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Babar and the Adventures of Badou is a 3D animated children's TV series that premiered in 2010 based on the characters created by Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff. The series has created new characters to the Babar universe, including Badou, who is Babar's 8-year-old grandson and the central character of the series. The series is co-produced by Nelvana and TeamTO in association with The Clifford Ross Company, TF1, YTV, and LuxAnimation. The English version of the twenty-six episode series first premiered on September 6, 2010 in Australia on ABC2 and in Canada on YTV on Monday, November 22, 2010. Vice President and Managing Director of Jumbo Pictures, and Nelvana Enterprises, Colin Bohm explained "Nelvana is excited to bring Babar into the 21st century with a new 3D TV series as well as a comprehensive licensing program from TF1". On September 16, 2010, Nelvana Enterprises has confirmed that the series will premiere in the U.S. on Disney Junior. The show premiered on February 14, 2011, along with the premiere of the television block. Although the series features a majority of new characters to the Babar universe, original characters remain though, such as Babar, Celeste and Lord Rataxes, with other original characters also involved.

The lives of several families in the Yorkshire Dales revolve around a farm and the nearby village. With murders, affairs, lies, deceit, laughter and tears, it's all there in the village.

Pat and his black-and-white cat Jess deliver the mail in Greendale.

Reverend Granger is assigned as the Vicar of the rural parish of Dibley, but she is not quite what the villagers expected.

Follow the adventures of fireman Sam and his colleagues as they protect the citizens of the Welsh town of Pontypandy. Whenever the alarm sounds, brave Sam and his co-workers can be counted on to jump into a fire engine, hop onto a helicopter, or even launch an inflatable lifeboat to battle blazes, mount rescue missions, or provide medical attention to those in need.

Set in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, the series chronicles the daily lives of farm-workers, craftsmen and gentry at the end of the 19th Century. Lark Rise to Candleford is a love letter to a vanished corner of rural England and a heart-warming drama series teeming with wit, wisdom and romance.

An inside look at NFL training camps. From the top coaches to the rookies trying to make the team, Hard Knocks showcases what it takes to be in the NFL.

Exploring the hidden corners of the UK in search of the best the countryside has to offer.

The Indian Doctor is a British television drama set in the summer of 1963. Produced by Rondo Media and Avatar Productions, it was first broadcast on BBC One in 2010. The most recent series began on 27 February 2012 and concluded on 2 March. It is a period comedy drama starring Sanjeev Bhaskar as an Indian doctor who finds work in a South Wales mining village.

Observing programs for troubled teens in which inmates reveal the realities of prison life in the hope of deterring them from a life of crime.

Teams of three solve problems while racing across deserts, over mountains and through rivers. Each week a new stage of the expedition is revealed. Will teams crumble under the pressure of having to think clearly in the wilds of the great outdoors, or will they work together to get through and complete their adventures? After ten legs of competition, one team will cross the finish line first to claim victory.

On the surface William Travers is a picture of success. An accomplished criminal barrister happily living with his wife in rural Suffolk. However, Travers is still recovering from a traumatic series of events that have shaken his belief in the legal system. Reluctantly, he is drawn into a case that involves his old friend Martin Newall who faces conspiracy and murder charges while at the same time being investigated by a vicious and vengeful detective DS Mark Wenborn.

A series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.

The Village tells the story of life in a Derbyshire village through the eyes of a central character, Bert Middleton.

Dive into the mysteries of some of NASA’s most curious missions and explore stories of engineering achievement and human endurance. Each episode offers first hand testimony from astronauts, NASA mission footage, plus beautifully rendered CGI to bring to life these voyages that reveal unexplained sightings that have dogged many of NASA’s most famous missions.

Tom Mathias comes to Aberystwyth having abandoned his life in London. He's a brilliant but troubled man. Despite his faults he is an excellent detective, who knows that the key to solving the crime lies not in where you look for truth, but how you look.

In 1953 at the hamlet of Grantchester, Sidney Chambers—a charismatic, charming clergyman—turns investigative vicar when one of his parishioners dies in suspicious circumstances.

