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Dr Jane Goodall first began studying the chimpanzees of Gombe, Tanzania in 1960. Her pioneering work forever changed the way we understand the species. The series focuses entirely on the stories of the females of Gombe for the first time.

At an elite high-society gala, self-made real estate CEO Rella unexpectedly runs into her mother, Catherine—a humble horse trainer. The snobby guests relentlessly mock Catherine, assuming she only got in through her daughter's connections. But their jaws drop when the city's most powerful tycoons arrive, all bowing down to treat Catherine as their ultimate VIP! Just what shocking secret identity is this seemingly ordinary horse trainer hiding?

She ruled America's most powerful dynasty—until they tried to bury her. Left for dead, Selena Orlando wakes with no memory, trapped in a nightmare marriage to a family beneath her. Every day is survival. Every night, rage she can't explain. One brutal fight changes everything. Her memories flood back. She takes her daughter and walks—no hesitation, no mercy. Then fate delivers Edward Randall, billionaire heir to an empire, straight into her arms. Their marriage is lightning. Her agenda is ice-cold. Hidden behind the Randall name, Selena hunts the traitors who destroyed her. When the mask drops, so do the bodies. This isn't a comeback. It's a reckoning. They stole her crown. She'll burn their kingdoms to ash.

As China becomes a major commercial economy, the silk, embroidering, and weaving trade is booming - and a few influential families have risen to the top. The industry's powerhouse is the Gusu District in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. And arguably the greatest weaving dynasty of them all is the Ren family, which carefully guards the secrets of its weaving prowess.

It is the Universal Century, year 0153. The Zanscare Empire, which rules almost all of Side 2, has declared its independence from the old government, the hollow and corrupt Earth Federation. Under the justification of creating a new, space-based order, it has begun an invasion of Earth; and Point Kasarelia, the illegal residence area in Eastern Europe where Üso Ewin and Shahkti Kareen live, is no exception. As they are caught in the fighting between Zanscare and the opposing resistance organization, the League Militaire, fate draws Üso and his friends into the midst of battle.

After her husband is incarcerated, matriarch Cheryl decides that her career criminal family should go straight and abide by the law.

The Clyburns uproot their comfortable New York City lives to the wild, untamed beauty of Montana's Madison River Valley on a search for connection.

A mysterious woman is perched between the harsh legacy of World War II and the hope of a new life in Australia. A sweeping romantic drama set in 1950s rural Australia following the lives of the Blighs, a wealthy and complicated pastoralist family, who lives in Inverness, NSW.

Chen Xiaoqian, a struggling screenwriter suddenly finds herself trapped inside her own script as the Third Princess of Dongliang, a female-led kingdom. With her character caught between an arranged engagement to the noble Pei Heng and a forbidden love for Prince Han Shuo of a rival nation, Xiaoqian must rewrite her fate to survive—and discover what love truly means.

Mrs. Brown's Boys is a British-Irish award winning sitcom created by and starring writer and performer Brendan O'Carroll. The show is based on O'Carroll's stage plays about the character Agnes Browne, which were developed from books and straight-to-DVD films. The sitcom continues the stories of Agnes, now with the shortened surname "Brown", and her family who are played by real life close friends and family of O'Carroll's. After being slated by critics, the show has become a ratings success in both Ireland, where it is set, and the United Kingdom, where it is recorded. On 29 December 2012 the show began its third series. Mrs Brown's Boys is a co-production among BBC Scotland, BocPix and RTÉ.

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What doesn’t break you can make you stronger. Qi Xue is a beautiful 16-year-old whose life takes a horrific turn when her father sells her to a brothel. There, she undergoes unspeakable abuse that nearly breaks her spirit. But when Qi Xue enters a mysterious new city, she is given a new identify of Wan Mei and undergoes training to become an assassin. Now able to use her beauty as a weapon, Wan Mei is no longer a victim of all the cruel people around her during the waning days of the Tang Dynasty. As Wan Mei takes on dangerous missions that puts her life on the line, the mysterious Chang An watches over her like a shadow. But when she becomes embroiled in a deadly conspiracy, can Wan Mei survive?

In an alternative feudal Japan, a strange disease that only affects males caused a massive population reduction, leaving females to fill the vacant jobs, therefore changing the social structure. Now, 80 years after the initial outbreak with a 1:4 male:female ratio, Japan is a completely matriarchal society. Females hold all important political positions, and males are their consorts. Only the most powerful female—head of Tokugawa shogunate—may keep a harem of handsome and unproductive males, known as "Ōoku".

Elite heiress Shu Cheng hides her talents behind a frivolous facade to escape the Emperor’s notice. Tasked with elevating the enigmatic Shen Ye, whose shifting loyalties keep her guessing, they form a tense alliance in a treacherous world where friend and foe often overlap.

Star Maidens is a British-German science-fiction television series created and written by Eric Paice. Utilising a 'battle of the sexes' and role reversal scenario, the planet Medusa, home to a highly evolved and technologically advanced humanoid race, was already ruled by its women when a rogue comet (as seen in the opening credits) knocked it out of its orbit around Proxima Centauri. Drifting through space, the orphan planet's surface became uninhabitable, with the inhabitants surviving in huge underground cities. Jointly produced by Portman Productions, Scottish Television, and Werbung im Rundfunk for ITV, filming took place at Bray Studios and on location in Windsor and Bracknell, Berkshire, and Black Park, Buckinghamshire. The series ran for 13 episodes from 1 September to 1 December 1976.

Established in 1884, Redbridge Rovers F.C. are one of the oldest club's in England - and one of the worst. A sitcom that introduces us to the characters who gather within the social club of a non-league football club.

A low-ranking Sámi woman hopes her son's marriage will boost her social standing. However, the complexities of wedding preparations threaten to derail her aspirations for improved status within the community.

Our female lead time-travels to the past and into the body of a female monarch of a kingdom with a male harem of about 30 men. A place where she can get them pregnant.