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Florence, 1429. Giovanni de Medici, thanks to a contract stipulated with the Papacy twenty years before, has transformed his family bank into an unprecedented economic force. But then, Giovanni is mysteriously murdered, and his sons, Cosimo and Lorenzo, are forced to face a range of enemies plotting to oust the Medici from power. First in line is Rinaldo Albizzi, head of the faction of nobles, who stands opposed not only to the rise of the middle class, favored by the Medici, but also to Cosimos vision for the city, including his patronage of magnificent works of art and architecture by such great artists as Donatello and Brunelleschi. Also in the Medici family keeping the peace is not an easy task. Lorenzo and Cosimo are nearly opposite in temperament, and Cosimos marriage to Contessina de Bardi formed as a political alliance but then matured into a formidable partnership will be severely strained during his exile in Venice. It is there that Cosimo takes up with Maddalena, a beautiful slave who becomes his mistress and the mother of his illegitimate son. In the meantime, the mystery of who killed Giovanni continues to lurk behind the scenes, and a new arch-enemy appears on the horizon in the person of the rival banker Pazzi. All the while, the onerous guilt of the compromises made and the evil done for the good of the family weighs heavily on Cosimos soul. He must decide how far he is willing to go to preserve his vision of Florence a vision we now know as the Renaissance.

My Brilliant Friend is a story about the strength of female friendship. When the most important friend in her life seems to have disappeared without a trace, Elena Greco, a now-elderly woman immersed in a house full of books, turns on her computer and starts writing the story of their friendship. She met Raffaella Cerullo, whom she has always called Lila, in the first year of primary school in 1950. Set in a dangerous and fascinating Naples, their story thus begins and goes on to cover over 60 years of their lives, trying to describe the mystery of Lila, Elena's brilliant friend and - in a way - her best friend and her worst enemy.

Leonardo is a British-Italian television series. The show is a dramatization of the life of Leonardo da Vinci starring Aidan Turner. The series is set in 15th-century Florence.

The Name of the Rose centers on William of Baskerville, the 14th century Franciscan monk who investigates a series of grisly murders in the high-end TV adaptation of Umberto Eco's bestseller The Name of The Rose.

Commissario Montalbano is a police inspector with a small team in a remote village in Sicily. Episodes are from the books of Andrea Camilleri.

Edmond Dantes, a sailor falsely accused of treason, is imprisoned in the Château d'If off Marseille. After escaping, and adopting the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo, he plans revenge against those who wrongly accused him.

The plot focuses on the investigation of Rocco Schiavone, assistant chief unsympathetic, from gruff ways, which for political reasons is transferred from Rome, his hometown in Aosta.

Andrea Fanti loses the memory of his last twelve years of life due to brain trauma and, for the first time, he finds himself no longer the brilliant and authoritative doctor ever but a simple patient. Without memories, man falls into an unknown world where his loved ones have suddenly become strangers and the hospital is the only place where he really feels at home. Inspired by the story of Dr. Pier Dante Piccioni.

Italian version of the Norwegian show "Skam". Eva is a girl in high school, who has a love affair with a classmate but has been turned away from her old friends. With four other girls, they form a new group to have fun and support each other, while parties and heartbreaks happen all the time.

A veteran detective must face both his own biases and ghosts from his past when he's paired up with a star rookie on a string of murder cases in Rome.

The Institute of Juvenile Penalty of Naples is overlooking the sea and hosts seventy inmates: 50 males and 20 females. When they come in, the kids are always under 18 and they do it because they "made a mistake". This series tells their stories.

Young DCI Ricciardi investigates crimes in Naples in the 1930s. He never laughs and his heart beats for two women: a simply young girl and a beautiful and rich widow.

The story of Saverio Barone, a young prosecutor who in the early nineties became the protagonist of the "caccia alla Mafia" (Mafia-hunt) immediately following the Capaci and Via D'Amelio bombings. Inspired by the true story of the anti-Mafia magistrate Alfonso Sabella.

