The Apothecary Diaries
Originally sold to networks as a dramatization about the 'first war on drugs', this series is a historical drama set in an unnamed Chinese city in the early 1840s, with a backdrop of the First Opium War.
The story follows Mei-Mei, a young woman working as an the...
The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System
For his many petty evils, a minor criminal is informed that he is to receive a succession of dreadful punishments in hell. However, the devil gives him one chance to avoid this fate: each punishment from the list that he can inflict on a deserving sinner...
Quite so.
And if anyone is wondering why all those marriages were taking place without Elizabeth's consent, the logic is unfortunately plain: there was exactly zero chance she would ever approve of them marrying.
Any male heir they had would have a claim upon the throne of England, with the...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1974-81)
A spin-off TV series from Doctor Who, H2G2 (as fans shorten the title) was intended as a more comedic, low budget show that could recycle settings and costumes. The show was carried almost entirely by Ronnie Corbett, of the popular Two Ronnies...
Highlander
Duncan MacLeod (Adrian Paul), of the Clan MacLeod, is exiled from his home in 17th century Scotland after an accidental killing. On the advice of his parents he seeks out his uncle Connor (Christopher Lambert), a former soldier for hire who now runs an antiques shop in Paris...
Rome
An HBO production dramatising the 536-538 campaigns of Roman general Flavius Belisarius as he fights against the Ostrogoths and his political rivals at the court of the Emperor Justinian, to return the city of Rome to the Roman Empire and then defend it from counter-attacks. Eventually...