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Love, passion, mystery, and betrayal make the days of the herdade do Pôr do Sol The Bourbon de Linhaça family, known in Santarem as one of the most influential families in living memory, owns the Pôr do Sol estate, rich in the best quality cherries and horses that are world racing champions.But all is not roses and misfortunes begin to knock at the door of the Flaxseed Bourbons. The black sheep of the family, the engineer's calculating and shady brother, devises several plans to end the hegemony of the family patriarch, while, from the past, a lost daughter emerges, the result of a torrid romance between the owner of the house and the caretaker, who will shake the foundations of this estate, putting everything and everyone at stake.

Five public figures are challenged by "Taskmaster" Vasco Palmeirim and his assistant Nuno Markl to overcome a series of fun tests with a small dose of madness. Over the course of 8 programs, guests put personal assets at stake and face challenges that put their physical dexterity, creativity and especially their dignity in check. In each program, there is only one objective: to achieve the best performance in the tasks to accumulate the maximum points, which will allow each guest to recover their precious asset, in case they are considered the winner, after the scrutiny of Taskmaster Vasco Palmeirim and the precious help from his assistant, Nuno Markl.

Follows the story of Soffia, an Icelandic detective who is trying to solve a murder within the Portuguese community in the Vestmanna Islands, Iceland. The victim, Maria, is a young Portuguese woman who arrived on the island to work in the cod fishing industry. The plot is complicated when Soffia discovers that one of the suspects in the crime is her own son. ( Icelandic/Portuguese co-production)

'Auga seca' is a police drama set in the world of arms trafficking and its connections with the business world, where Teresa (played by the Portuguese actress Victoria Guerra) will be involved in a plot in which nothing is what it seems.

A family united in joy and sadness, in health and disease, until life unites or separates them.

We went looking for the Future. We projected ourselves in 60 years' time to find out how we are going to live in 2077. Where will we be? With what resources are we going to live? Which technologies are we going to use? How are we going to respond to our concerns? What sort of humankind do we want to be? Where do we want to go, and how? Which consequences are our acts today going to have in the future? These are some of the questions addressed in this fascinating, 4-episode journey between the future, the present and the past.

World War II. On the edge of the Atlantic, Portugal seems like an oasis in Europe. It serves as a safe haven and hub for thousands of refugees. But it is in its casinos, hotels, and secret parties that a network of spies, recruited by MI6, exchanges vital information to win the conflict. Their orders are to discover the position of German submarines in the Battle of the Atlantic and deceive the Nazis about the Allies' future plans. Salazar continues to enrich the state coffers, selling tungsten to both the Allies and the Axis powers, and at increasingly high prices. Pressured by both, he tries not to give in until he can discern which way the war will turn. The Battle of the Atlantic begins to reach Portuguese ships... but on land, nothing appears to be neutral. A camouflaged war begins. The spies on both sides of the conflict-Bárbara, Rose, Miss Black, among others-will influence the course of the war... and history!

The extraordinary biography of Annie Silva Pais, daughter of the director of Salazar's portuguese political police, of remarkable beauty and sensuality but also with an enormous spirit of rebellion. In 1965, at the age of 30 while married to a swiss diplomat and living in Havana, leaves her husband and family to commit herself to the cuban revolution, being secretly in love with Che Guevara.

The story of the greatest girls band ever in a realistic, surprising and emotional fiction. Ana Marta Ferreira, Bárbara Branco, Carolina Carvalho and Lia Carvalho give life to Doce. This show is about one of the most iconic Portuguese bands: DOCE (Sweet in english). Doce were one of the first "girls band" in Europe, opening the way not only in the musical world, but also breaking barriers and prejudices in traditional Portuguese society. The series is based on real events, following the band's entire journey from its appearance in 1979, until the end of the initial formation. Doce has outlasted all critics and left its mark on a generation and a country.

A small village in our country, quiet and rural, is surprised by the arrival of a circus: the Circus Paradise. With him, jugglers, acrobats, clowns, trapeze artists, contortionists, dancers, musicians, illusionists, animal tamers, but also strollers and cotton candy come from the fair. The initial enthusiasm of all begins to be replaced by apprehension when they realize that the people of the circus are stranger than they appeared. At the same time, unusual phenomena occur: disappeared animals, adulterated natural phenomena and the appearance of unknown entities. In the village, the uproar is set in a series for the whole family, with mystery and thriller, but also with adventure and some comedy.

The lives of Álvaro Cunhal (Romeu Vala) and Mário Soares (Tonan Quito), creating bridges and intersections that connect their two paths, political, emotional and family. A story in eight parts of two lives that intertwine, that share moments and characters. The story of how Soares and Cunhal became two of the fathers of Portuguese Democracy, through their lives of struggle, militancy, rebellion, but also intelligence and strategy.

The idea is to laugh at the particularities that everyone identifies with "It's something we wear like a badge of honor" Highlighting the hilarious and moving experience of being raised Portuguese outside of Portugal.

These series revolves around Isabel Garcia, Chief Inspector of the Portugal Judicial Police, who is faced with the biggest challenge of her career when she was assigned to lead the investigation of what will be the most important police case in Portugal in the last 20 years: the violent murders in series that plague the city of Lisbon. Samuel Lopes, trainee inspector trained in Criminal Psychology, joins the Garcia Brigade where he wants to earn his place and the respect of the most experienced inspectors. The interaction with the intern inspector helps Garcia to better understand his daughter Sara, a 16-year-old teenager from the failed marriage to the relentless journalist Jaime.

Algodão a Frio is a six-part Portuguese thriller on RTP Play. Seven strangers find themselves trapped inside a self-service laundromat after a violent hit-and-run, and as the only witness hides the victim from a mysterious man hunting him down, it quickly becomes clear that no one inside is as innocent as they seem.

A psychological analysis of the human condition in the context of deprivation of liberty which highlights the psychic conflicts of female prisoners.

A series that portrays Portugal in the aftermath of April 25th.

The action takes place mainly in Lisbon, Portugal today, multicultural, gentrificado in social crisis, economic and values. The way this panorama affects human relations is the catalyst of the narrative. The circumstances overlap to the will of each of the characters, forcing the repeated and sudden changes of plans each. The core of the series is the family: the transformations that the current crisis, austerity, social unrest, the threat of terrorism and the fear caused in households that remain, though, as only refuge element and safety.