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A new series of five programmes that looks at important topics from our history 1760-1851.

Three witnesses, photographer Cheng Suqi, Oriental Research Society member Li Qiwen, and police chief Liang Ruijie, observed a councilor being shot. Suqi unwittingly took a photo, which was later destroyed. A committee member of the case's investigation, Prosecutor Jiang Zhushi, saw the photo at a film festival but did not see it again. After the Oriental Research Society faced arson, Qiwen discovered that it was an intelligence organization and was then chased. Suqi eventually found the photo, which revealed the witness and led to Qiwen's acquaintance with Zhushi and progress in the investigation. However, Zhushi persisted in investigating even after discovering the wide scope of the shooting case. Zhushi obtained a box of tapes with information about the case's motive and mastermind but was later killed.

A historical series that reviews the life of the martyr Izz al -Din al -Qassam, and its transition from Syria to Palestine to escape the death sentence issued by the French, to establish the resistance in Palestine against the British occupation.

Toward the end of World War II, Kurt Marenke, a farm boy, is separated from his family while fleeing East Prussia. It is not until two years later that he is reunited with his mother and his sister Ella in the small village of Kudenow in Schleswig-Holstein. Their father is dead, and their brother Bruno is missing in Russia. The Marenkes live in the chicken coop of the large-scale farmer Fiete Kock. Other refugees live crammed together in the barn.

The Young Heroes of Shaolin

Follows the eccentric Bagthorpe family – ineffective advice columnist Laura, frustrated and emotionless comedy writer Henry, Scrabble cheating Grandma, 16-year-old electronics whizz and tennis champion William, artistic 14-year-old Tess, and twelve-year-old 'ordinary' Jack, who decides to train their mongrel dog Zero into a super dog.

Reparatory theatre people compete against television actors in panel games of improvisation.

Chilean children's television show centered on a professor named "Professor Rossa", who taught about national animals and nature.

Circus International is a Canadian documentary television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1981.

1000 Meisterwerke was a German art series. It was the German version of the British 100 Great Paintings. From 1980 through 1994, the German broadcaster WDR produced the series, which was broadcast by ARD, ORF and BR. In each of the 10-minute broadcasts, a single painting was presented and analyzed by an art historian. The Sunday evening broadcasts had five million viewers.

An anthology series seen by many as a precursor to the successful Dramarama [1983-1989]. Notable episodes include 'Death Angel' and 'Marmalade Atkins in Space'.

Third Brazilian TV show hosted by Coffin Joe. This show directed by José Mojica Marins was a strange mix of an auditorium show and a TV serie. The Stories were largely sent by the audience and adapted by Mojica and Norbert Novotny for TV. The Serie has a good audience ratings, but a short life.

Friends, contemporaries and even enemies of Alexander the Great gather in a tent to tell his tale through their eyes.

The Children's Royal Variety Performance was devised by entertainer Rod Hull in 1981 and took place in London until 1994 in aid of NSPCC.

A three-paneled look at the Severinsviertel (Vringsveedel) district in Cologne.

The series follows the adventures of a brother and sister as they try to discover the whereabouts of their scientist father, whilst being pursued by an evil woman and her henchman.

The Krypton Factor is a United States game show based on the UK series of the same name. The series originally ran on ABC from August 7 to September 4, 1981, and in syndication from September 15, 1990 to September 7, 1991. The first version was produced by Alan Landsburg Productions in association with MCA Television Entertainment. The second version was produced by Kushner-Locke Productions and distributed by Western International. Dick Clark hosted the ABC version and Willie Aames hosted the syndicated version.

Fawazir through which a man’s job is reviewed in every episode, through the matchmaker presenting the characteristics and nature of his profession to the girl who wants to marry, and the audience must then know the profession or job and solve the vow.

It's tough fighting a divorce but when your wife decides to show your children your sponge bag in order to promote you as being one of the three most evil men - along with Nero and Attila the Hun - then you are in trouble. Roger Flower, an impoverished composer, is one such man and his acrimonious divorce from his well-heeled wife, Emma, is doing him no favors. He has, however, found some consolation in the arms of Rose, who finds an adulterous relationship a major turn on. In order to maintain their healthy sex-life she marries an all-in wrestler called Stanley on the morning of his divorce!

Fünf auf dem Apfelstern is a German television series.

Biographical drama series about the poor Welsh boy who became prime minister. David Lloyd George's career as a lawyer takes a fateful turn when he marries the daughter of a wealthy landowner and becomes a Liberal Party parliamentary candidate.

Behind the Screen is an American late-night weekly serial which aired on CBS from October 9, 1981 to January 8, 1982. It was created by David Jacobs for CBS, which wanted to experiment with late night programming as a counterpoint to ABC and NBC's more successful efforts at that time of night. Drawing upon his experience with the prime-time serials, Behind the Screen was a dramatization of the goings-on at a fictional TV soap opera called Generations. This was not the first attempt to explore the concept of a "soap within a soap" as radio soaps had used the idea as far as back as the 1940s, and Ryan's Hope had used the idea for a story in the early 1980s.

The series takes place in Abu Awad neighborhood, where the series reflects some of the customs, cultures and problems prevailing in Jordanian civil society and rural society in a social comedy framework