It's Murder. But Is It Art? is a 1976 six-part comedy thriller serial written by David Pursall and Jack Seddon, and produced for BBC One. It stars Arthur Lowe, John Gower, Dudley Foster, Arthur Howard, and Anthony Sagar.
Eccentric artist-turned-detective called Phineas Drake investigates when beautiful blonde Tina Kent is discovered murdered in the drawing-room of Brigadier Austin Binghop. Insp. Hook is convinced that Binghop is the culprit and takes him into custody. However, Mr Drake thinks otherwise and places himself in considerable personal jeopardy – with the trail leading him to the house of Chelsea socialite Mrs MacPherson.
Barring some low-quality, off-air recorded monochrome trailers from the time, the entire series is believed to be lost.
Anis, a successful businessman and aspiring politician, suddenly gets abducted. Unable to escape his fate, he has to navigate a dangerous maze of blackmail, betrayal, and personal turmoil. Can he flee his captor and unmask him?
In a town where strict rules shape students into their “best selves,” a hidden Bloodfruit Tree bears crimson fruit. A mysterious boy in black delivers these fruits only to those who truly “need” them. Once received, they awaken long-suppressed desires—gently unraveling the heart, and quietly leading the town toward irreversible collapse.
This is a 7-part German crime series by Peter A. Horn. In self-contained and unconnected episodes, the great detectives of crime literature solve various cases. Sherlock Holmes (Ernst Fritz Fürbringer) and Dr. Watson (Harald Mannl) start things off, followed by Auguste Dupin, David Wilson, Father Brown, Inspector Bucket, Sergeant Cuff and Hercule Poirot. Every episode of this early crime series in the early days of television was still broadcast live. It could hardly have been more irregular: it was broadcast in loose succession on different days at different start times in prime time, and the length of the broadcast varied between 25 and 50 minutes.
Five years ago, Polina's son Mark mysteriously disappears from a kindergarten in Ukraine. Her scars are torn open again when she sees her missing boy on her TV screen during a story about Latvia. She is determined to find him and bring him home. Not getting the support she expected from the police, she persuades an ex-intelligence officer who is ready to help her, but it's not that simple! They uncover the activities of a criminal gang and Marcus is happy in his foster home in Latvia. Starring Agnese Cīrule, Rihards Lepers, Aleksandrs Neikens and others as Marcus.
Nakano Hitomi is an ordinary employee who works for the Metropolitan Police Department’s General Affairs Section. Her job is to check the receipts for investigation expenses that the detectives pay in advance, but she is extremely sharp in detecting cases because she was raised by her father, who is a swindler.
When serial killings and injuries occur, she is also the first to realise that the victims' names are linked to a word game in which one victim’s name contains the last character of the name of the previous victim. Hitomi uses detective Togawa of the First Investigative Division, whom she became acquainted with after finding discrepancies in his receipts and scheming lawyer Shirai Shinnosuke who works his way into the favour of victims to find work that pays well, to get close to the truth of the case.
After buying an old coffee shop in a residential area of Tokyo, the master (Katsuhisa Namase) and his wife Yoko (Eiko Koike) rename the store and prepare to reopen it. Then, a girl in school uniform, Tokiyo (Kaho), comes into the store. She says she has been held captive for eight years by a man named Yamazaki and has escaped.
Chuck Zukowski, who has researched UFOs for over 30 years, teams up with his son and an investigator to pursue cases in search for definitive proof of UFOs along America's Alien Highway.
Forensic doctor Kong Qiqi wakes up in ancient times with fragmented memories. She discovers that solving cases helps her recover them and embarks on a journey of investigation. Along the way, she meets Ninth Prince Mu Zhixi, who bears a striking resemblance to her ex-boyfriend. As they unravel hidden conspiracies, including the poisoning that weakened Mu Zhixi years ago, their connection deepens, leading them to uncover long-buried secrets together.