River City is a television soap opera, first broadcast in Scotland on BBC Scotland on 24 September 2002. River City storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional district of Shieldinch in Glasgow. The series primarily centres around the residents of Shieldinch, their houses, flats and apartments and its neighbouring streets, namely Montego Street and which encompasses a pub, bistro, community centre, café and various small businesses, in addition to a subway station and basketball court.
The series was originally screened as two half-hour episodes per week. Today, one hour-long episode is broadcast each week - usually Tuesday evenings on BBC One Scotland, repeated Sunday afternoons on either BBC One Scotland or BBC Two Scotland. In Australia, River City is screened 11:00am weekdays on Seven's British-oriented multichannel 7TWO.
Aslı Güneş has never truly lived her fragile heart kept her trapped in survival. When she finally receives a life-saving transplant, her second chance comes with a price: the heart belonged to Melike Alkan, heir to one of Istanbul’s most powerful families. Drawn into the Alkan world of wealth, grief, and buried secrets, Aslı becomes both a daughter to a grieving mother and the forbidden love of a restless heir. But while she embraces this new life, her own mother and a dangerous lover scheme to exploit her miracle. Torn between two families, two identities, and one borrowed heart, Aslı must discover who she truly is before love, betrayal, and destiny consume her.
MMA fighter Louna Loris saves the life of Nicolas, an heir to billions, and becomes his new bodyguard. Though the social barriers between them seem insurmountable, they can’t shake their growing feelings for one another.
A wealthy young woman infiltrates the enemy army under false pretenses to avenge her fiancé but is coerced into marriage by a young general. As they navigate their cunning and tumultuous married life, they unexpectedly fall in love. However, their relationship is tested when she discovers his true identity, leading to mutual distrust and conflict amidst the power struggles of warlords. Despite their deepening love, they begin to torment each other.