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A comedy about a guy who must fight for his manhood in a female world.

Eliza Scarlet joins forces with a Scotland Yard Inspector to solve crime in 19th century London. When Eliza's father dies, he leaves her penniless in a time where marriage is her only option for financial security. But the headstrong Eliza is determined to find another way. Luckily, she has an ace up her bonnet - her father's business - a private detective agency. Eliza knows all the tricks of the trade but as a genteel 19th century lady she's never been allowed to put them into practice. To operate in this man's world, she needs a partner. Step forward Detective Inspector William Wellington of Scotland Yard, who is also known as "The Duke;" drinker, gambler and womaniser. Eliza and The Duke strike up a mismatched, fiery relationship that will crackle and smoulder with sexual tension as they team up to solve crime in the murkiest depths of 1880's London.

A 19th century period drama, which explores the world of writer Emily Dickinson as she begins her career.

Ginny Baker breaks the glass ceiling in baseball as the first woman to play in the major leagues. Will she make history or crumble under pressure? Pitch follows Ginny's journey as she battles gender discrimination, personal demons, and the weight of expectations. A must-watch for sports fans!

Three Women tells the true story of three American women who suffered private and/or public backlash for their sexual desires. The protagonists are a mother in her 30s who rekindles a flame with her high school sweetheart when her husband refuses physical affection, a 23-year-old woman who reports her former teacher for pursuing a sexual relationship with her when she was 17, and a restaurant owner whose husband and business partner picks out her experimental sexual partners - the series will take a multigenerational approach. It will revolve around women in their 20s, 30s and 40s.

Boyish high school girl Tomo Aizawa finally manages to tell her childhood friend Jun that she's got a crush on him. Unfortunately, her confession goes right over his head-he didn't even realize she was a girl until middle school, and even now, Jun still thinks of her as a bro! How can Tomo-chan possibly convince him otherwise and win Jun's heart?

Set in the early 1960s in New York City, the Playboy Bunnies who work at the Playboy Club show their views of the changing times.

In the near future, superpowered exoskeletons called Infinite Stratos (IS) can only be piloted by women, which has revolutionized society. Ichika Orimura, younger brother of a famous pilot, is the first male who can pilot an IS, so he is forced to attend an all-girls' school and train under the scrunity of the government and his older sister, a teacher at the academy.

"My Boys" follows PJ, a twenty-something professional sportswriter who is looking for love within her world which is dominated by her group of male friends. Her tomboyish, no-nonsense approach to relationships tends to freak out potential suitors which leads her only female friend to advise her to dress and act more feminine.

The Private Aichi Symbiosis Academy was originally a high school for high-class girls. When it became co-ed, the girls, out of fear, asked to be permitted to bring weapons to school. When that was enforced, a five-member vigilante corps-like organization called the "Supreme Five Swords" was also formed. After many generations, the five swords eventually became a group which corrected problematic students, and the academy started proactively accepting such students in order to correct them. Nomura Fudou was sent to this school after being part of a huge brawl. What will he do when the only options he has after enrolling are being expelled from that school or being corrected the way the rest of the male students there were...by being forced to dress and act like a girl!

The latest project from comedian Chris Lilley is a 12-part mockumentary which puts the male species under the microscope to explore what it means to be a guy in the 21st century.

In the present day, Jang Bong-Hwan works as a chef at the President's Blue House. He has a free spirit, but his spirit somehow finds its way into the body of Queen Kim So-Yong (Shin Hye-Sun) in the Joseon period. King Cheoljong (Kim Jung-Hyun) has secrets. He seems like a figurehead, who is gentle and easygoing. In fact, he hides his strong aspects. Queen Sunwon (Bae Jong-Ok) is the late King Sunjo's wife. She wields the true power in the country and, thus, relegates King Cheoljong as just a figurehead. Kim Jwa-Geun (Kim Tae-Woo) is Queen Sunwon's younger brother. He is extremely ambitious.

A busy executive hires a rancher to care for her kids in a moment of panic. Little does she know he'll challenge her views of gender roles - and of love.

