Ros na Rún is a long-running Irish soap opera produced for the Irish language television channel, TG4. It was originally broadcast on RTÉ One in the early 1990s before the existence of TG4. It now broadcasts for 35 weeks of the year, airing 2 episodes each week from September to May. The programme is set in a fictional village called Ros Na Rún, located outside Galway, and near Spiddal, and centres around the domestic and professional lives of its residents. It is modelled on an average village in the West of Ireland but with its own distinct personality – diverse population that share secrets, romances, friendships etc. While the core community has remained the same, the look and feel of Ros Na Rún has changed and evolved over the years to incorporate the changing face of rural Ireland. It has established a place not only in the hearts and minds of the Irish speaking public, but also the wider Irish audience.
Bee, a young and spirited girl, is forced to marry Mark in place of her kidnapped cousin to settle her uncle’s debt, thrusting her into an unwanted marriage filled with complications and unexpected consequences.
Bodas de odio is a Mexican telenovela produced by Ernesto Alonso for Televisa in 1983. Original story by Caridad Bravo Adams and starring Christian Bach, Miguel Palmer and Frank Moro.
Kohi Apna Sa is an Indian television soap opera, first broadcast on Zee TV from October 15, 2001. The series portrayed the lives of three best friends— Khushi, Shruti and Sanjana— once they got married into the same joint family. The series won several awards at the time it was first telecast.
Meet Ramil, a high profile police officer from a special unit, he is an egocentric playboy who looks down on women; and Petra, an arrogant and ungrateful superstar who looks down on men and her co-workers. Sinfulness bring these two together to learn integrity, honesty and respect by swapping bodies. They face danger, difficulties and obstacles to gradually improve, share, care and find true love on this incredible journey.
Hiram na Mukha is a Filipino television series based on the 1992 film of the same name. It was the second installment of the Sineserye Presents on the television station, ABS-CBN.
Self-sufficient Banni runs her meal delivery service. However, her life turns upside down when she is tasked with feeding a rich but emotionally unstable Yuvan.
Song Shuang Xu was abandoned by her parents when she was 8 years old and was later adopted by the Shen family. She mistook her dependence on Shen Yu for love and was exiled overseas because her relationship was exposed. When she returned to China five years later, she accidentally provoked Shen Yu's friend, He Ting Zhou. At this time, Shen Yu began to look for a marriage partner to avoid suspicion, and Song Shuang Xu decided to give up on him.
Shen Yu's father suffered a setback, and Song Shuang Xu asked her friends for help but was rejected. Only He Ting Zhou asked for repayment, and she agreed but asked not to expose their love affair. While getting along, Song Shuang Xu realized that she was not really in love with Shen Yu, but He Ting Zhou had been plotting to get her for a long time.
The series proposes a new look at the human bonds of the new century. Each of the chapters develops a unique story. They are focused on the conflicts that their characters face in the face of the resistance of a society that often does not fully accept new realities, a product of the transformations that are currently being experienced.
Gloss was a television drama series in New Zealand that screened from 1987-1990. The series was about a fictional publishing empire run by the Redfern family.
It was a starting point for many actors who went on to many productions in New Zealand, Australia and around the world including Temuera Morrison, Miranda Harcourt, Peter Elliott, Lisa Chappell, Danielle Cormack and Kevin Smith.
Writers for the show included James Griffin, who went on to write Outrageous Fortune, Rosemary McLeod and Ian Mune.
The show's title theme song was performed by Beaver Morrison.
The show has not been rescreened since its original screening, but selected extracts have been made available for viewing on NZ On Screen.
Riam is a beautiful woman who's always been unlucky in love. After three failed relationships, she vows that love and marriage are bogus. One drunken night, she stumbles back to her apartment but mistakenly goes into her new neighbor’s apartment instead, Ongsa. He is her childhood classmate that she teased relentlessly because he was pimply-faced and refused to help her cheat on tests. Ongsa, many years later, is an established chef with clear skin and no glasses. Though Riam doesn’t recognize him immediately, Ongsa knows which pretty face he’s staring at