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Tag: historical

  • The Empress of Ayodhaya

    Ambition, love and betrayal intertwine when a royal concubine secretly plots to claim the throne for her family in the old Thai kingdom.

  • The Rebel Empress

    Empress Wang Yunci who was murdered in the fire and reborn inside Jiang Jinli’s body as the Princess Consort Duan because of an ancient jade. Her birthday just became her death day, and her brother-in-law also became her husband.

  • Empresses in the Palace

    Zhen Huan, a 17-year-old innocent introduced into the imperial court as the latest concubine of Emperor Yong Zheng. Her dreams of a new life of love and prosperity are swiftly dashed as she enters a dog-eat-dog world of treachery and corruption.

  • Escape from the British Museum

    With the help of a journalist from their homeland, a Chinese cultural relic tries to escape the British Museum to return back to their beloved motherland.

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    The vast majority of the museum’s massive collection of up to 8 million items came from countries beyond the UK. The trustees of the British Museum have become the world’s largest receivers of stolen property, and the great majority of their loot is not even on public display.

    Data from UNESCO shows that 1.6 million Chinese cultural relics were stolen and collected by 47 museums around the world, among which the British Museum has the largest collection. Many were plundered during the Siege of Beijing by the Eight-Nation Alliance in 1900.

  • I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons

    Leticia Dorman, daughter of a duke, is less than thrilled to be engaged to a crown prince. Betrothed since childhood and trained to be queen, she always hoped Prince Clarke would fall for someone else one day. So when he shows up at a ball with another woman, Lettie excitedly retreats to the countryside to start her new life—only for Clarke to appear, determined to win her heart.

  • Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn

    The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adventures, loves and excess was largely played out in front of the camera – either making movies or filling the newsreels and gossip magazines. Tragically he was dead from the effects of drugs and alcohol by the time he was only 50 & the myths live on. But there is another side of Flynn that is less well known – his ambitions to be a serious writer and newspaper correspondent, his documentary films and his interest in the Spanish Civil War and Castro’s Cuba

  • Friends and Heroes

    Friends and Heroes is a Christian children’s program that airs on TBN, Smile of a Child TV, and was also shown on BBC TV. The show is both traditionally animated and computer animated. It takes place from 69 – 71 AD. There are three series each of 13 Episodes: Series 1 is set in Alexandria, Egypt; Series 2 in Jerusalem and Series 3 in Rome. The series was created by Brian D. Brown and Eric J. Danenberg, who also worked on The Storykeepers.

  • The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity

    In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.

  • 71: Into the Fire

    In August 1950, waiting for UN troops to arrive, the South Korean army assembled to protect Nakdong River. Only 71 student-soldiers are left behind to guard the city of Pohang. Now they are on a mission to defend the country from North Korean troops.

  • Old Bridge Secret