Jam & Jerusalem is a British sit-com that aired on BBC One from 2006 to 2009. Written by Jennifer Saunders and Abigail Wilson, it starred Sue Johnston, Jennifer Saunders, Pauline McLynn, Dawn French, Maggie Steed, David Mitchell, and Sally Phillips. Earlier episodes also starred Joanna Lumley and Doreen Mantle. On BBC America the first series was aired as Clatterford. The show centres on a Women's Guild in a fictional small West Country town called Clatterford St. Mary. It first aired on 24 November 2006. The second series began airing on 1 January 2008 with a 40-minute special and finished on 1 February 2008. The third series was filmed from April 2009. It consists of three one-hour specials, and began its broadcast on BBC One on 9 August 2009. In November 2009, on her blog, Pauline McLynn announced that Jam & Jerusalem would not be returning for a fourth series. She later stated that it was the decision of the BBC and not Jennifer Saunders.

India with Sanjeev Bhaskar is a four-part documentary from the BBC in which Sanjeev Bhaskar travels to India with director Deep Sehgal. The documentary was created as part of the BBC's series of programmes on the 60th anniversary of the independence of India and Pakistan. The series was broadcast between 30 July and 20 August 2007.

Each episode, he encounters an elite group of five animals each of which senses the world in a very different way. By understanding their needs, problems and histories on these islands, Chris reveals what they make of modern Britain - and its humans.

Secret Eaters is a British documentary television series about overeating. It is shown on Channel 4 and presented by Anna Richardson. With their permission, people with eating habit problems are videoed in their home over a week. The subjects do not suspect that private investigators are also following and videoing them elsewhere. At the end of the week, the true amount of what the subjects have eaten is revealed. The subjects are given some days to change their habits, and are brought back, showing considerable weight loss. This drama is intercut with a separate short story where the presenter and food experts test some factor causing overeating.

“Broken Silence” is composed of five hourlong shorts from a quintet of international directors: Hungary’s Janos Szasz (“Eyes of the Holocaust”), Argentina’s Luis Puenzo (“Some Who Lived”), Russia’s Pavel Chukhraj (“Children From the Abyss”), the Czech Republic’s Vojtech Jasny (“Hell on Earth”) and Poland’s Andrzej Wajda (“I Remember”). The helmers, some descendants of Holocaust survivors, focus on the atrocities within their particular parts of the world, with testimonials, pictures and an overall tone as they pertain to each region’s culture and history.

Four-part series demonstrating different kinds of censorship, such as censorship by the government or of art.

A team of canine experts reveal the secrets of man's best friend, investigating the differences between different breeds and exploring the genetic history of the dogs of a small English village.

Mahabharat is a 2013 drama TV series on Star Plus based on Indian legendary epic of the same name. It has been produced by Swastik Pictures and features actors such as Saurabh Raj Jain as Lord Krishna, Shaheer Sheikh as Arjuna, Pooja Sharma as Draupadi, Aham Sharma as Karna and Arav Chowdhary as Bhishma Pitamah. The producers had creative associations with writer Salim Khan, author Devdutt Pattanaik, designer Bhanu Athaiya, music directors Ajay-Atul and Ismail Darbar, action director Ram Shetty and set designer Omang Kumar. The casting of the show is done by Sahil Ansari, Mahesh Chandra Bhatt, Arun Mitra. It started broadcasting on 16 September 2013.

Ancient Impossible, the new H2 series, picks up where HISTORY’s long running Ancient Discoveries left off. In this next generation of storytelling, Ancient Impossible reveals how many of today’s technological achievements were actually developed centuries ago. Colossal monuments, impossible feats of engineering and technologies so precise they defy reinvention–the ancient world was far more advanced than we ever imagined. We’ll travel through history to reveal a radically different picture of the past, with innovations so far ahead of their time, they’re still in use today. New science uncovers a lost world more like our own than we ever suspected, and reveals how modern technology has its blueprint in the ancient world.

This documentary series follows two first-time film directors, Shane Dawson and Anna Martemucci, who are given the opportunity to direct separate films adapted from the same original screenplay. The series documents the creation, marketing, and theatrical release of both films, and through multiplatform voting, the audience will ultimately determine which director will be awarded $250,000.

