TV that didn't bore me
This list is mostly personal so that I don't forget hours that I spent with rather good TV. Though some of them are listed as TV movie, most of them were aired as series for us.
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- CreatorDavid WolstencroftStarsPeter FirthHugh SimonNicola WalkerThe missions of MI-5, the UK's domestic intelligence organization.Good series with great acting, only if stories were alittle bit better balanced and characters more engaging.
- CreatorTim KringStarsJack ColemanHayden PanettiereMilo VentimigliaCommon people discover that they have super powers. Their lives intertwine as a devastating event must be prevented.Very good 1st season, rather good 2nd, poor 3rd season and horrible 4th.
- CreatorKim CoghillAndrew De AngelisJeff DetskyStarsTatiana MaslanyDylan BruceJordan GavarisA streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
- CreatorMarti NoxonStarsAmy AdamsPatricia ClarksonChris MessinaAfter treating her mental illness, crime reporter Camille Preaker returns to her hometown to solve the murder of two young girls. However, she is forced to face and deal with her own demons too.
- CreatorRobert DohertyStarsJonny Lee MillerLucy LiuAidan QuinnA crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London, eccentric Sherlock escapes to New York where his father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.Although all the resemblance to Sherlock Holmes stories and even the great "Sherlock"(BBC) ends in character names, those characters are still interesting and stories, sometimes, rather good.
- CreatorDiane Ruggiero-WrightRob ThomasStarsRose McIverMalcolm GoodwinRahul KohliA medical resident finds that being a zombie has its perks, which she uses to assist the police.
- CreatorDerek SimondsStarsBill PullmanJessica HechtDohn NorwoodDetective Ambrose employs some unusual tactics and a deep capacity for empathy to solve his cases. His boundless dedication is driven by his dark past, leading him into powerful and often dangerously intimate bonds with his suspects.
- StarsDouglas HodgeLeslie GranthamLia WilliamsInvestigating the phenomena of alien abductionsناخوانده
- StarsHorst TappertFritz WepperWilly SchäferDetective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant, Inspector Harry Klein, solve murder cases in Munich and surrounding areas.
- StarsMili AvitalAlan BatesJames FrainTo cure a Prince's murderous madness, Scheherezade tells him a series of wondrous stories.
- CreatorBarbara CoxStarsLeslie GranthamAdie AllenNiall BuggyImplicated in a corruption enquiry, Detective Inspector Mick Raynor (Leslie Grantham) agrees to go deep under cover to bring down criminal networks that appear to be beyond the reach of the law.
- DirectorKoji HashimotoSakyô KomatsuIshirô HondaStarsTomokazu MiuraDangely DianeMiyuki OnoWhile extracting water from the Martian polar ice caps, ancient carvings are uncovered describing an alien spacecraft crashing into Jupiter, postponing plans to turn Jupiter into a second Sun.خداحافظ ژوپیتر
This was actually a movie and I should've been 10-12 when I'd seen it; but it had a very strong effect and though I remember almost nothing of its story, for some reason, I can't forget the name or scattered images. - DirectorDick LowryStarsStephen BaldwinJulie WarnerBill SmitrovichA group of scientists are trying to produce the perfect soldier by cloning. Seven years later, a mystery novel writer discovers that his clone has his same physical appearance but has the personality of a murderer.تولد شوم
The fun thing I just discovered was that Charlotte was played by Kaley Cuoco (Big Bang Theory) - DirectorLawrence Gordon ClarkStarsRob LoweKenneth CranhamDeborah MooreWhen they learn of a secret covenant on the status of Hong Kong signed by Mao in 1944, Chinese factions, the British government, Hong Kong businessmen, AND the Mafia all try to be the first to take hold of it. Tough man Sean Dillon, pressured by Brigadier Ferguson into working for the British, does it his own way. But we see a new twinkle in his eye when he looks at sweet Su Yin... And can it be that pretty Inspector Hanna Bernstein is beginning to grow fond of Sean?بر زمین خطرناک
sequel: Midnight Man (1997)
I didn't know Rob Lowe at the time, but I liked him and wished so much for him and Anna to be together. - CreatorMichelle AshfordStarsMichael SheenLizzy CaplanCaitlin FitzGeraldDrama about the pioneers of the science of human sexuality whose research touched off the sexual revolution.
