Stichwort Costume Drama

Song-Dynastie, China: Qiao Feng wurde als kleines Baby von einem armen Bauern-Ehepaar aufgenommen und großgezogen. Auch wenn er immer als der Ausgesetzte galt, hielt ihn das nie auf, ein großer Kämpfer zu werden. So wuchs er zu einem mächtigen Kampfkünstler heran und wurde eines Tages Anführer der rechtschaffenen Kampfkunstorganisation Beggars Gang. Fortan bewies er immer wieder Geschick und Loyalität, um sein Heimatland gegen ausländische Eindringlinge aus dem Norden zu verteidigen. Doch nicht nur in der Waffenkunst ist Feng ein Experte, auch das Bändigen von Wind und Feuer hat er gemeistert. Die Jahre seiner Siegeszüge sind jedoch nicht auf Dauer. Nachdem er einem Komplott zum Opfer fällt und seine Freunde und Kameraden sich von ihm abwenden, wird er erneut ein Ausgestoßener. Er setzt daraufhin alles daran, seine Ehre wieder herzustellen.

Hal, ein eigensinniger Prinz, besteigt nach dem Tod seines Vaters den englischen Thron. Vererbt wurden ihm ein Palast voller Tücken, ein Krieg und Chaos.

Im späten 18.Jahrhundert wird die junge Georgiana mit dem Herzog von Devonshire verheiratet, jedoch muß sie bald feststellen, daß es sich um keine Liebesheirat gehandelt hat, da es ihm in erster Linie darum geht, einen männlichen Erben zu zeugen. Doch während Georgiana leider nur weibliche Nachkommen auf die Welt bringt, steigt sie in der adeligen Gesellschaft jedoch im Ansehen auf, ist sie doch wesentlich unterhaltsamer, forscher und interessierter als ihr Ehemann. Die Situation ändert sich erst, als sie Lady Beth Foster kennenlernt, die von ihrem Mann verstoßen wurde und zu ihrer Freundin wird. Jedoch hegt sie Hintergedanken, denn da sie wieder Kontakt zu ihren Kindern will, sucht sie eine Affäre ausgerechnet mit dem Herzog, der auf ihre Avancen eingeht. Georgiana ist erschüttert, doch sie sucht sich schon bald selbst einen Liebhaber: Charles Grey. Doch juristisch gesehen hat sie als Ehefrau keinerlei Rechte und steht alsbald vor derselben Situation wie Beth...

Als Captain Sir John Lindsay ein kleines farbiges Mädchen ohne Eltern bei sich aufnimmt und adoptiert, ändert er damit das Schicksal seiner Familie und das der Bewohner Englands. John Lindsay bittet seinen Onkel Lord Mansfield, auf das Kind aufzupassen, während er selbst auf See ist. So wächst es schließlich im Haushalt der adligen Mansfields auf und wächst zu einer Schönheit mit dem Namen Dido Elizabeth Belle heran. Doch aufgrund ihrer Hautfarbe ist sie doch nicht gleichgestellt - zu niedrig für die hohe Gesellschaft bei Tisch, zu vornehm, um bei den farbigen Dienstboten zu speisen. Bekommt die Familie Besuch, erlebt Dido außerdem nicht selten die Missachtung engstirniger Menschen wie James Ashford. Doch die junge Frau will die erniedrigenden Zustände für Menschen mit anderer Hautfarbe nicht länger hinnehmen...

Während der chinesischen Song-Dynastie kommt es im Palast des Kanzlers Quin Hui zu einem mysteriösen Mord, nachdem er Delegierte der benachbarten Jin-Dynastie getroffen hat. Die Mitglieder werden nicht nur in ein Krimirätsel verwickelt, sondern auch in eine größere Verschwörung, die das Schicksal des Reiches betrifft.