A young girl and her blended family move to the small cottage town of Evermoor. All is well until sinister things start to happen, magic tapestries, an enchanted typewriter. Only a few of the strange things found in the town of Evermoor.

Penelope Keith explores our changing relationship with villages

With keen eyes for detail and a knack for finding hidden gems, Marty Gebel and Peter "Bam-Bam" Bamford team up to travel the back roads of rural Canada in hopes of bringing vintage and unique treasures to the spotlight.

The story of a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community with the shadow of World War II casting a dark cloud over their lives. As the conflict takes hold and separates the women from their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers, the characters find themselves under increasing and extraordinary pressures in a rapidly fragmenting world. By banding together as the Great Paxford Women’s Institute, they help maintain the nation’s fabric in its darkest hour, and discover inner resources that will change their lives forever.

India - land of stunning wildlife, ancient cultures and extreme landscapes. Wildlife expert Liz Bonnin, actor Freida Pinto and mountaineer Jon Gupta reveal India's natural wonders.

Burnt out on office politics, Agatha Raisin retires early to a picturesque village in the Cotswolds and soon finds a second career as an amateur detective investigating mischief, mayhem, and murder in her deceptively quaint town.

Rangrasiya tells us the story of a village girl from a rural village in Rajasthan and an BSD officer...who are met at an encounter by BSD army.

Follow the highly trained doctors and staff of Houston’s Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists as they perform high-end, specialized veterinary medicine on domestic and exotic animals. Watch as they perform a double root canal on a Chimpanzee, a life-saving hysterectomy on a Bengal tiger, and dental surgery to restore functional living to a police dog.

Reveals the hidden creatures and untouched lands that few outside its borders have heard of, and even fewer have seen.

The lives of cousins Kerry and Kurtan in the rural village of Cotswolds.

The extraordinary story of how Hollywood changed World War II – and how World War II changed Hollywood, through the interwoven experiences of five legendary filmmakers who went to war to serve their country and bring the truth to the American people: John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra, and George Stevens. Based on Mark Harris’ best-selling book, “Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War.”

Razia Sultan is the story of Razia, the daughter of Sultan Iltutmish and Qutub Begum. Razia, known for her nobility and distinct thoughts, was crowned as the first woman ruler of the Delhi state after her father's death. The drama reveals the journey of Razia from a princess to a Sultan, including her love affair and marriage with Malik Altunia.

The time is 1930s, and crime is culminating. One man can uproot the sin: Satyanweshi Byomkesh Bakshi. Hoichoi Originals brings Bengal’s popular sleuth in an all-new but familiar avatar.

This three-part series uncovers the network of spymasters and secret agents that helped protect Queen Elizabeth I from assassination, terror and treason for over 40 years. During a period when Britain was divided, unstable and violent, one of the world’s first secret services was born. Run by William and Robert Cecil, this father and son team had the duty of protecting the Queen and the Country. This series asks leading historians to each study the period from a different key player’s point of view, dissecting the minds and motivations of the protagonists, to reveal a covert spy network - and present a picture of the Elizabethan Court as it really was. This series takes us through the biggest events of the period, from the entrapment and execution of Mary Queen of Scots to the death of Queen Elizabeth I, the capture and escape of Catholic fugitive John Gerard and the most infamous terrorist conspiracy in British history - the Gunpowder Plot.

Penelope sets forth on a special journey exploring the UK's seaside villages

A simple village girl - or a bombshell in disguise? Phulwa is the new Boudi in town, and she's here to keep them awake all night!

A Vicar's Life goes behind the scenes of the lives of country vicars at the heart of the rural community in the stunning Herefordshire countryside. From opening fêtes to marrying local couples, vicars are knitted into the fabric of country life, acting as a pillar of support in times of crisis and personal sorrow. Each episode features stories from across the county giving a closer perspective on rural life, as seen through the eyes of the church. Village fetes, shooting drives, and local issues - all served up with a heavy dose of humour, charity, and inspiring local leadership.

Following four friends in quest for the supernatural across various popular "haunted" places of West Bengal, the series takes us on a chilling journey.

What if some of the worst movie-making decisions were made with the best intentions? Step inside the pitch meetings for some famous movies!

