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The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
Daryl Dixon is a spinoff series set in The Walking Dead Universe that centers around the same name character. Daryl finds himself in France having to reinvent himself again, being around people he's not comfortable with.
Defiance
A new earth was created thanks to alien terra-forming technology. On this new planet, humans and aliens must learn to live together.
The Mosquito Coast
The Mosquito Coast stars Justin Theroux as an idealist who uproots his family to Latin America.
In the 1986 feature adaptation of the novel, directed by Peter Weir, the role was played by Harrison Ford.
The Buccaneers (2023)
Girls with money, men with power. New money, old secrets. A group of fun-loving young American girls explode into the tightly corseted London season of the 1870s, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash as the land of the stiff upper lip is infiltrated by a refreshing disregard for centuries of tradition. Sent to secure husbands and titles, the buccaneers' hearts are set on much more than that, and saying "I do" is just the beginning...
When Calls the Heart
This show is about a wealthy woman in the 1800s who gives up her comfortable class station in order to head West and be a school teacher. Elizabeth Thatcher trades high society life for a classroom post in the prairie, determined to prove she is brave enough to live on her own. She learns through her aunt's secret diary that she had been a pioneer woman herself, and uses it as a guide to embark on her own adventures.
The Son
The show tells the story of a man named Eli McCullough through two timelines: one where he is a young man kidnapped and indoctrinated into a tribe of Comanches in 1849 and the other 60 years later when Eli is struggling to keep his family's cattle business afloat during the Bandit Wars of South Texas.
Hataraku Maou-sama!
Devil King Sadao is only one step away from conquering the world when he is beaten by Hero Emilia and forced to drift to the other world: modern-day Tokyo. As "conquering the world" are the only skills the Devil King possesses-and are obviously unnecessary in his new situation-he must work as a freeter to pay for his living expenses!
Irma Vep
Mira, an American movie star disillusioned by her career and a recent breakup, moves to France to star as Irma Vep in a remake of the French silent film classic "Les Vampires".
Granite Harbour
Granite Harbour centres on the story of Lance Corporal Davis Lindo who arrives in Aberdeen as a new recruit to Police Scotland. Having completed his final tour with the Royal Military Police, Lindo dreams of being a detective at New Scotland Yard. However, he finds himself being sent to train as a Detective Constable in the North East of Scotland, he must quickly adapt to his new life in Aberdeen, a world away from anything this soldier has known before.
Lindo finds an ally in his mentor, DCI Tara 'Bart' Bartlett, a razor-sharp, streetwise Aberdonian who is used to going solo. Together, this unlikely partnership must navigate the choppy waters of their first case - the murder of one of Aberdeen's most recognisable faces from the Oil Industry. Suddenly, Lindo and Bartlett find themselves thrust into a corporate battle between old and new energy.
Miss Sherlock
Japanese Adaptation of Sherlock Holmes with a Twist. A New Spin on the Classic Crime Series has launched which sees a woman play the lead detective. The Eight Part Drama will be set in Modern Day Tokyo instead of London. Miss Sherlock premieres April 2018.
The Charmings
The premise of the series' plot was that fairy tale characters Snow White and Prince Charming were magically transported to a 20th-century suburb in Burbank, California. Each episode shows the Charmings trying to adapt to their new life while Lillian, the wicked stepmother, and her wise cracking Magic Mirror watch from upstairs.
Petra
Police Inspector Petra Delicato works in the archive department of the Genoa Flying Squad. That is, until the day in which, due to staff shortage, she is assigned her first operational case. She finds herself working alongside the Police Constable Antonio Monte, an old-fashioned, middle-aged man with a rational mind. The polite, old-school widower and the direct, unconventional, two-times divorcee find themselves catapulted into a new world and working together on different cases: a horrific series of rapes in the old city alleyways, the illegal trade of fighting dogs, the strict and harsh world of religious sects, the darkest secrets of the world of television.
The crime series is inspired by the character of Detective Petra Delicado, conceived by Spanish author Alicia Giménez Bartlett, but takes place in the Italian city of Genova, instead of the original Barcelona.
Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun
Join the Brits who've traded in their old lives for sun, sand and savings in Benidorm, Spain. Watch as they navigate their new low-cost lifestyle.
From beach days to bargain hunting, this series follows the ups and downs of expat life. See how they make the most of their new surroundings.
Nobunaga Concerto
The story centers around Saburou, a high school boy who time-travels to Japan's Sengoku Era. He must become Nobunaga Oda, the famed warlord who helps unite Japan.
Inspector Nardone
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.
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