Catherine Morland ist die Tochter eines Gemeindepfarrers und liebt Schauerromane. Überraschend erhält sie die Einladung, mit dem befreundeten Ehepaar Mr. Und Mrs. Allen den Sommer in Bath zu verbringen. Dort angekommen beginnt sich der nette und humorvolle Henry Tilney für sie zu interessieren, und dessen Vater, General Tilney, stimmt einer Verbindung zu, da er irrtümlicherweise glaubt, dass Catherine...

Jane Eyre tritt ihre neue Stelle als Erzieherin auf Schloss Thornfield an. Unscheinbar, mittellos und schüchtern war ihr ganzes bisheriges Leben geprägt von Entbehrungen, fehlender Liebe und der Suche nach Geborgenheit. Umso mehr fühlt sie sich vom ersten Moment an zum charismatischen, aber widersprüchlichen Hausherrn Edward Rochester hingezogen, der, trotz seines offenkundigen Interesses für Jane, die schöne Blanche Ingram (Abigail Cruttenden) als zukünftige Mrs. Rochester umwirbt. Für kurze Zeit scheint für Jane die Wahl verloren - bis ihr Edward seine ganze Liebe gesteht. Doch das Schicksal scheint sich zwischen die Liebenden zu stellen ...

On the eve of her wedding, Shang You, a young woman from the Holy Spirit Tribe, unexpectedly rescues Si Yuan, the Dark Lord of the Underworld Tribe. However, on her wedding day, her entire tribe is wiped out. To resurrect her people, Shang You disguises herself as Meng Li, a deer demon, and infiltrates the Underworld Tribe to steal the Dark Lord's Amber Heart. During their time together, she unexpectedly falls in love with her enemy. Despite this, she still chooses to take Si Yuan's heart to revive her tribe, only to later discover that her real enemy was someone else all along.

The unrestrained swordsman Huo Zhanbai seeks medicine for a friend's child and encounters the pharmacist Xue Ziye. Over eight years of daily interaction, they progress from having their own convictions to deepening understanding, mutual redemption, and a promise to meet under a plum tree the following year. However, due to the responsibilities they bear, they find it difficult to express their love, leaving behind a regret of eternal separation. Amidst the joyous toasts in the snowy night and a farewell across a thousand miles, a poignant and unforgettable missed opportunity unfolds—a love destined to be unable to endure, depicting a tale of redemption and letting go in a life-and-death romance.

Virtues of Harmony is a long-running sitcom from Hong Kong, lasting 322 episodes with two direct seasons. Produced by Tsui Yu On, the sitcom was a TVB production and aired five days a week from September 17, 2001 to December 28, 2002. The series chronicles the comical events and life of the Kam household, a rich family during a prosperous time in the Ming Dynasty of China. The series was inspired by the 2000 TVB comedy drama Colourful Life. Originally planned to be an 150-episode sitcom, an extra 200 episodes were added due to the sitcom's rating success. After the episode finale, a spin-off sequel, Virtues of Harmony II was released in 2003, as well as a spin-off musical, which starred the same cast.

A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warfare, courage, love, loyalty and our universal search for identity. Combining real historical figures and events with fictional characters, it is the story of how a people combined their strength under one of the most iconic kings of history in order to reclaim their land for themselves and build a place they call home.

Di Renjie is Tang dynasty magistrate and statesman, who investigates mysterious murders.

Zhang Qing, a present-day college student in culture and history major wants to study in professor Ye's postgraduate class, so he decides to write a historical fiction to elaborate his perspective of analyzing ancient literature history with modern concept. In the fiction, Zhang himself acts as a young man Fan Xian with mysterious life who lives in a remote seaside town of Kingdom Qing in his childhood, under the help of a mysterious mentor and a blindfolded watchman. Fan goes to the capital when he grows up, where he experiences plenty of ordeal and temper. Fan persists in adhering the rule of justice and goodness and lives his own glorious life.

A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.

