Recommendations TVs
Tiger (en)
Tiger Woods reveals the unique story of his astonishing life in golf. From the promise of a child prodigy to its fulfillment in the most dominant force in the history of sport. This series chronicles a story of unparalleled ambition, dedication and success woven with personal interviews and previously unseen photographs, film and video archives. Narrated by Laurence Fishburne, Tiger gives a exclusive account of his quest for golf's highest honours. Tiger offers a fascinating insight into what it takes to be the very best. It's a rare opportunity to share the thoughts, feel the pressures, understand the anxieties and savour the thrills of one of the most influential athletes of all time.
The Gifted: Graduation (th)
Two years have passed and the new school year begins again. With it comes the resurrection of the Gifted program, and a hidden threat from the Ministry led by Darin, a new teacher. Time, a promising new student and member of the newest gifted generation, seek change within the school while upholding its hierarchical structure. Filled with danger and more complications than it seems, what will the final battle be like? Who will be victorious? Will Pang and his companions be able to maintain their friendship and ideals? Can they defeat Director Supot? Or They Will Fail?
Inside the Operating Theatre (en)
The team at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Norfolk deals with everything from hearts to hernias, sterilisations to squints – and many operations in between. This series that shows lives being changed right in front of viewers’ eyes. For the first time ever, an NHS day surgery unit, its dedicated staff, and even its beds have been rigged with cameras to give a unique view of what goes on behind ward curtains, inside the anaesthetic room and under the knife.
Sial IV (fr)
Sial IV is a Swiss television miniseries by Greek filmmaker and writer Adonis Kyrou, adapted from the speculative fiction novel Deadly Image (AKA The Uncertain Midnight) by British author Edmund Cooper. It tells the story of Denis Lange (Henri Gilabert), a fallout shelter engineer who is accidentally trapped in suspended animation as war breaks out in 1970, only to awaken in the early 2100s in Sial IV, an underground city in which humankind lives a life of leisure, having discharged all responsibility to androids. Assigned the android Diana as his personal assistant, Denis ventures through this unsettling idyll, eventually finding a small but tenacious group of resistors who seek to uncover the truth about the compound and its ruler, the mysterious Machiavelli.
Wildest Places (en)
Wildest Places is a 12-part television documentary series exploring some of the most incredible natural habitats on the planet and an extraordinarily diverse range of wildlife. With series titled Wildest Pacific, Wildest Antarctica and Wildest Australia, it includes amazing never-before-seen footage filmed over more than 10 years. Wildest Places is a visual feast that showcases astonishing aspects of animal life in an untamed world and features rarely captured animal behaviours in remote habitats.
Karma (hi)
Karma is a 25 part Indian weekly superhero-fantasy television drama aired on STAR Plus from August 27, 2004 to February 11, 2005 on Friday nights. Karma, directed by Pawan Kaul and written by Subodh Chopra, involves the battle between good and evil as the titular superhero faced off against demonic evil. The main cast of the show was Siddharth Choudhary in the titular role of Karma, Riva Bubber and Tinu Anand. In 2007, the drama was re-aired on STAR Utsav.
The Keith Barret Show (en)
Spoof chat show that sees divorced character Keith Barret explore what makes a successful relationship, with a celebrity guest couple featured on each episode.
Elite Squad (fr)
Two rival cops are forced to work together to bring down a Parisian organised crime syndicate. Powerful, blistering action-packed detective drama from the makers of Braquo.
Moment in Peking (zh)
Moment in Peking is a 2005 Chinese television series produced by CCTV. It is adapted from Lin Yutang's Nobel Prize nominee novel Moment in Peking.
War Heroes of the Skies (en)
Through the eyes of the heroes, experience realistic mid-air combat and see revealing interviews with the last surviving WWII veterans in War Heroes Of The Skies. From the WWII aircrew officer who doused a fire on the wing of his aircraft while 20,000 ft in the sky, to the phantom fighter pilot who took out four MiGs over Vietnam in the most celebrated dog fight of the modern era. Presented by Lord Ashcroft, these are all stories of superhuman endurance, selfless courage and heroism beyond the call of duty. Using vintage aircraft such as Spitfires fighters and Lancaster bombers, aerial stunt teams and state-of-the-art camera technology, the series brings to life the exploits of the world's greatest military air heroes. The series features realistic mid-air combat sequences, revealing interviews with the last surviving veterans, rare archive footage and cutting-edge CGI to transport viewers back in time to experience the reality of air combat.
The Black Envelope (ar)
The drama revolves around a man who loses everything he once owned, his family, his work, and all that was valuable in his life, and the future becomes dark in front of him, which forces him to enter the scenes of a new world, not knowing what he can come across.
Elite Short Stories: Nadia Guzmán (es)
Nadia feels conflicted about whether or not to see her long distance boyfriend, Guzmán, when she returns to Spain for her sister's wedding.
Winner Take All (en)
Winner Take All, an American radio-television game show, ran from 1946-1952 on CBS and NBC. It was the first game show produced by the Mark Goodson-Bill Todman partnership. The series was originally hosted by Ward Wilson, but is best known for being the first game hosted by Bill Cullen. Although the game format was very simple, Winner Take All served as the genesis for many future game-show formats. It was the first game to use lockout devices, and the first to use returning champions.
Qin Shi Huang (zh)
Qin Shi Huang is a Chinese television series based on the life story of Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor who unified China under the Qin Dynasty. The series was filmed between 1999 and 2000 and was first released in 2001 in Hong Kong and Thailand, and in 2002 in Singapore. In China, the series was edited and altered by historians and experts before it was approved for broadcast on CCTV-1 in 2007.
Match Game (en)
The five-day-a-week syndicated successor to the popular CBS game show, where two contestants compete to match fill-in-the-blank phrases with those of the celebrities.
Our Better World (en)
The world faces many challenges today, ranging from pollution to overpopulation. But as long as one keeps searching for solutions, all's not lost.
Freedom at Midnight (hi)
Freedom at Midnight is the electrifying story of India's struggle for independence. Based on the bestselling book of the same name, it recounts the partition of India and Pakistan, and the religious and socio-political dynamics of the era.