Recommendations TVs

Bandish (ur)
The story shows the suffering of a family that is under the influence of Black Magic. Madiha, has a loving husband and three beautiful daughters. Her life is perfect until a woman starts performing black magic on her family.

Reach Beyond the Blue Sky (ja)
Shibusawa Eiichi was born in 1840 to a farmer’s family. He grew up helping his family with work, which was to manufacture and sell indigo production and also silk farming. He left his hometown at the age of 23 and began working for the government. He later traveled to Paris and learned about banking. Upon his return to Japan, he helped build up the first modern bank in Japan. He eventually became a founder or supporter to about 500 companies and was involved with about 600 public services, including education for women.

Midsummer is Full of Love (zh)
Luo Tian Ran is a fiercely independent and strong-minded young woman with a high sense of self-worth and dreams of making a splash in the music industry as a songwriter. However, due to ill-fated interventions from a pair of her friends, she has to move out of her house. Fate intervenes, and her path crosses with a pop superstar named Jin Ze Yi, who comes across as a spoiled brat. Despite his cold exterior, he is secretly childlike and needy. The duo is forced to live in the same house temporarily. At first, it seems they will never see eye-to-eye, as their personalities are very different. However, Luo Tian Ran gradually falls for Jin Ze Yi’s charms over time, and the feeling becomes mutual. Could love bloom between this decidedly odd couple?

The Fall (sr)
A true story based on the tragic event in the life of a top-notch actor at the peak of his career. The series follow the life of a top-notch actor at the peak of his career who gets into a brawl and kills two persons.

The Tower: A Tale of Two Cities (en)
The Tower: A Tale of Two Cities is a British television documentary series based on the Pepys estate in Deptford, south-east London. The eight-part series premiered on 25 June 2007, on BBC One. In 2004, Lewisham council sold one of three adjacent public housing tower blocks on the economically deprived Pepys Estate to a private property developer. The tower was converted into luxury apartments and sold to people who, for the most part, did not grow up in the local area. The documentary was filmed over three years and chronicled the difficulties faced by some of the local residents in adapting to the changes sweeping the neighbourhood. Notable characters included heroin-addicted Leol and his alcoholic best friend Nicky, and the landlord of the local pub who is struggling with the challenges of satisfying his conservative 'old guard' and tempting the new arrivals - mostly young and relatively wealthy - into his traditional boozer. The Tower: A Tale of Two Cities won the best factual series BAFTA award in 2008.
TV-am (en)
TV-am was a TV company that broadcast the ITV franchise for breakfast television in the United Kingdom from 1 February 1983 until 31 December 1992. The station was the UK's first national operator of a commercial breakfast television franchise. Its daily broadcasts were between 6:00 am and 9:25 am.

Temp Staff Psychic Ataru (ja)
21-year-old Ataru Matoba begins work for an event company as a dispatched worker. This is her first real job. She goes to work wearing a knit hat, sunglasses and a long coat. She is happy to have the various work experiences and she works pleasantly. Ataru Matoba also has a special ability. When she makes eye contact with someone, she can see that person's troubles or indelible memory. With her special ability, Ataru Matoba solves troubles of people she works with.

Smack Dab Kakha. Wedding (ru)
His cousin Shushanik comes to visit Kakha — her grandmother decided to leave her her apartment as a legacy. In order not to lose the inheritance, Kakha decides to marry Shushanik to his friend Sergei.

Death Row: A History of Capital Punishment in America (en)
A Comprehensive Look at America's Most Controversial Punishment The death penalty in the United States is as old as the country itself, with roots to the original European settlements. During this time over 15,000 men and women have been executed, eventually spurring a heated debate about this ultimate punishment. Featuring interviews and commentary from leading criminal and sociology experts, this documentary takes an inside look at the origins of America's capital punishment laws, the methods of execution, and the faces of evil who have received the death sentence including Ted Bundy, Timothy McVeigh, and John Wayne Gacy. Also get a glimpse into the prison cells and lives of those who await their fate on Death Row.

Tokyo Marble Chocolate (ja)
Chizuru loves Yuudai; Yuudai loves Chizuru. Yet neither of them can say it clearly because each is uncertain about the other’s feelings and is afraid of being hurt. Trapped by their insecurities in a relationship that’s going nowhere, they drift further and further apart. While Chizuru thinks this is the end of the road, Yuudai struggles desperately to overcome his cowardly nature before he loses what is most important to him. There are two stories to every relationship, but can love survive if they don’t meet halfway?

Gogglebox Ireland (en)
Ireland's most opinionated and avid TV viewers offer their opinions on some of the most memorable TV screened during the past week.