Love, sickness, health and exam anxiety at a Danish hospital in the 50s. Erik and Anna are among the first to be accepted into a nursing school with men and women being trained together. Due to a lack of trained nurses, the danish government decides, on a trial basis, that it is socially acceptable for a man to work as a nurse. It is not easy for the men to be accepted as nurses in an working environment with old-fashioned hierarchies and strict disciplinary work ethics.

Drop out-DIY employee Danny Reed experiences a major identity crisis when he's struck by lightning - causing him to switch bodies with a female fashion journalist called Veronica Burton. Danny's first reaction is to find out where the person he used to be has gone. But it soon dawns on him that no-one knows! Will they ever get their bodies back?

All Girls Garage taps into the expertise of three women working behind the gears at an automotive shop. In each episode, the women approach complex projects that rival those undertaken by their male counterparts in order to prove they have what it takes to run a female-dominated car shop.

In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Red Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by seventy-five percent. Women have taken on all the roles traditionally granted to men, even that of the Shogun. The men, precious providers of life, are carefully protected. And the most beautiful of the men are sent to serve in the Shogun's Inner Chamber...

When a certain man is released from prison, he knows exactly where he's heading first. After falling in love with a traditional comic storyteller's rendition of the story called "Shinigami," he is determined to become his apprentice. The performer, Yakumo, has never taken an apprentice before, but to everyone's surprise, he accepts the eager ex-prisoner, nicknaming him "Yotaro." As Yotaro happily begins his new life, he meets others in Yakumo's life, including Yakumo's ward Konatsu. Konatsu was the daughter of a famous storyteller, and Yakumo took her in after her father's tragic death. Konatsu loved her father's storytelling, and would love to become a performer in her own right-but that path is not available for women.

General Jarjayes - so desperate for a son to preserve the family name and noble standing - names his newborn daughter "Oscar" and chooses to raise her as a boy. Fourteen years later, Oscar is a masterful duelist, marksman, and the newly appointed Commander of the French Royal Guards. Her first task: to protect Marie Antoinette, who is engaged to the French prince and future king, Louis-Auguste.

In this series, we meet some of the UK's most unequal households, in which one partner - usually the woman - is taking on more of the domestic load than anyone else in the home.In each episode, two participants (not always women) from two different households down tools and walk out on their ungrateful families. Those left behind must try and muscle through one week without the family linchpin, as we uncover the real dynamics of the household. As their strike unfolds, we follow both sides as they try to cope in this unique look at how we all live together in modern Britain.

Korn and Win are best friends. Their friendship faced a problem after the death of Win and Lin's father because he gave Korn half of their land in his will. One day, Win got into a car accident with his sister, Lin. He then woke up and found himself in Lin's body, while his body was still in a coma. The only way to fix it was to go collect holy water from the seven temples across Thailand with Korn. Although Win is technically trapped in Lin's body, Korn knows that the other person isn't Lin, but Win. Can they fix the broken friendship and let another spark of feelings interfere through the pathways of their adventure?

Bravo's new event series In a Man's World will follow four women as they temporarily morph into men to see how the other gender lives. With the help of the Academy Award-winning Special Effects make-up team of Lou and Dave Elsey, as well as voice and movement coaches, these women will be trained on to walk, talk, and look like men in order to go undercover for two days to experience what life is like for guys.

In the medieval and Tudor world there was no question in people's minds about the order of God's creation - men ruled and women didn't. A king was a warrior who literally fought to win power then battled to keep it. Yet despite everything that stood in their way, a handful of extraordinary women did attempt to rule medieval and Tudor England. In this series, historian Dr Helen Castor explores seven queens who challenged male power, the fierce reactions they provoked and whether the term 'she wolves' was deserved.

Biographer and historian Dr. Amanda Foreman presents a landmark four-part BBC Two series on the history of women from the dawn of civilisation to the modern day. This ambitious series sets out to redress a significant imbalance in global history, exploring the extraordinary and often overlooked role that women have played in the forging of the modern world.

Ladylike is a hilarious hidden camera prank show that takes on social norms with outrageous stunts and stinging satire. The show's fearless female cast pulls off gut-busting gags that will leave you in stitches and make you question everything you thought you knew about etiquette and gender roles.