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The lives of the people of Allende, a Mexican border town, are overtaken by a powerful cartel's operations, leading to tragedy. Inspired by true events.

Mrs Biggs is a drama series which tells the true story of the woman behind Britain's most famous villain, Great Train Robber Ronald Biggs.

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.

A powerful drama set in 1980s Copenhagen, Pia and Mackerel's passionate love story unfolds against the high-octane backdrop of the "Bullshit" biker gang. Inspired by actual events, Bullshit tells the dramatic story of a group of lost youth in late 70s and early 80s Copenhagen. They find community and belonging in the biker gang 'Bullshit' - but end up in brutal conflict. Pia is only sixteen when she finds the courage to leave her family. All she takes with her is 100 Kroner and a desire to be part of a community. Henning, eighteen, known as "Mackerel", has also turned his back on the acceptable society of the late 70s. He dreams of brotherhood, freedom, and motorcycles. He fights his way into Bullshit, eventually becoming its President and Pia becoming his beloved wife. Life is good for a moment, but Mackerel finds himself in a bloody war against the Hells Angels, and there is no going back. The series is based on the Cavling award-winning non-fiction book 'Bullshit: The Story of a Family' by Camilla Stockmann and Janus Køster-Rasmussen.

Russia, 1959. A KGB major investigates the mysterious deaths of a group of nine student hikers in the Ural Mountains. Troubled by his past as a WWII veteran, he has a sixth sense and death seems to follow him around as he digs deeper into the mysterious incident. The more he learns, the more it becomes clear: the reason the students died will never see the light of day.

A compelling documentary series that tells stories of the biggest crimes to hit the country, through the eyes of the people placed right at the heart of the tragedies. Featuring stories of the most brutal and shocking crimes, this series will explain the detailed events leading up to the crime, the crime itself and the aftermath. Through gripping interviews, dramatic reconstructions, and archive footage; this series pieces together the murders that shocked the nation. Hosted by Stan Grant and based on the successful series from the UK.

Based on the True Story of a Prolific American Serial Killer, Viewers Will Discover and Piece Together Details of the Case Alongside the Investigators Over the Course of Three Chilling Installments.

This series explores the life of the legendary mountaineer, from his lonely childhood, to the man he became - Hillary the climber - a man that conquered Mt Everest, a man loved by a nation.

A Thai youth soccer team and their assistant coach are trapped within Tham Luang Cave, prompting a global rescue effort. Inspired by true events.

Being a lesbian in the 19th century was not easy, take it from Anne Lister. The Yorkshire landowner had to conceal her true sexuality from society, as she lived with her female lover. It's a movie available in the Movies section!

For more than 60 years, the real story behind Operation Mincemeat has been shrouded in secrecy. Now, Ben Macintyre reveals the extraordinary truth in a documentary based on his bestselling book. It's a TV Movie available in the movies section. In 1943, British intelligence hatched a daring plan. As the Allies prepared to invade Sicily, their purpose was to convince the Germans that Greece was the real target...

Within a few weeks, two murdered lovers were found in the Göhrde state forest in Lower Saxony in the summer of 1989. The popular local recreation area was quickly given the name "Totenwald" in public. When another woman later disappears, in contrast to the previous murders, the police quickly have a suspect on hand: the husband of the disappeared. His brother-in-law, a high-ranking criminal investigator, does not believe in his guilt. The investigation is said to drag on for decades and only after his retirement does he come across revealing inconsistencies in the investigation in the early 1990s. Could this reveal the entire secret of the "forest of the dead"?

In 1934, four brilliant Cambridge men are recruited to spy for Russia. Fueled by youthful idealism, a passion for social justice and a talent for lying, they take huge personal risks to pass Britain's biggest secrets to Moscow. Based on true events.

Grizzly Adams ran for two seasons (1977-1978), and was very loosely based on the life of James Adams, a 19th century pioneer. In the tv show he talks to the animals (who evidently understand and respond to spoken English) and hangs out with a grizzly named Ben.

Follow the incredible journey of Louisa Leyton, a kitchen maid who becomes the most famous cook in England in this captivating period drama. Set in the early 1900s, The Duchess of Duke Street is a tale of ambition, love, and betrayal, as Louisa navigates through the complex world of high society and strives to achieve her dreams.

Corleone follows the long and bloody ascent of Salvatore "Toto" Riina in the Mafia, starting with his childhood in Corleone, to the violent war that he led in the '80s and '90s against both rival gangs and law enforcement.

Acclaimed two-part series based on the true story of an unprecedented hostage crisis which shocked Germany in the summer of 1988. Two robbers hold up a bank and demand free passage from the police while taking bank employees hostage.

Aracy de Carvalho is a young clerk at the Brazilian Consulate. For two years, she has been secretly issuing passports to Jews without the dreaded "J" stamp, which not only won't allow them to travel, but will doom them to the horrors of concentration camps. When newly appointed diplomat, João Guimarães Rosa, arrives in Hamburg, the two fall madly in love. Aracy would later be honored by the Yad Vashem with the Righteous Among the Nations Award. João would be known as the greatest Brazilian writer of the twentieth century.

Based on the true story of a dangerous teenage gang in Bogotá and how they changed Colombian pop culture for a long time.

Rachel (Maria Bopp) is a young upper middle class who lives with her parents in a house in the interior of Sao Paulo. One day she decides to change hes life, she runs away from home and moved to the capital, where she began working in the brothel luxury Stella (Carla Ribas), an old madam. Nancy (Suzana Kruger), assistant Stella, immediately concerned with the fact that the girl is a minor. Rachel suffers from the rivalry of the other prostitutes place, Georgette (Stella Rabello), Monica (Luciana Paes) and especially Jessica (Nash Laila), who does everything to oust Raquel brothel. Among its clients, adversaries and his family, Rachel is increasingly convinced his place, discovers her body and sexuality Bruna becoming one of the most sought escorts San Pablo.

The Untouchables chronicles the campaign of Eliot Ness (Robert Stack), the young U.S. Prohibition Bureau agent, to smash the beer and booze empire of Al Capone in 1920s Chicago.

A haunting depiction of two young lives plagued by tragedy and trauma, this six-part limited drama series chronicles the disappearance of 18-year-old Laetitia Perrais in western France. Left to reconstruct the teenager's final hours for answers, investigators clue in on the deeply troubling upbringing of Laetitia and her twin sister, Jessica.

Faking Hitler tells the absurd story of the forged Hitler diaries. How did a reporter and an art forger trigger the biggest media scandal of the post-war period?

This drama takes a behind-the-scenes look at the tempestuous relationship between legendary entertainer Liberace and Scott Thorson, his younger live-in lover.

Anne Frank started to write her diary on her 13th birthday in June 1942, just two weeks before she and her family were forced to go into hiding in Nazi occupied Holland. Written from the cramped conditions of an annexe in her father's spice warehouse, Anne's poignant, feisty and often very funny account of her life over a two-year period has become the most widely read piece of non-fiction.