Becker and Sons company?
The case files of a most unfortunate detective
Detective Oshii is brilliant. His flair for seeing through the mystery is unequaled. And yet… at the very last minute, his finger points to the wrong culprit! Always so close to the truth, and yet so far—. While the credit goes to everyone else but him, there never seems to be a shortage of cases for the "great" Detective Oshii!
Yellowthread Street is a 1990 ITV police procedural developed by Ranald Graham. Adapted from the novels by William Leonard Marshall, the thirteen episode series revolves around the Triad-busting cases of a group of Royal Hong Kong Police Force detectives, based in the colony’s Yellowthread precinct.
Despite being a critical and ratings hit, Yellowthread Street never caught on, perhaps the result of the exotic setting and expensive production (it was shot on 35mm). It also seemed caught between two eras: conceived in the 1980s and produced at the turn of that decade, its philosophy and look seemed a little dated compared to other modern shows of the genre (i.e. The Bill).
Tomsk in 2021, 2025 and 2030. The characters actively use social networks and literally can't imagine how to live without them. Having the opportunity to communicate with the whole world, people feel more lonely.
1975 - Cold War between the USSR and the USA, an arms race. Nuclear physicists are working hard. In the Soviet Union, a leak of classified information about the development of the Satan rocket is becoming apparent. It would seem, how can a police major be connected with the intelligence of the special services? However, it was he, Ivan Petrovich, dismissed from the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department, working as an ordinary precinct officer, who provided invaluable assistance to the KGB in the capture of an American spy.
Detective Gido Kennin (Tanaka Kei) specialises in reinvestigations, and is the most shunned and loathed person at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. He carries around a name card with no department written on it and takes pleasure in uncovering cases where the police created false charges. Gido reveals the negligence of the police such as mistakes in initial investigations and cover ups, reconsidering the testimonies and evidence from these cases to discover the real criminals. He hates it if people escape punishment and in order to prevent this from happening, he makes all other sacrifices. It is said that no one will be happy after Gido’s investigations, and this has earned him the nickname “grim reaper”.
With archive film including home movies and FBI surveillance material, the award-winning Crime Inc. tells the true story behind the world's most powerful crime syndicate, the Mob, La Cosa Nostra or The Mafia. Interviews with mob members turned informants, including former boss Jimmy 'The Weasel' Fratianno, reveal the inner workings of the mafia, from the ritual of becoming a "made" man and their code of honor, to the harrowing and detailed descriptions of their work, accompanied by equally graphic images and film footage.
In 1830s England, a young man from a good but troubled family is unjustly convicted of stealing a watch. He's transported to Van Diemen's Land where he suffers under the enmity of Lt. Frere while falling in love with Sylvia, the Warden's daughter. Meanwhile, back in England, an imposter lays claim to the young man's inheritance.