Stichwort Vancouver

Erzählt wird die wahre Geschichte von Robert Whiteman, der Mitte der 80er Jahre aus einem US-Gefängnis ausbricht und als „The Flying Bandit“ bekannt wurde, weil er innerhalb weniger Jahre über 60 Banken und Juweliergeschäfte ausgeraubt hat. Er hält bis heute den „Rekord“ der meisten aufeinander folgenden Banküberfälle in der Geschichte Nordamerikas. Der charmante „Gentleman-Räuber“ wird vom mittellosen Gefängnisausbrecher zum meistgesuchten Bankräuber des Landes, lernt die Frau seines Lebens kennen, führt ein Luxusleben und landet letztlich doch hinter Gittern.

Gerade als Maggie sich in die Malerin Kim verliebt hat und sich nicht nur damit dem bürgerlichen Lebensplan ihrer Mutter entzogen hat, zieht diese überraschend bei ihr ein. Das Versteckspiel der Liebenden vor der Enttarnung sorgt für Konflikte und Turbulenzen, bis auch die mütterlichen Barrieren brechen und Intoleranz auf allen Ebenen bekämpft wird.

Dorothy Stratten wird 1980 „Playmate of the year” im berühmten Playboy Magazin. Damit startet eine Karriere, die nach Erfüllung eines Traums tausender von Mädchen aussieht. Sie bekommt kleine Filmrollen und heiratet ihren Manager und Entdecker Paul Snider Doch diese Beziehung wird ihr zum Verhängnis, als sie ihre erste große Filmrolle spielt und sich in den Regisseur verliebt.

FBI-Agent Warren Stantin schafft es nicht, eine Geiselnahme in San Francisco befriedigend zu lösen. Der Diamantenräuber und Geiselnehmer erschießt zwei Geiseln und entkommt mit der Beute. Er flüchtet zur kanadischen Grenze, wo er sich unter eine Wandergruppe mischt. Stantin versucht nun, seine Spur aufzunehmen und ihn zur Strecke zu bringen. Der Stadtmensch Stantin schnappt sich den Bergführer Jonathan Knox und bringt ihn dazu, gegen seinen Willen bei der Verfolgung zu helfen. Der Räuber hat sich einer Gruppe von Freizeit-Pionieren angeschlossen - und mittlerweile alle getötet, bis auf die Leiterin Sarah Renell, eine Wildnisexpertin. Die Grenze rückt immer näher, aber die Natur scheint auf der Seite Stantins. Wird vielleicht der Schneesturm die Flüchtenden aufhalten?

Kein Abschiedsbrief, kein Hinweis auf eine Entführung, keine Vorwarnung: Von einem Tag auf den anderen verschwand Davids Freundin spurlos aus seinem Leben. Gerade als David dabei ist, nach über einem Jahr die erfolglose Suche nach Claire aufzugeben, stößt er zufällig auf eine neue Fährte. Alle Hinweise deuten darauf hin, dass Claire nicht die Person war, die sie zu sein schien. Die frische Spur bringt ihn allerdings nicht nur ein Stück näher an Claire, sondern ruft auch gefährliche und gewaltbereite Fremde auf den Plan, die mit der Vermissten anscheinend eine offene Rechnung zu begleichen haben ...

Als ihr Freund, der Rockstar Lee Hauser, an einer Überdosis Drogen stirbt, bricht für Emily eine Welt zusammen. Nach einem Gefängnisaufenthalt ist ihr größter Wunsch, ihren Sohn Jay zurückzubekommen, der aufgrund der Drogenexzesse der Eltern bei den Großeltern aufwächst. Doch zunächst einmal muss Emily ihr eigenes Leben in den Griff bekommen. (Text: arte)

Zwei Freunde planen den perfekten Bankraub, indem sie den Bankcomputer anzapfen. Nach vielem Hin und Her bei Vorbereitung und Durchführung scheint der Coup im letzten Moment zu scheitern.

The series centers on the conflict between a group of rebels from the year 2077 who time-travel to Vancouver, BC, in 2012, and a police officer who accidentally accompanies them. In spite of being many years early, the rebel group decides to continue its violent campaign to stop corporations of the future from replacing governments, while the police officer endeavours to stop them without revealing to anyone that she and the rebels are from the future.

A team of Vancouver investigators, led by homicide detective Angie Flynn, sets out to uncover the motive of each puzzling murder by discovering the killer's connection to the victim. Viewers get a glimpse of the killer before and after the crime is committed.

Lawyer and recovering alcoholic Abigail Bianchi is struggling to put her career and family back together after hitting rock bottom. As a condition of her probation, Abby is forced to work at her estranged father’s firm, Svensson and Associates, and practice in family law for the first time while forging new relationships with the half-brother and half-sister whom she’s never met. The result is a dysfunctional family law firm operating to help other families with their own dysfunctions.

Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. While never a ratings blockbuster, seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes. The show, set and filmed in Vancouver, stars Nicholas Campbell as Dominic Da Vinci, once an undercover officer for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but now a crusading coroner who seeks justice in the cases he investigates. The cast also includes Gwynyth Walsh as Da Vinci's ex-wife and chief pathologist Patricia Da Vinci, Donnelly Rhodes as detective Leo Shannon, and Ian Tracey as detective Mick Leary.

The lives of students at McKinley High School in Edgemont, a fictitious suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Cold Squad is a Canadian police procedural television series first broadcast in 1998 that followed the investigations of a part of the Vancouver Police Department Homicide Division tasked with solving cold cases, the titular Cold Squad, as led by Sergeant Ali McCormick. The cast of Cold Squad was diverse and changing, McCormick being the only character to appear in all 7 seasons. Some notable series regulars include Detective Tony Logozzo in seasons 1-2, Sgt. Frank Coscarella in seasons 3-4, Sgt. Len Harper in seasons 5-7, Insp. Vince Schneider season 1, Insp. Simon Ross season 2, Insp. Andrew Pawlachuk seasons 3-7, Det. Mickey Kollander seasons 3-6, Det. Nicco Sevallis seasons 3-6, Christine Wren seasons 4-7, as well as Det. Samantha Walters and Const. Ray Chase in season 7. Between the second and third seasons, almost the entire on-screen cast other than Julie Stewart were replaced. This along with the new sets, a significant revamp of the credits and theme music, and even having McCormick's hair change from auburn to dirty-blonde all contributed to a considerable reworking of the series.

Follows the dangerous work of logger and sawmill owner Kevin Wenstob as he and his crew go to extremes to keep the family sawmill, and their way of life, alive.

Robson Arms follows the lives of the tenants in a once-grand low-rise in Vancouver's eclectic West End. The building is home to an unlikely collection of characters who live under one roof, yet occupy different worlds. One thing is certain, you'll never see your neighbours the same way again.

A rookie Homicide detective's negligence in a fellow officer's death has her searching for redemption in her investigations.

Knowledge Original series that follows the heroic members of Canada's busiest volunteer search and rescue team as they set off by foot and helicopter to rescue people from the rugged wilderness of North Vancouver. (NSR)

When a risk-averse, straight-arrowed, female procurement manager at an Amazon-like distribution center falls in love with a free-spirited man who lives life to the fullest because he believes the apocalypse is imminent, they embark on a quest together to fulfill their individual bucket lists, with comedic and poignant results.

Shattered is a Canadian police procedural series. The main character is a tough, smart homicide detective in Vancouver who suffers from dissociative identity disorder, also known as multiple personality disorder. In the first moments of the series, Ben is bonded in blood to his determined friend. While they work to solve the murder cases that cross their desk daily, Ben copes with the fascinating complexities of his secret disorder, and the uncertainty of never knowing which alternate personality will surface, or when.

Sunshine is an American comedy/drama television series that aired from March 6 until June 12, 1975.

This Space for Rent is a Canadian dramedy on CBC starring Dov Tiefenbach that premiered on January 4, 2006 as a 'special' CBC pilot as part of its "Comedy Week". Tiefenbach plays Lucky Carroway, a recent university graduate and writer who finds that life after university is not as perfect as it might seem. The show begins shortly after his valedictorian speech, when his world comes crashing down after his first book is rejected by his literary agent. His life becomes worse as his arch-nemesis becomes a published author who appears in "Vancouver Magazine's" top 10 writers list. He becomes a recluse who constantly wears his graduation robe and plays video games all day. However, he quickly recovers by writing a vicious 'letter to the editor' to Vancouver Magazine where he decries the selection of his arch-nemesis as a top 10 writer. This letter angers so many readers of the magazine that they offer him a job as an anonymous "Hate Male" article writer. He lives in downtown Vancouver in a flat with several friends. Emily Hampshire plays a recent law school graduate named Iona Goldenthal, a binge drinker who must deal with the chauvinistic world of law. Rainbow Sun Francks plays a recent graduate named Barnaby Sharpe who majored in economics and Russian literature. He fails his first audition and ends up working at a Jar Heads, a Starbucks parody, as a "coffee jerk". Kea Wong plays Rumour Wong, a medical intern and Lucky's girlfriend, who must deal with Lucky's mental breakdown and reclusive nature. Jason Bryden plays Elliot Hayden, a mutual gay friend who speaks Mandarin and frequents Chinatown. He teaches English to immigrant children and acts as a foil to the rest of the characters.