The lives and loves of a 1930s Yorkshire town explored in a passionate tale of politics in small places. South Riding charts the story of Sarah Burton's homecoming to Yorkshire in 1934 after twenty years teaching in London and the Empire. After a fiery interview with a conservative interview panel, outspoken Sarah takes up her first headmistress-ship at Kiplington High School for Girls, determined to demonstrate to her new pupils that the future is theirs for the taking.
One night, the renowned surgeon Philippos Razis (Christos Loulis) finds an abandoned 12-year-old Roma girl outside the hospital, writhing in pain. He himself is off duty, but seeing that time is not on her side, he decides to operate on her himself. In the operating room he realizes that the girl's kidney is missing.
The Lake is an original drama web-series that premiered on TheWB.com on August 10, 2009. From executive producer Jordan Levin and executive producer/director Jason Priestley, The Lake follows four families as they spend their summer vacation around the fictional Lake Eleanor.
In 1969 Kurt was a struggling novelist and car salesman living life with his wife and five children on Cape Cod. When two women disappear and are later discovered murdered underneath the sand dunes on the outskirts of Provincetown, Kurt becomes obsessed and embroiled in the chilling hunt for a serial killer and forms a dangerous bond with the prime suspect.
A 17-year-old boy, known only as HIM, caught in the limbo between childhood and adulthood is also trapped in a limbo between the two homes of his divorced parents, each now remarried with new families. Like most boys he finds it hard to process his feelings so tends to “act out”. But his behaviour is also triggered by something else - his primal struggle to contain the terrifying secret of a supernatural power he inherited from his grandfather. A power that only his ageing grandmother understands, who urges him to use his gift only for ‘good’ for she knows if he doesn’t it could end in tragedy.
In 2012, the mysterious death of Dr. Leng Wenyu brings together detective An Ying, forensic expert Leng Wenqi, and journalist Xiao Chen. Five years later, as they investigate a series of suspicious deaths, the trio uncovers the truth behind Leng Wenyu’s demise.
Explore what it will be like to be human one million years into the future. Today’s brightest futurists, scientists, scholars and notable science fiction writers guide viewers through the very latest advances in technology, ideas and innovations that likely will power the evolution of our species.
The bond between mothers and daughters is something special, but it can go too far for some; this is the world of extreme and overly dependent mother-daughter pairs.
What would you do with your last 24 hours of freedom? Follow eight unexpected individuals as they go through their final 24 hours before they are incarcerated. Cameras document two seemingly normal people on their final day of freedom as they say their goodbyes and prepare their loved ones for the years they'll be away. A startling look at the consequences of crime and incarceration, from the devastation their sentences have wrought on their families to the aftermath their victims continue to endure. It's an emotional, unexpected look inside the machinery of the criminal justice system.
Mei, a young woman who was adopted from China as a baby, is dramatically pulled back into the land of her birth. As she embarks on a dangerous mission to save the brother she never knew, she is forced to confront the truth of who she truly is and what family really means.
Twisted true stories of people who have gone missing, leaving behind secrets and frantic loved ones; these missing persons investigations lead to unexpected outcomes.
Follows former CIA agent, Bob Baer and former LAPD police lieutenant, Adam Bercovici, on their independent global investigation into Lee Harvey Oswald, and the murder of JFK, asking the questions: did he have accomplices, and if so, who helped him assassinate the President?
Dave is facing the seemingly impossible job of bringing up four kids alone after the sudden death of his wife. And things get even more complicated when he falls in love with his wife's best friend, Sarah. Single Father asks how soon is too soon to fall in love again?
Candace and Luvell are the perfect celebrity couple. But their marriage isn’t the love story that the cameras see. If they want a happy ending, they’ll have to work past the lies and manipulation to get back to what’s real.