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This mini series follows the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War - New England abolitionist Mary Phinney and Confederate supporter Emma Green. The Green family's luxury hotel in Alexandria, Va., has been transformed into Mansion House, a Union Army hospital tending to the war's wounded. Inspired by memoirs and letters from real doctors and nurse volunteers at Mansion House Hospital, this new drama reveals the stories of those struggling to save lives while managing their own hardships.

A six-part anthology series about the megafires which devastated Australia and captured the world's attention, Fires is inspired by the extraordinary stories of the people who survived last summer's catastrophic fire season and continue to endure the aftermath even today. Each episode is based around character studies of ordinary people caught in the unimaginable and the impossible choices they were forced to make. From volunteer firefighters and families who lost homes, livelihoods and loved ones; to people who had to make agonising decisions about whether to stay or flee, and those who found themselves responsible for the lives of friends and strangers.

In 2019, Northern Ireland's restrictive abortion law was lifted. This two-part dramatisation tells the compelling real stories of the families behind the controversial campaign.

Inspired by true stories, it tells the story of Lucyna Lis, a young girl from a small town in the Polish People's Republic, who, dreaming of freedom and life on her own terms, fled abroad. She appeared on the covers of adult magazines and quickly became a star known under the pseudonym "Lucy Love". A special talent for business and a sense of the needs of the audience helped Lucyna revolutionize the porn industry. She reversed male domination, placing female pleasure at the center of the action.

These stories are inspired by the actual case files of the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research.

1967-70 revival of the classic 1951-59 police drama Dragnet. Jack Webb reprises his role from the earlier series as Sgt. Joe Friday of the Los Angeles Police Department. Harry Morgan played his partner, Officer Bill Gannon. The show, filmed in documentary style, dealt with real life cases from the files of the LAPD. The names were always changed to protect the innocent.

The Red Room is a powerful new drama series that takes place in a therapist's office in Istanbul. Vulnerable women pass through to get treatment and handle their traumas and problems. Based on the real experiences of famed psychiatrist and writer Dr Gülseren Budayıcıoğlu, the episodes are built around the harrowing stories of the patients, while at the centre of the drama is the team of therapists in the clinic, and their own personal issues.

The Ylvis brothers are back with a new TV-series! With "Stories from Norway" they have discovered a new TV-genre: researching musical. Every episode is a freestaning musical which takes on one case from reality.