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Browse - Most popular shows featuring: cross-culturalx
Tokyo Vice
Follows Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who embeds himself into the Tokyo Vice police squad to reveal corruption.
Directed by Michael Mann, based on the memoir 'Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan' by Jake Adelstein.
Mo
In Texas, Mo straddles the line between two cultures, three languages and a pending asylum request while hustling to support his Palestinian family.
Giri/Haji
A Tokyo detective travels to London to look for his long lost younger brother, now involved with the Yakuza (Japanese mob) and wanted for the murder of a Japanese businessman. With the help of a young Japanese-British hustler who helps the detective navigate London, the mystery continues to unravel. His family's honour, and the fragile peace between the warring gangs back in Tokyo, is at stake.
Darby & Joan
Retired Australian detective Jack Darby is fleeing his past mistakes, while English widow Joan Kirkhope is attempting to outrun her grief. Their worlds collide on a remote backroad. They couldn't be more different: the directionless, blunt Aussie and the sharp-tongued Englishwoman. But thrown together and drawn into the intriguing mysteries lurking in the isolated, tropical corners of a vast continent, it quickly becomes clear the most fascinating mystery they face is each other. Thus begins an epic love story; a non-stop road movie; a mystery series; an Outback odyssey. Darby and Joan asks: can you find yourself in the middle of nowhere?
The Indian Detective
The Indian Detective follows Peters' Doug D'Mello, a charming, smart, ambitious Toronto cop of Indian heritage whose dreams of becoming a homicide detective are put on hold when he is unjustly suspended. While on leave, D'Mello visits his dad in Mumbai, where he gets embroiled in a local case and pursues an impressive and beautiful attorney. As a dangerous investigation unfolds, D'Mello must also grapple with culture shock in a country where, despite his heritage, he is an outsider. Equal doses comedy and high-stakes drama, The Indian Detective marks Russell Peters' first starring role in a scripted television series.
Great Pretender
Makoto Edamura is supposedly Japan's greatest swindler. Together with his partner Kudo, they try to trick a Frenchman in Asakusa but unexpectedly get tricked instead. The Frenchman, whom they tried to swindle, turns out to be Laurent Thierry- a much higher-level 'confidence man,' in control of the mafias. Edamura is yet to find out what fate awaits him, after having engaged in the Frenchman's dirty jobs...!
I Love You, America
The show follows Silverman as she looks to connect with people who may not agree with her personal opinions through honesty, humor, genuine interest in others and not taking herself too seriously. She feels that now more than ever it's crucial to connect with un-like-minded people.
Jewish Matchmaking
It follows singles in the US and Israel as they turn their dating life over to a top Jewish matchmaker.
Sisters (2023)
The six-episode series follows two women (Goldberg and Stanley), one born in Canada and the other in Ireland, who discover they are half-sisters and embark on a road trip to find their alcoholic father.
Match Me Abroad
Match Me Abroad follows three matchmakers helping seven Americans who are looking to find love ... By Andrew Jeffrey. April 6, 2023. TLC has released details on its newest relationship series, which features matchmakers from around the world.
Rob
Rob follows the life of a lifelong bachelor after he decides to finally buckle down and get married - into a very close Mexican-American family.
The Dragon
Miguel Garza has spent the last 20 years in Japan, following the murder of his parents when he was a boy. Now, he must return to Mexico to assume his position as the rightful heir of their family's drug cartel.
The Same Sky
Set in Cold War Germany, it portrays the fates of two families on either side of the Berlin Wall.
The story revolves around the relationship between an East German "Romeo" agent - a spy who uses seduction as a way to unearth secrets - and his female target in the West.
Nada
An iconic bon vivant, who barely has enough resources to maintain his affluent lifestyle, hires a young woman from Paraguay to replace the recently deceased maid who took care of him for more than 40 years.
Wild at Heart (UK)
This is a British show about Danny Trevanion, a Bristol-based veterinarian and his family as they relocate to South Africa to set up a game park.
Arranged
The show follows modern-American singles from across the country, whose cultural traditions include an arranged marriage, as they are united in matrimony by their families.
Thermae Romae Novae
Lucius, a bath designer in the Roman Empire, accidentally slips back in time to present day Japan and learns about Japanese bath culture in this comedy.
Russell Howard Stands Up To The World
Russell Howard is due to perform stand-up comedy gigs in Denmark, New Zealand, and Germany over two months, one of the first people to do this since lockdown began.
Now he's taking us en route to his gig, to get under the skin of the countries he's visiting.
At a time when we've never felt further apart as a world, he plans to discover what our cousins across the seas are really like, celebrating both our differences and unexpected shared passions
Intersection
Naz who is a pediatrician loses her baby during pregnancy. Even though her husband wants another baby, she refuses to go through the same thing all over again. She goes to Italy for a conference and meets Ali Nejat there.
Goodness Gracious Me
This award-winning and often ground-breaking Asian sketch show unexpectedly also attracted mainstream audiences in the UK, with innovative sketches and hilarious comic creations mainly centered around the way that traditional Indian culture interacts with life in Britain today.
Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru!
Having lost her mother at a young age, Misha Takanashi, a second grader with Russian blood, now lives with her Japanese father. Tsubame Kamoi, formerly a Self-Defense Force officer, comes to the Takanashi household as a housekeeper. This is a home comedy where Kamoi, a hardcore lolicon, attempts to get near Misha as she tries to fight against her.
The British Tribe Next Door
Scarlett Moffatt and family are plucked from the UK and transplanted into a replica of their terraced family home slap bang in the middle of a remote Namibian village.
Thermae Romae
The story is a comedy about Lucius, an architect of public bath houses in ancient Rome, who time-travels to various modern-day baths in Japan. The author explores the two cultures in the world "that have loved baths the most: the Japanese and the Romans".
Rauhantekija
The story set between Turkey, Syria and Spain tells of the world of peacemakers, international arms trade dealings and the deep-layered relationships with people in power.
Girls Planet 999: The Girls Saga
In order to realize their dreams of becoming super idols, girls from China, South Korea and Japan gather at the [Girl's Planet]. It is a virtual world where the girls unite as one regardless of their backgrounds. Fans around the world are also connected to this world to witness the birth of a new generation of international girl band. Which of these girls will make it to the global debut?
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