The Story of Ming Lan, based on the novel written by Guan Xin Ze Luan, follows our heroine through her youth, into her adulthood, and well into her marriage life as well. She’s the 6th child of the Sheng household. Though she is an intelligent and beautiful child, she was not loved by her family (her dad, her sisters, her mom dies early.) She has to hide her intelligence and suffers through the years, hoping to avenge for her mom. During this process she will meet many friends and foes, one of which is our male lead, Gu’s second son, Gu Ting Ye. He has helped and mistreated her before, but also the one to witness her sharp wits and lonely soul. After they get married, they will work together as a power couple, managing the new King’s regime as well as harvesting a world of happiness on their own.

Journey to the West is a Hong Kong television series adapted from the classical novel of the same title. Starring Dicky Cheung, Kwong Wah, Wayne Lai and Evergreen Mak, the series was produced by TVB and was first broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in November 1996. A sequel, Journey to the West II, was broadcast in 1998, but the role of the Monkey King was played by Benny Chan instead, due to contract problems between Dicky Cheung and TVB. Cheung later reprised the role in another television series The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra, which was broadcast on TVB but not produced by the station.

Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.

In a land torn by war, the three kingdoms of Dayan, Xiyan, and Nanyue have battled for years. Prince Murong Jinghe of Dayan, renowned for his military prowess, suffers a devastating betrayal, leading to the annihilation of his army. Determined to uncover the truth behind the treachery, he seeks justice while navigating the treacherous court politics. Amid this turmoil, Mei Lin, a warrior presumed dead, becomes Murong’s only ally in his quest for revenge. As they fight together, a complex bond forms between them, blending love and sacrifice, as they both struggle to survive and seek justice.

Gao Tianyuan and his wife Zhuo Feng'er live in seclusion in the Tian Shan mountains due to his father's dismissal from officialdom. They go down the mountain to reunite with his father but he is suddenly killed, and Feng'er defects to Tianzheng Sect's leader, Ren Wo weihuai. Devastated, Tianyuan starts a new life under a false identity until he meets Sikong Aoshi and becomes involved in the martial world again. He decides to seek revenge for his father's death and becomes an official, but his impatience leads to a dangerous mistake. Later, he discovers that the real culprit wants to rebel and dominate the martial world, and he teams up with Aoshi to eliminate the threat.

Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.

Mary, Queen of Scots, faces political and sexual intrigue in the treacherous world of the French court.

In the sixth year of Baoyou, the Mongol army pressed the border, and Fan Chengshun general Zhang Tianshun saved the people of Fancheng, handed over the yellow dragon sword containing the anti-yuan roster to the partial general Fan Guoxing, and then killed himself, so that Guoxing sent his head to surrender the enemy. Since then, Guoxing has been known as a traitor, and his son Fan Qiu was born in the countryside and lived incognito, and many years later he was discovered by Mrs. Qiu Wan, who "pierced the heart with a sword". During Qiusheng and Guoxing's exile, he met Liu Qinglian, who was ordered by his mother to insist on a duel with Mrs. Wan and killed her with her own hands. On the other side, Zhang Qi, who had been adopted by a Mongol since childhood, was arranged to appear as the son of Tianshun, and colluded with Ling Chufeng, the head of the famous sword gate, in an attempt to eliminate the anti-Yuan forces in the Central Plains.

Beneath the decadence of 1929 Berlin, lies an underworld city of sin. Police investigator Gereon Rath has been transferred from Cologne to the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.

A genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th century Russia following the rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great and her explosive relationship with husband Peter, the emperor of Russia.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a Chinese television series adapted from the classical 14th century novel of the same title by Luo Guanzhong. It is part historical, part legend, and part mythical – romanticises and dramatizes the lives of feudal lords and their retainers, who tried to replace the dwindling Han dynasty or restore it. The focus is mainly on the three power blocs that emerged from the remnants of the Han dynasty, and would eventually form the three states of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu. The novel deals with the plots, personal and military battles, intrigues, and struggles of these states to achieve dominance for almost 100 years.