Lady Next Door explores what it means to 'lead a marriage life' in a cheerful manner through looking into the daily lives, including marriage life and extramarital affairs, of three married couples in their 30's living in the same middle-class apartment building. The three couples, unexpectedly faced with a critical moment of their marriage lives with belated love(i.e. extramarital affairs), wisely overcomes the crisis with the help of their skills accumulated in seven years of marriage life, crying, laughing, loving and hating. There is a saying, ground packs after a rain...
The show featured children's book author Tomie dePaola and his Muppet friend Gabe the squirrel, encouraging children to make their own stories in a variety of media. In each episode, Tomie told a story featuring his storybook characters Strega Nona, Big Anthony and Bambolona. Gabe visited The Animal Band, a group of woodland creatures, including a rabbit on drums, a weasel on guitar, a penguin on bass, and a raccoon on keytar. Each episode also featured a visit with a guest storyteller or two (often people connected to the Jim Henson Company). The final segment of each episode included a child actor playing Tomie enacting stories from his book "26 Fairmount Avenue."
A limited series adaptation of Astrid Lindgren's beloved children's novel of the same name. After brothers Jonathan and Crusty pass away, they reunite in Nangijala, the land of eternal spring. Casting a long shadow over their world is the tyrant Tengil, ruler of the country Karmanjaka, where he’s building his new fortress up in the Ancient Mountains.
Two sibling tadpoles Ted and Paula, take on the dangers of the river to join their frog family on the surface. Regular reminders of how far they are from the surface emphasize the verticality of their journey as encounters with predators and other foes threaten their progress.
Heading up a blended family, Camille and Martin, a loving couple in their forties have just moved in together and their life is anything but plain sailing! With their respective children, sister, parents, as well as ex-lovers, this family constitutes a very crazy tribe, where daily life is filled with happy contradictions.
Kurosawa, who works for a film production company, meets Akiko, a divorcee and single mother, who works at a publishing house. Through the efforts of Akiko's son, Naoya, they fall in love and decide to get married. The good news continues with Kurosawa becoming an assistant producer, and Akiko's parents offering to make the down-payment for their apartment. However, things start to go wrong when the ever-generous and sometimes naive Kurosawa helps a respected friend by co-signing on his financial obligation. A warm and occasionally wacky comedy for the whole family.
Ten—year-old Varvara Smorodina is a real child prodigy, an extremely intelligent and well-read girl. She knows all about criminology and dreams of becoming an outstanding detective like her grandfather. Varvara's catchphrase is "Curious!". Arriving for the summer at his grandparents in the village of Riding, Varya is faced with a lot of mysterious crimes and undertakes investigations together with his new friend, the simple—minded village boy Vasya. It turns out that there are many secrets and unusual incidents in the quiet village!
Geum-Bi is only 8-years-old, but she suffers from dementia. She is slowly losing her memory. Her father Hwi-Chul is a swindler. While taking care of Geum-Bi, he learns about the preciousness of life.