When the SS Festivale sets sail from New York to France, its 3,000 passengers include Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harold Columbine and 146 members of the Church of the Cosmic Path, led by Father Craig Dunleavy, their charismatic messiah. Seizing control of the ship, Dunleavy demands $70 million in gold, intending to kill everyone onboard once it's paid. Without knowing which passengers are cultists and warned that 12 will die for every hijacker harmed, Columbine and the captain search for a way to save 3,000 lives before Dunleavy makes good on his threat. Based on a novel by screenwriter Ernest Lehman, this mini-series was broadcast over three nights in November 1979.
Operative Sergei Demidov is assigned to lead a new team. Wayward Vadim Bad Weather is an excellent operative and a daredevil, able to lend a helping hand in any situation, cover his back. Marina Govornova is a professional biathlete in the past, masterfully shoots from many types of weapons. In addition, it turns out that she has the gift of a negotiator. The "yellow kid" Denis Tavardin is well versed in computers and becomes the "technical genius" of the team...
A Latvian series shot by the team at Jaunais Rīgas Teātris / New Riga Theatre over the course of summer 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.
It's a story about a world that once again changes rapidly. About the belief that everything on this planet is subject to manipulation. The series centers around an advertising agency - a classic office where professionalism mixes with boredom, romance and an existential tiredness.
Since the death of their parents, five sisters have formed a close-knit clan—until one of them marries. The other four see the devilish husband as the source of all misery and hatch a plan to get rid of him.
Alex Plan, a school ombudsman, strives for fair solutions for everyone, often going against the grain of the system and established practices. He advocates for people experiencing problems in education and tackles issues such as teacher murder and student sexual harassment.
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (often referred to simply as Murder Most English) is a seven-part British detective miniseries based on Colin Watson's Flaxborough novel series. While Martin Lisemore receives billing on all episodes, he died midway through filming, and was replaced by Bill Sellars, who refused credit.
Flaxborough, near the sea, near the countryside, seems such a nice town, so quiet, so charming. But underneath its placid surface, all kinds of scandalous things go on.
Bari (southern Italy), 1991. A bloody mafia war is unfolding in a city believed to be safe from the mafia. Murders, ambushes and mysterious disappearances shake the streets of Bari. Commander Pietro Fenoglio, who uses unconventional investigative methods to solve crimes, embarks on a dangerous journey to find the truth. As the violence reaches its peak, he begins to uncover dark secrets that go back deep into the past.
Bisaat is a mystery thriller, that revolves around a psychiatrist, Kiyana Verma, who has a habit of getting involved in her patient's life. Kiyana Verma is a young, beautiful woman, who runs a flourishing psychiatric practice in Mumbai, she is married to a talented doctor Abhijit. Kiyana’s biggest problem is that she gets overly emotional about her patients and tries to help them out in her own way which creates more problems in an already cold marriage. Abhijit and Kiyana are perfectly playing the part of an ideal couple but without warmth and love because of a bitter past. Kiyana’s habit of over-involvement in her patient’s life creates more tension in her personal life.
Three story strands are interwoven into a sophisticated action-packed thriller that covers the length and breadth of South Africa, explosively colliding in Cape Town in a violent conspiracy involving organized crime, smuggled diamonds, state security, Black Rhinos, the CIA and an international terrorist plot.
Based on the best-selling novel by the same name, "Asylum City" is set in the underworld of refugees and asylum seekers; those looking to help them and those who take advantage of their plight. A young social activist is found dead and the main suspect is an asylum seeker from Africa who was seen leaving her apartment. Police Officer Anat Sitton leads the murder investigation, unravelling a complex world of corrupt politicians, organized crime and illegal arms deals, putting her in the center of a dangerous and parallel universe with its own codes and morals.
Amid the untouched backdrop of Alaska, people go missing at an eerily high rate. It’s a place where people can go to get away from everything, where you can live off the grid and hide in plain sight. For a murderer, it provides the perfect cover to commit the perfect crime. often incorrectly refer to as Alaska:ice cold killers
As 131 bodies were discovered across 1970s Los Angeles, panic spread and police chased a lone suspect-only to uncover three killers, each with a different method, preying on the same community.