After the breakdown of the old government, and with it the First Republic, Italy changed for good in 1994. Spinster Leo is all too aware of this. He pushed hard to see Berlusconi get elected Prime Minister. He knows it's not easy to win power, but holding on to it verges on the impossible. By the same token, it seems equally impossible for populist politician Pietro to change. Even now that he has an office at the Prime Minister's premises in Rome, he still can't cast off his old bad habits. Nor can he forget the only woman he has ever loved. A former TV starlet now turned politician and Congresswoman, Veronica has to decide who the man of her life is going to be. She has realized she no longer wants to be just a woman on the arm of powerful men. It is the start of her own push for power.
A series about the events of 1943, when, after the devastating events near Stalingrad, German troops are preparing for revenge. A Soviet landing group was thrown into the territory occupied by German troops. The combat mission of the deceased reconnaissance group was to reconnoiter the plans of the impending German counteroffensive, which was supposed to come either from Belarus or from the Kursk direction.
Celebrity Five Go to... is a British reality show first broadcast on Channel 4. First shown on Channel 4 on 10 January 2011, the show is narrated by Jane McDonald. Five celebrities go on holiday together to compete to be the best tour guide for the group. Over two days, each celebrity is given the chance to organise different activities for the group, before on the third day, the group must secretly vote for who they feel has delivered the worst experience for the group, with this person being sent home. Over the remaining days, two more celebrities are voted off, before, in a twist unknown to the remaining two celebrities, the locals of the village in which they have been staying, and with whom they have been interacting, vote for who they think is the best tour guide. Each series comprises five episodes. The first series sees the celebrities visit Turkey; the celebrities visit South Africa in the second series. The third series takes place in Lanzarote.
One of the most inspiring radio shows in recent years heads to the small screen. The right pairings are the key to this series as two celebrity guests chat over a meal. The conversation flows like wine and each topic is tackled with gusto, as amusing anecdotes are served up next to the most serious matters.
Amidst the thaw of glasnost, the Kremlin discovers that two Soviet agents, sent to England under deep cover in 1965, have been "lost." A beautiful and ambitious Russian agent, sent to London to track them down, becomes embroiled in a tangle of CIA, KGB and MI-5 plots and counter-plots as the two lost agents, now utterly assimilated, try to avoid detection.
An engaged couple travels the world for a year to explore marriage customs in diverse cultures. Will the journey bring them closer or tear them apart?
Rome, 30 April 1993. A crowd throws coins at Italian politician Bettino Craxi - as if the Civil War has begun. Be quick if you want a place in the new system. Now, it's every man for himself. 1993 is the last chance to set up the Second Republic. Everyone fights their own battles.