Unraveling complexed relationships, closet issues, shocking truths, bizarre myths and unexplored space of men and women through a series of thrilling and exciting stories from the rural part of India. Each story is distinct from other but weaved with the thread of eccentricities which will leave you with unexpected twists and turns.

Born into poverty and denied an education, a village boy overcomes society’s obstacles to become India’s foremost spiritual guru, revered by millions.

The story of Kunaal Roy Kapur, aka the older brother of heartthrob actor Aditya Roy Kapur and younger brother of producer par excellence Siddharth Roy Kapur. Kunaal is the picture perfect side hero in both his reel life and real life too. When an ambitious passion project finds no takers and results in Kunaal losing his only worldly possession, a family house, he finds shelter with his new manager Beera, the most successful manager for animal actors in Bollywood.

Archaeologist Ben Robinson explores the story of the village from Norman times to the present day. With ancient churches, castles, market places and cottages, the English village is a magnet for tourists. This cosy, picture postcard image is a snapshot of England which is recognised across the globe. But the story of the village from ancient times to the present day is not one of sleepy rural idylls. It is a story of purpose, persistence and power. ‘Pubs, Ponds and Power – The Story of the Village’ looks at how some of England’s greatest villages have evolved over time.

An innocent toddler’s boundless curiosity -- and extraordinary might -- lead to mischief and adventure in his small Indian town.

India - unique in its diversity and breathtakingly beautiful. The subcontinent is characterized by scenic, cultural and ethnic diversity. Despite growing space needs, there are efforts to preserve the wilderness through nature reserves and protected areas. So India still provides habitat for rare species such as the Bengal tiger or the Indian elephant. The 5-part series "India's wild beauty" leads to the most spectacular and beautiful regions and their inhabitants.

Hard-hitting amateur, CCTV and news footage reveals how some of the world's biggest natural disasters took away people's lives, homes and hope in Witness Disaster.

In post-World War II Hollywood, an ambitious group of aspiring actors and filmmakers will do almost anything to make their showbiz dreams come true.

What happens when idle gossip escalates out of control and starts to affect people’s lives. Set in a picturesque fishing village, the series centres on Maggie Cole, the self- appointed oracle of this close-knit community.

Follow the life of Punjabi matriarch Sarla Arora who runs a marriage hall and lives with the hope of seeing her two daughters Pragya and Bulbul who're poles apart, happily married some day.

Anurag and Sameera go on a date - a night that will change their lives forever. The truth is tested and the lies are revealed when both have completely different versions of the night.

Panchayat is a comedy-drama, which captures the journey of an engineering graduate Abhishek, who for lack of a better job option joins as secretary of a panchayat office in a remote village of Uttar Pradesh. Stuck between crazy villagers and a difficult village lifestyle Abhishek starts his job with the sole motivation of getting out of there as soon as possible, for which he even prepares for CAT.

Men in a village are disappearing in the darkness of the night. Is it the work of a mystical enchantress, or is there some other mystery?

A skeleton discovered in a tank reveals the existence of five psycho housewives. What's making these women cause terror in the lives of their husbands?

A remote village becomes the arena of a breathless battle when an undead East India Company officer and his battalion of zombie redcoats attack a squad of modern-day soldiers.

A refreshingly unique approach of focusing on one single murder case through the lens of the five people most closely involved with the crime in order to reveal a deeper and more complete picture of what actually happened in order to bring about justice.

Follow a group of larger-than-life personalities from across the country as they buy liquidated merchandise for pennies on the dollar and unbox it with hopes for big profits. Risking their own money to bid on and win the best boxes at the best prices, pallets are delivered to their homes for the big reveal.

A flight crash lands in West Bengal. However, what is so baffling about the incident is that plane went missing 35 years ago crashed a week back.

India's wildcats have been symbols of strength & royalty since the ancient times. Despite the reverence they evoke and their own adaptability & prowess, these cats have been pushed to the brink. Yet, they are the last hope for protecting the country's wild spaces. Two years in the making, 'Wild Cats of India' has journeyed across country's contrasting landscapes with an ambition to paint an intimate portrait of the intriguing lives of wildcats.