Can the teachings of the great philosophers of the past solve the everyday problems of today's young people? Dante, the original philosophy professor at a Roman high school, is convinced so. The protagonist is Dante, a professor who uses philosophy to help his students deal with the problems of life. But will he be able to solve his problems too? With the support of his mother Virginia, a very exuberant former theater actress, the protagonist will try to mend a critical relationship with his son Simone, a student of the class in which he teaches, after a long absence from home due to an obscure family event in the past. . Dante, a separated man who is very popular with women, will meet Anita, the single mother of his rebellious pupil Manuel, on his way. It will be she who will let him know true love.

The series follows the adventures of four mermaids, intent on ensuring the continuation of their species, as they make their way onto dry land to look for the last Mediterranean triton, who escaped the sea-world and his subordinate life.

Detective Valeria Ferro investigates crimes motivated by jealousy, vendettas and repressed anger to seek the truth and justice.

Marco is a marine engineer who suddenly finds himself involved in a police operation to infiltrate a Spanish drug trafficking ring. His life falls apart as he moves to another country, lies to his loved ones, and distances himself from his family. Choosing the right side isn't always the best idea when you're on Satan's watch.

In an industrial building on the outskirts of town, Police Commissioner Cagliostro (Lino Guanciale) takes in the scene before him: a man lies dead on the floor. In his ten-year career he's seen nothing quite like this. For the dead man is him - he is staring at his own murder scene. A vision of the future stops Cagliostro from exiting this world - he must stay to find his killer, because it is the only way to save the life of his wife, Anna (Gabriella Pession). With the help of Vanessa (Valentina Romani), a seventeen-year-old who discovers she is clairvoyant, Cagliostro embarks on his unusual investigation - can he sort his friends from his enemies before his premonition comes true, and, at the same time, remedy the mistakes he made while alive?

In Sicily during the seventies the police chief Maltese finds himself entangled in an investigation that will uncover the widespread influence of Mafia in the area and expose the archaic roots which nurtured it.

Blanca, a blind profiler, comes back to Genova, her hometown. A difficult case forces her to face and to remain with her mysterious past. Based on books by Patrizia Rinaldi.

Based on the same Émile Zola novel that inspired the hit series The Paradise, this Italian-language import follows Teresa Iorio, a young woman who leaves her rural Sicilian hometown for Milan. Teresa finds work-and much more-at a newly opened department store: The Ladies' Paradise.

Father Matteo: a unique priest and an extraordinary detective. A "special" investigator whose profound knowledge of the human soul guides him through the crooked meanders of crime. With a sharp eye and a disarming smile, Father Matteo brings the truth to light, never forgetting to leave a message of hope and optimism. He is flanked in his investigations by an exhilarating pair of Carabinieri, and at the parish by a fun group of friends.

Based on the multi award-winning and critically acclaimed movie of the same name, Mafia Only Kills in Summer mixes tragedy and comedy to tell the story of an Italian family, beginning in late 1970s Palermo, against a setting of growing mafia violence.

L'Allieva, (literally The Pupil, official English title The Student) is a Procedural Romantic Dramedy Italian tv series, based on the book series of the same name by author Alessia Gazzola, centering on young forensic medical student Alice Allevi. Alice Allevi is a fifth-year med student who has come to a shocking conclusion: she can't go on and become a doctor as she is unable to stand other people's suffering, and thus starts wondering what to do. Paradoxically, the solution comes to her right after the brutal murder of her grandmother's live-in Russian help, as she starts seriously considering the idea of going into forensic medicine while following the development of the case. But with her propensity for goofing up, that idea seems less of a shoo-in and more of an uphill climb...

English version with subtitles aired on UK Channel 4 as part of the "Walter Presents" stream. Confident and instinctive Deputy Superintendent Lolita Lobosco transfers to her hometown Bari to tackle crime, but her past lies waiting...