Polka Dot Door was a long-running Canadian children's television series produced by the Ontario Education Communications Authority from 1971–1993. PDD was created and developed by a team of employees from TVOntario hired and led by original series producer-director, Peggy Liptrott.
Significant contributors to the creation and development of the series in 1971 included Executive Producer Dr. Vera Good who laid the conceptual foundation of the show, Educational Supervisor, Marnie Patrick Roberts, Educational Consultant L. Ted Coneybeare, Script Writers/Composers, Pat Patterson and Dodi Robb, Animator Dick Derhodge and Dr. Ada Scherman, a professor at the prestigious Institute of Child Study in Toronto who was consulted in the early stages of PDD's development and is responsible for giving the show its name.
Single mother Yi-an raises her fraternal twin daughters, Cassy and Lily, alone. Cassy is sweet and likable, driving Yi-an’s successful influencer career. Lily, with a cleft lip, is shy and often overlooked. As Yi-an’s popularity dwindles, she orchestrates a “Cassy is missing” plot to regain attention, much to Lily’s dismay. The relationship between the mother and daughter faces its greatest challenge yet.
Jian-zhong did not like going to school. At 18, his family factory went bankrupted, and his father ran away, leaving behind a huge debt. He could only stay by his mother who juggled various jobs. She would not sell the factory, and tried everything to pay the monthly mortgage payment. Shortly after Jian-zhong came back from military service, his mother passed away, further escalating the conflict between him and his father. At 41, Jian-zhong works away and rarely comes home. He returns for his mother’s bone collecting ceremony, but accidentally travels through time back to 1989, the crucial year in which the life of his family was turned upside down…
The New Shmoo is an American animated series based on the character from the Li'l Abner comic strip created by Al Capp. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC. The series aired in September 1979.
The second series of All Star Family Fortunes began on ITV on 27 October 2007. It ran for ten weeks and aired every Saturday night, with the exception of the last two episodes which aired on 25 December 2007 and 5 January 2008 respectively. Although the final episode of the series aired in 2008, it can still be counted as part of the 2007 series.
Clara and Luca are two teenagers who fall in love through music. She wants to be famous and so that her parents don't find out that she is participating in a contest, she calls herself Roxy-Pop. Luca is in love with Clara but doesn't know that she and Roxy-Pop are the same person.
Qudsiya , a normal middle class girl dreams of a simple married life. Unfortunately, her in-laws demand a hefty sum of dowry. Qudsiya's family were not able to pay the dowry.
The village of Vrilo, somewhere in Croatia in the 1950s. After their father’s death, the Runje sisters face a traditional, patriarchal society. The eldest sister, Katarina, agrees to marry the son of the richest man in the village, unaware that their plans are not what they seem. An unexpected crime triggers a chain of events that will test their emotions, strength, and loyalty to the family. Prepare for an unforgettable journey where the fight for family and love proves stronger than anything.
Hosts Ali Wentworth and parenting expert Dr. Adolph Brown explore different parenting styles -- from helicopter to child-led -- by putting 12 families under the microscope in the ultimate parenting stress test and sharing the learnings through various situations.
The Potykayev family lives in Moscow in a large house near the Kiev railway station opposite the Foreign Ministry (although the distance between the Foreign Ministry and the Kiev railway station is one kilometer). Its head - Alexander works as a manager in a company that sells computers. The mother does not work because there are three children in the family: a 17-year-old daughter, a 14-year-old son and a 5-year-old Pasha.
Each series is a finished story. The main place of action is the apartment of this family.