Secrets from the "Stranger Things 2" universe are revealed as cast and guests discuss the latest episodes with host Jim Rash. Caution: spoilers ahead!

While Rural India is still suffering with shortage of Water, men are marrying multiples times to be able to gather more water for themselves. Is it due a lack of water or mere thirst of desires masking this unusual tradition?

Daily soap featuring the fictional residents of the village of Cwmderi.

A small fictional village in England is completely subdued by an alien presence for an entire day. Upon waking, it is discovered that numerous women in the town are pregnant.

Rebecca Gibney and Charles Edwards star as two city slickers who inherit a failing vineyard in rural New Zealand.. the only problems are that neither of them has ever done a hard days' work- and they despise one another.

Professor Alice Roberts reveals how scientists are unearthing the evidence for cataclysmic events in the past and their disastrous consequences. From wars to earthquakes and floods to famines – these are the events that have helped shape our modern world.

A minor girl goes missing in a small town in Tamilnadu and an investigation follows. A sub inspector investigating a missing girl's case in a uncovers some shocking revelations and dirty truths those threaten to shake up the cultural societal fabric.

I Bought A Dump...Now What? follows homeowners who purchased dilapidated properties in hopes of renovating them into their forever home. By trying to tackle the overhauls themselves to save money, they end up behind schedule, over budget and exhausted. During the series, cameras will track the progress of each renovation and, in the end, reveal whether the owners can complete the work or are left out in the cold.

Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul is an Indian fantasy television series based on the Arabian Nights character Ali Baba. Produced by Alind Srivastava and Nissar Parvez under Peninsula Pictures, starring Sheezan Mohammed Khan and Tunisha Sharma. It premiered on 22 August 2022 on Sony SAB and digitally streams on SonyLIV.

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team investigate a series of perplexing murders, in the seemingly idyllic village of Three Pines and uncover the buried secrets of its eccentric residents. In the process, Gamache is forced to confront buried secrets of his own. Based on the novels by Louise Penny.

Two insurance agents stumble upon several mysterious cases of people with life insurance policies from their company dying accidental deaths. The duo starts an investigation to find the truth, but they are clueless about the menacing mastermind behind the whole thing.

Young Tamizhselvi dreams of becoming a doctor. But her village, Veerappannai, has fearsome age-old customs and traditions which inadvertently suppress women of the village. Will she be able to overcome them?

Meet the Dholakias, a family of four generations living under one roof, as they navigate the ups and downs of their lives. While they appear to be picture perfect, they are endearingly, heartbreakingly human, each with their unique quirks and quibbles. Follow their journey as they try their best to navigate through all the things life throws at them.

From being a little girl in rural Bangladesh to being an entrepreneur in Kolkata, Indubala's journey is laced with the desolation of separation from her roots and the consolation of every taste being a memory of someone she has lost.

12 city-bred divas are challenged to survive in a rural hamlet, with only their wit and labour to their rescue. Which one of them will survive till the end?

These four women appear to be the picture of true friendship but underneath lie secrets and scandals - infidelity, deception, blackmail, and even murder.

Damodar Das comes to the remote village of Hagda as its new postmaster. While their simple aspirations and pure emotions slowly do away with Damodar's reservations, he keeps searching for a sliver of his long-lost childhood.

Obsessed by the notion of fairy tale love , Titlie marries her beau Garv . Soon , the picture - perfect romance turns abusive , forcing her to wrestle with reality .

Follows Reverend Jack Brooks and her daughter in Chapel Croft, a place for a fresh start that soon reveals its community's dark history and where ancient superstitions and mistrust of outsiders are quite common.

Marième Ndiaye meets the people who have chosen to live in rural Quebec in the hopes of ensuring the future of their region by launching original development initiatives.

In the desolate hinterlands of Tamil Nadu, a stranded urbanite enlists the help of three locals to find his missing family believed to have been abducted by nefarious beings of a cursed village. Meanwhile, a maniacal heir to a pharma empire sends a group of mercenaries to the same village to retrieve something long forgotten. Will they come out of this terror-stricken night alive?

To understand today's West Bengal and its crises and challenges, one needs to know the nitty-gritty of West Bengal's fascinating political history. This docu-series attempts to provide a primer of that history through the reigns of eight Chief Ministers who have ruled the state.