- DirectorSam PillsburyStarsGrant ShowGéza KovácsMaria PitilloSteve Collura is an undercover cop out to infiltrate Carlo Gambino's mob. He soon falls in love with Gambino's daughter Maria and must make a choice between his duties as a police officer, his love for Maria, and his allegiance to Carlo Gambino.تردید
The version that was aired here, was 25 minutes shorter than listed! - CreatorJulie PlecKevin WilliamsonStarsNina DobrevPaul WesleyIan SomerhalderThe lives, loves, dangers and disasters in the town, Mystic Falls, Virginia. Creatures of unspeakable horror lurk beneath this town as a teenage girl is suddenly torn between two vampire brothers.One can stop after season 3. Up until then, it's a little cheesy and has a story that drags and jumps around quite often (except for 2nd half of season 1 and 1st half of season 2, almost), but it's also fun, sometimes.
- StarsJoan HicksonPeter TilburyHelen CherryMiss Marple receives a cryptic letter requesting her to right an unknown injustice, but receives no hint other than a ticket for guided tour of historic homes.خانم مارپل
with plenty of sequels - StarsAndrew ClarkeBrett ClimoGuy PearceInspired by Banjo Paterson's famous poem, The Man from Snowy River, this series is about cattle rancher Matt McGregor, his family, and their neighbours in the township of Paterson's Ridge in Australia's Snowy Mountains.رودخانه برفی
It never got to properly end here; but it had its fun moments, while it lasted. - DirectorPeter SmithStarsEdward HardwickeRuth GemmellAneirin HughesA fast-paced thriller based on Peter James' best-selling novel set in the chilling world of genetic engineering. Three workers put their lives on the line as they discover a worldکیمیاگران
- CreatorCarl BinderMeyer ShwarzsteinStarsMichelle BurkeSpencer RochfortCorey SevierThe recently widowed Jo March Behr continues to run the school she and her late husband founded, a school for boys called "Plumfield." Based on Louisa May Alcott's classic book, "Little Men."مزرعه پامفیلد
- CreatorWayne GrigsbyBarbara SamuelsStarsTina KeeperTracey CookTom JacksonA mystery drama series about trials and tribulations of Aboriginal people in the fictional town of Lynx River, Northwest Territories.شمال 60
- StarsJudith McGrathGeorgie ParkerTammy MacintoshA drama series centred on the lives of the nurses at All Saints Western General Hospital.پرستاران
- DirectorJean de SegonzacStarsGrant ShowUdo KierEva LaRueAfter the whole North of the Equator freezes below zero, a group of people in Los Angeles risk their lives while trying to "escape" from the city's hostile conditions, in order to take a ship to a hotter place on Earth.
- StarsSascha HehnUta SchornSimone Thomallaدکتر مارکوس
- CreatorBeth SullivanStarsJane SeymourJoe LandoShawn TooveyThe trials and adventures of a female doctor in a small Wild West town.پزشک دهکده
- CreatorHart HansonStarsSonja SmitsBruce GrayPatrick McKennaSet in the Toronto-based investment house Gardner/Ross, "Traders" explores the intimate lives and loves of investment bankers whose high-stakes decisions and sizzling alliances can have grave international consequences.سوداگران
I was just warming up to it, when they suddenly stopped airing it; all the mechanics of trades were ailttle confusing to me though! - CreatorBalthasar von WeymarnStarsClaus Theo GärtnerRenate KohnPaul FrielinghausGerman crime series centering around a succession of lawyers and a private investigator and former police officer, who typically team up to clear a client of the lawyer, who is usually an innocent suspect in a murder case.یک پرونده برای دو نفر
- CreatorMichael RobsonStarsRobert PowellChristopher ScoularGavin RichardsRichard Hannay is a man of his times: an Edwardian gentleman and adventurer, a mining engineer from South Africa of Scottish origin, who lives by his own standards and wits, upholding a moral code which is distinctly his own. An outsider, he is at once a rugged gentleman and a knight errant when it comes to women.
- StarsJohn ThawKevin WhatelyJames GroutChief Inspector Morse has an ear for Western classical music, a taste for beer, and a nose for crime. He and Detective Sergeant Robert Lewis solve intriguing cases in and around the Oxford area.
- StarsMichael AndeMarkus BöttcherUlf SöhmischA police department led by an older, experienced detective solves crimes together.کارآگاه کاستر
- DirectorAndrew GrieveStarsIoan GruffuddRobert LindsayDorian HealyHoratio Hornblower begins his naval career, but a deadly feud with a despicable mate is causing complications.هورن بلوئر
with 5 sequels - StarsPatrick BachMatthias HabichAndreas MannkopffJack Holborn is 13-year-old orphan in the 1700's that wants to get a job on a sailing ship to avoid foster homes. Jack was found on the steps of the Holborn catholic church in London, when he was a baby. He was wearing a leather arm band with the name "Jack" on it. His aim is to set sail with Captain Sharingham. At the sight of Jack's arm band, the captain reveals that the band looks familiar, but he won't tell Jack what he knows. Jack is desperately seeking answers, and is not about to let the Captain off the hook. The Captain also has a twin brother who works as a judge. The two brothers hate each other, mostly because of the captain's piracy side business. Jack sneaks onboard the Captain's ship "Charming Molly", and the journey begins. A journey that consists of piracy, traveling through swamps, and slavery in Bombay. Jack will find his answers, but the road there is long.
