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Il commissario is an Italian television series.

Dare To Believe is a surreal TV sketch show that was shown on ITV in the UK. The programme was shown during the early hours of the mornings, and ran for 2 series between 2002 and 2004, each with thirteen 30 minute episodes. The show gained a cult following amongst students and insomniacs. It largely consisted of dada-inspired comedy sketches, interspersed with periods of hypnotic visuals. During these hypnotic visuals, its much-used catchphrase was often recited: "Fly like a mouse, run like a cushion, be the small bookcase". It was written and directed by Tim de Jongh, who also acted in the show. Tim Firth and Michael Marshall Smith who both co-wrote some of the material were better known for their work on the BBC Radio 4 show, And Now, In Colour. Tim Scott won a BAFTA in 2003 for co-writing and directing the children's show Ripley and Scuff. Dare To Believe was commissioned and then re-commissioned by David Liddament. The show was abandoned upon Liddament's exit from ITV. The show notably contained voice-over work and appearances by the late Patrick Allen.

Breeze Block is a short-lived British TV series written by Ian Pattison which aired on BBC Choice in 2002.

Journey through the long-vanished corners of prehistoric North America, beginning when man first entered the vast, unspoiled continent some 14,000 years ago, in this appealing BBC documentary. Witness ancient beasts, mammoths, mastodons, giant bears, and sabre-toothed cats, and see the legacies each has passed to their modern successors. Computer animation and digital effects bring to life mammoths, saber-toothed cats, giant ground sloths, short-faced bears, glyptodonts, and a plethora of smaller animals in a lush Ice Age mosaic. Discoveries from sites across America are the basis for the reconstructions. The BBC team behind "Blue Planet" and "Walking with Dinosaurs" now takes you back to an 'early America' beyond imagination. Travel back 14,000 years as humans were first entering the continent, sharing it with ancient beasts.

Three brothers run a discount warehouse in Nottingham, England. They struggle to keep the business afloat. The eldest brother tries to run the business with a steady sense while one of the younger brothers is constantly looking for a get rich quick approach which invariably leads to arguments.

The Project is a BBC two-part 2002 television drama, directed by Peter Kosminsky from a script by Leigh Jackson. The series presented a fictionalised account, seen through the experiences of three young activists, of developments in the Labour Party and its progress into Blairism, from the party's failure to win the 1992 General Election through its election victory in 1997 to its re-election victory in 2001.

MISSION X tracks down the mysteries that triggered spectacular turning points in our history. Alert minds with the courage to go new and different ways, with ideas and a sense of adventure, created the remarkable turns of events that were responsible for making us what we are today.

Hélène de Graf, a wealthy heiress, is found dead in her home in Savoie, on the shores of Lake Bourget. Thomas, her lover, is accused because he visited her shortly before she was discovered dead. He will spend thirteen years in prison. Upon his release, he has only one desire: to unmask the real murderer. Thus begins a veritable manhunt for him, and for us, a mystery: who killed Hélène? Thomas can count on his sister and her husband, an eminent local doctor who has always believed in his innocence, but also on his best friend, none other than his fellow prisoner. But then, who killed Hélène de Graf, and above all, why? Everyone around her is suspected, starting with her husband Alex, his new wife Paola, and even the casino director, Gilles Delprat.

Ted is an alien, an outcast on his own planet where he is a rare single-sex being condemned to a life in search of a mate. Alice dreams of a fiction book romance, but the reality of boyfriend Barry is a lot less appealing. Her life seems set to change when Ted, who is not only looking for love but also a place to hide his spaceship, appears on her doorstep.

Popstars The Rivals was a British television talent show series that was broadcast on ITV in late 2002. It was the second UK series of the international Popstars franchise. Unlike Popstars, which resulted in the formation of one winning group – Hear'Say – Popstars: The Rivals created two rival groups, Girls Aloud and One True Voice, who competed against each other for the Christmas Number One spot on the UK Singles Chart. Popstars The Rivals aired on ITV on Saturday nights from 7 September 2002, beginning with three pre-recorded episodes of preliminary audition rounds, before switching to live broadcasts of studio performances. During the rounds of live show, viewers voted for their favourite performers by telephone and the Red Button on digital television remote controls. In the final weeks, five females and five males were chosen by the British public to form the two groups, boy band] One True Voice, and girl group Girls Aloud. The final episode of Popstars: The Rivals aired live on 22 December 2002. During the broadcast, Pepsi Chart Show presenter Neil Fox revealed in a live link-up that "Sound of the Underground" recorded by Girls Aloud had reached Number one on the Singles Chart, thereby becoming the Christmas Number One. One True Voice's double A-side single, "Sacred Trust/After You're Gone" entered the chart at Number Two.

