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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.

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.

A seemingly perfect family secretly kidnaps wealthy people for ransom to maintain their high standard of living and social status. Based on a true story.

Five Daughters is a drama series which follows the murder of five young women in Ipswich in 2006. The series is dramatised by the testimonies of those who were closest to them. The series is based on a true story.

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?

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!

Bhaukaal, is the story of SSP Naveen Sikhera, who cleanses the city of Muzaffarnagar infested with criminals. The city is in a state of chaos and utter lawlessness. When Naveen Sikhera joins Muzzafarnagar as the new SSP, he is challenged by utter despair of people living under the fear of local gangs. He reforms the police and nabs any and every effort of the criminals to take control of the city. Indeed, his heroic mission is to make Muzzafarnagar from a 'crime capital' to a 'peace capital'.

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.

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...

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

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.

A Southern (Italy that is) police officer moves to Milan where he finds expectations a bit different but he willingly adapts.... to everything but the corruption that he discovers in the city. After recruiting a team of young and ambitious recruits, he proceeds to apply a traditional idea of justice to the cosmopolitan residents of Milan while simultaneously adopting some of the more delightful aspects of the big city.

Death of a Pilgrim centers around the unsolved murder of the Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986. The story is based on the award winning triology "The Fall of the Wellfare State".

A two-part drama about infamous aristocrat Lord Lucan, who mysteriously disappeared in 1974 after being accused of murdering his children's nanny.

Based on the real case of Pablo Ibar, In the death row is the story of a man's struggle to prove his innocence.

It is a War Thriller based on the theme of Indian Army and Uri Surgical Strike.

A documentary series exploring the subject matter of Lifetime original movies.

In 1930s Chicago, the seemingly invincible crime boss Al Capone is opposed by a team of incorruptible US Treasury agents led by the indefatigable Eliot Ness.

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

Margaret McLeod is penniless and out on the streets after her husband leaves her and gains custody of her only daughter. With no other means of making a living, she decides to become an exotic dancer. Under the stage name of Mata Hari, Margaret soon wins fame and notoriety, becoming extremely popular with the European elite. She becomes a regular guest of luxury villas and magnificent mansions, her every performance creating a real sensation. But the year is 1913 and the world is on the verge of a war that will change the entire course of history. Mata Hari cannot even imagine what fateful role she is to play in these coming events.

Wrong Kind of Black, set in the 60s and 70s is based on experiences from the extraordinary life of Boori Monty Pryor, author and storyteller, who grew up in Townsville before moving to Melbourne to pursue modelling and DJing. From the cops and crocs of Queensland, to the disco dance floors of Melbourne, this is a hilarious, inspiring and heart breaking story of an Aboriginal man who stood against the tide of Australian racism, refusing to be labeled 'the wrong kind of black'.

The family of a Colombian congressman are kidnapped by a rogue group in response to new extradition laws. As Alberto, the congressman, and the police try to close in on the kidnappers, things become very dangerous.

Investigation Discovery's three night event, SERIAL THRILLER, follows the gripping true story of the race to catch one of America's most notorious serial killers before he kills again.