- StarsPatrick BachLucki MolocherIngeborg LapsienSilas, a 13 year old boy runs away from the circus to have adventures.
- StarsKunie TanakaHidetaka YoshiokaTomoko Nakajima"From the North" with warmth loving strokes, describing the love of family, love of humanity. Because his wife was having an affair and divorce, Kuroita Goro, with a son and daughter from Tokyo came idyllic life Furano, Hokkaido. They describe delicate film in the north of Furano of rural life and love , as well as into social work, married and have children from school. Despite all the disappointments characters life experiences and the reality that they can not control, but they can eventually overcome the adversity faced, more understanding of people and things around.از سرزمین شمالی
Another sad story!
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معلم جزیره - StarsToshi ShioyaNobuko OtowaYûko TanakaTells the story of Oshin, a poor little girl who would someday become the owner of a big supermarket chain in Japan.سالهای دور از خانه
Depressing and too long, but first series in my memory that had a big audience here. - CreatorLee RobinsonDennis HillStarsEd DevereauxTony BonnerKen JamesSonny and his kangaroo Skippy live in Waratah National Park in New South Wales. Matt Hammond, Sonny's father is the park ranger. Skippy saves the day in many adventures.
- CreatorTony McDonaldAlison NisselleStarsSimon WestawayPeter CumminsSean ScullyPhoenix is an Australian police drama television series.
- CreatorLaurie NunnStarsAsa ButterfieldGillian AndersonNcuti GatwaA teenage boy with a sex therapist mother teams up with a high school classmate to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.
- CreatorAaron KorshStarsGabriel MachtPatrick J. AdamsMeghan MarkleOn the run from a drug deal gone bad, brilliant college dropout Mike Ross finds himself working with Harvey Specter, one of New York City's best lawyers.
- CreatorChris Van DusenStarsNicola CoughlanLuke NewtonJulie AndrewsThe eight close-knit siblings of the Bridgerton family look for love and happiness in London high society.
- StarsPaul MescalDaisy Edgar-JonesDesmond EastwoodFollows Marianne and Connell, from different backgrounds but the same small town in Ireland, as they weave in and out of each other's romantic lives.
- StarsPhilip GlenisterTamsin GreigHarriet WalterFollows events when the emerging nouveau riche, including the Trenchard family, rub shoulders with London's established upper classes and when secrets from the past threaten to emerge.
- CreatorBrad IngelsbyStarsKate WinsletJulianne NicholsonJean SmartA detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
- CreatorAntonio CamposStarsColin FirthToni ColletteMichael StuhlbargTells the story of Michael Peterson, a crime novelist accused of killing his wife Kathleen after she is found dead at the bottom of a staircase in their home, and the 16-year judicial battle that followed.
- CreatorJohn LinsonTaylor SheridanStarsKevin CostnerLuke GrimesKelly ReillyA ranching family in Montana faces off against others encroaching on their land.
- CreatorJeff DavisStarsKirsten VangsnessMatthew Gray GublerA.J. CookA group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) using behavioral analysis and profiling to help investigate crimes and find the suspect known as the unsub.
- CreatorHugo BlickStarsEmily BluntChaske SpencerStephen ReaFollows a woman as she seeks revenge on the man she sees as responsible for the death of her son.
- CreatorElizabeth MeriwetherStarsAmanda SeyfriedNaveen AndrewsMichel GillTV series that chronicles Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' attempt to revolutionize the healthcare industry after dropping out of college and starting a technology company.
- CreatorAndrew DaviesStarsRose WilliamsCrystal ClarkeKris MarshallAbout Charlotte Heywood, a spirited and impulsive woman, who moves from her rural home to Sanditon, a fishing village attempting to reinvent itself as a seaside resort.
- CreatorJulian FellowesStarsCarrie CoonMorgan SpectorLouisa JacobsonThe series follows the conflicts surrounding the new money Russell family and their old money neighbors, the van Rhijn family, in 1880s New York City high society.
- CreatorAkiva GoldsmanAlex KurtzmanJenny LumetStarsAnson MountEthan PeckChristina ChongA prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series, the show follows the crew of the USS Enterprise under Captain Christopher Pike.
- StarsAnne HathawayTina FeyAndy GarciaTV series based on the New York Times column that explores relationships, love, and the human connection.