Based on the best-selling books, this charming series explores the magical world of four young ghosts who live and play in a huge, rambling castle.

Series that follows the restoration of a 1942 Harley Davidson, 1970 Triumph Bonneville and a kit built Boom Trike. Also features interesting three wheelers such as the UK's first motorcycle and sidecar-hearse.

Satirical television program aired from November 4 to December 18, 2002. The transmission was intended to shed light on a case (of course fantasy) of a missing person, Mario Scafroglia. The hypothesis was that the man had voluntarily lost track of himself, which offered in each episode new food for thought to deepen in a satirical way themes of current affairs, politics and costume, in an attempt to understand the reasons that had driven Scafroglia to flee.

Eva, ganz mein Fall is a German legal comedy-drama series which aired on the ZDF network from 2002 to 2005. The series was produced by Rita Nasser and directed by Stefan Bartmann. The series stars Lara Joy Koerner in the title role as a young lawyer working in the fictional Munich Hardenberg and Hardenberg, with other young lawyers whose lives and loves were eccentric, humorous and dramatic.

Maria Josè was the daughter of the king of Belgium and she was betrothed to Umberto di Savoia, the son of Vittorio Emanuele III, the king of Italy. The movie tells her story from her teens, when she was a Red Cross nurse during World War I until her exile in 1946.

Helen West is crusading senior prosecutor with the Crown Prosecution Service. Her life is complicated by her ongoing affair with a senior police officer.

A Walking with Dinosaurs Special - broadcast in North America as Chased by Dinosaurs - is a two-part British documentary film series featuring Nigel Marven and his "team of fellow explorers" as time-travellers who encounter dinosaurs in the wild. Most of the creatures were not featured in the original Walking with Dinosaurs series.

A detective inspector investigates a web of abuse in his community.

In south London, three hapless estate agents inhabit a deliciously skewed parallel universe packed with twisted characters and disastrous scenarios.

Club Reps was a factual entertainment programme made for ITV by STV Productions. It ran from 2001 to 2004. The programme has been repeated on Sky Real Lives and Pick TV.

Documentary series looking at the lives of enduring icons.

The life and tragical death of the young Spanish poet Miguel Hernández.

“Highspeed – The Leather Cops” is a team of four young police officers who make up a special unit of the North Rhine-Westphalia police force. This fast-moving, interdepartmental, and highly trained unit usually operates in plain clothes. Through action-packed operations, the officers bring an end to hostage situations, extortion cases, and kidnappings.

Travelogue of England, Ireland and Wales, presented by Billy Connolly, including clips from his stand-up performances.

Wie erziehe ich meine Eltern? is a German television series.

Chronicle of the fictional village of Liebesau, located in the district of Halle, from 1953 to 1989.

Mondo Macabro is a British television series based on the book of the same name by Pete Tombs. Written and directed by Pete Tombs and Andrew Starke, the series focuses on cult cinema from countries not usually associated with genre product. The series consists of eight twenty-five-minute episodes and was broadcast on Channel 4 in 2002.

A group of friends who are approaching 30 make a list of unusual tasks to perform before they reach that age.

In 1997, a group of bandits kidnaps businessman Giuseppe Soffiantini, keeping him imprisoned for 237 days in their hideout in the mountains of Sardinia.

The fast-paced, general knowledge quiz where the rules are simple, but the game is dirty.

The bittersweet comedy-drama looks at the marriage of Dossa and Joe, a working-class couple whose relationship suffers when Joe retires.

Spuk am Tor der Zeit is the conclusion of the trilogy, the mummy of Roggelin. The children's series from the "Spooky" series by Günter Meyer is thus the continuation of Ghost in the realm of shadows.

The renowned Viennese fashion designer Franz Steiniger learns that he has a fatal illness and then retires to Italy with his lover Barbara Landau. During the absence of the CEO, his unsuspecting wife Elisabeth and son Albert and daughter-in-law Alpha fight against the hostile takeover by a solvent American cheap-fashion empire.

Contestants must answer questions while connected to a heart-rate monitor. If their heart-rate goes above a certain point they start losing money until they calm down. Presented by John McEnroe (who also presented the US version).

Young doctor Uwe Springer meets Anna Lenz on the train. While looking for a job in Berlin, he runs into her again—and falls for the attractive woman. The age difference isn't a problem for Uwe—but the fact that Anna is married to Chief Physician Richard Stein, his new boss, is.

Donal MacIntyre goes in search of the world's wildest weather.

International King of Sports was a multi-sport competition held yearly. The events were unusual sports rarely undertaken outside of this competition and were often variants of standard track and field sports. Australian Adam Horder was the winner in 2002 but the 2004 winner is unknown after the show's cancellation.