They say in politics there are no accidents; everything that happens is planned that way. But what happens when an innocent girl from a small village in Uttar Pradesh, gets chosen to become the Chief Minister of one of the most powerful states in the country?

The story is about a young guy who comes from a rural area to a metropolitan city after getting job as a "Meter-Reader" on contractual basis. On the first day of his job, he enters into a house for meter checking where he finds an old man sitting on his wheelchair. - After the old man's several requests, the guy decides to gossip with him to pass his few minutes of loneliness .....Soon during their conversation the guy realizes that he has unfortunately landed on a murder spot. - What happens next ??

Shalini gets married and comes to a village where women are victims of male chauvinism and marital abuse. Here she meets Divya, Ratna and Maya. Together they decide to fight for their rights and dignity against the social norms and injustice in a place where the men would give them death rather than respect.

Ginny, a pretty teen girl, falls in love with Ajay. To get his attention, she initiates a game with their friends, discovering, testing and pushing the limits of their sexuality. When the nature of their activities is revealed, each of them deals with the scandal in radically different ways. Faced with the implosion of their value systems, they move on by reassessing their priorities, finding love and their real desires.

Navya is an Indian television drama series that aired on Star Plus. The series premiered on 4 April 2011, and is produced by Swastik Pictures. Originally on the 10:00 p.m. slot, it was scheduled to be taken of air on February 2012, to be replaced with Sajda Tere Pyaar Mein. However, in a last minute change, it was moved to the 6:00 p.m. slot instead., The series initially received high rating, but after a change in concept of youth show to family drama, the rating fell and the series was pulled off air in June 2012.

Mysterious death of a young girl in the hills triggers a suspicious investigation that reveals the alleys of a high-profile organized crime in Kolkata, involving Drugs, sex-trafficking and murders.

When village head Pechiammal stops dauntless Muthazhagu's marriage twice, she is forced to marry her sophisticated son. Will this odd couple stay together?

Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo is an Indian television series based on the story of an impoverished teenage girl who has to support her family. It premiered on March 16, 2009 and aired every Monday to Thursday at 9:30 pm IST on Zee TV. It garnered high TRPs for Zee TV. The series was supposed to be produced by Film Farm Pvt. Ltd. and was called Gauna until the writer Kamlesh Kunti Singh rechristened it. It replaced the long-running soap opera Kasamh Se of Zee TV, which was produced by Balaji Telefilms. The show was eventually produced by Siddharth Kumar Tewary of Swastik Pictures and won the Parivaar Award in 2010. The show ended February 2011 with Choti Bahu Season 2 taking over the time slot.

Malavika, who comes to the village of Perilloor to find love with her boyfriend Sreekuttan, unexpectedly ends up becoming the village Panchayat President against her will. Later, her life goes upside down along with the problems stirred by the wayward people of Perilloor Panchayath.

Shobha Somnath Ki is an Indian historical television drama series on Zee TV based on Acharya Chatursen's Hindi novel Somnath Mahalay. It tells the story of a young girl called Shobha amid the infamous raids in western India by Sultan Maḥmūd of Ghazna in the early 11th century. The show replaced another historical drama Jhansi Ki Rani on Zee TV. Initially, the drama was produced by Contiloe Telefilms. However, due to Veer Shivaji on Colors TV and Maharana Pratap on Star Plus, Contiloe Telefilms handed over the reins to Swastik Pictures. The show was shown every day for some months, and was changed to being broadcast bi-weekly due to decreased popularity. Another show Hitler Didi replaced the time slot when Shobha Somnath Ki was shown. On 12 November 2011, the broadcast time was changed to weekends only. It aired its last episode on 26 February 2012.

Ammaji, a powerful and conservative matriarch, supports female infanticide and other social evils in her village in rural North India.

When a modern world-wide plague becomes resistant to all cures, time-travelers must seek answers in a legendary 14th century rural French village known for its immunity to the original Bubonic Plague. The team gets more than they've bargained for when the inevitable twists of time travel force them into discovering the modern plague's origins... ending in an unexpected confrontation to prevent humanity's extinction.