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Segle XVII. Un vaixell holandès que es dirigeix ​​a les illes Carolines, en arribar al Carib, embarranca davant de la costa de Cartagena d'Índies. El virrei, don Juan Alvarado de Soto fa presoners al capità Van Horn i a la tripulació, però poc després aconsegueixen escapolir-se. Cinc anys més tard, Van Horn s'ha convertit en el temible pirata Barracuda, que mana el navili del mateix nom. Per apagar la seva set de venjança rapta la bella Francisca de Guzmán, la promesa del virrei, i la porta a l'illa Tortuga, el refugi dels pirates.

Als boscos traïdors i pantanosos que conformen l'anomenada “frontera verda” entre Bielorússia i Polònia, els refugiats de l'Orient Mitjà i l'Àfrica que intenten arribar a la Unió Europea estan atrapats en una crisi geopolítica cínicament dissenyada pel dictador bielorús Alexander Lukaixenko. En un intent de provocar Europa, els refugiats són atrets a la frontera mitjançant propaganda que promet un pas fàcil a la UE. Peons en aquesta guerra oculta, les vides de Julia, una activista acabada de reclutar que ha renunciat a la seva confortable vida, Jan, un jove guàrdia fronterer, i una família siriana, s'entrellacen.

Laila is a Syrian victim of a bombing who agrees to marry a powerful sheikh in exchange for money to save her little brother's life. However, plans change due to the tragic death of the child. Laila and her family flee to start a new life in distant lands. Abandoned and enraged, the sheikh sends Jamil, his right-hand man, in search of the bride, but could not imagine he would fail to obey his command and fall madly in love with her. This forbidden love will be tested when the sheikh's daughter decides to take revenge after her father's mysterious death. From Emmy winners Thelma Guedes and Duca Rachid, ‘Orphans of a Nation’ tells a beautiful love story in the current context of refugees from around the world.

Two Americans and their allies form a scrappy rescue operation in 1940 Marseilles to help artists, writers and other refugees fleeing Europe during WWII. Transatlantic is a historical drama television miniseries created by Anna Winger and Daniel Hendler, based on the 2019 novel The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer. The novel explores the historic Emergency Rescue Committee that operated in Marseilles, Spain, and Portugal in 1940 after the fall of France. The series includes or refers to well-known artists or scholars of the time who were saved by the Committee or interacted with it. The series closed the 2023 Series Mania festival in March, ahead of its Netflix premiere on 7 April 2023.

Strikes in Port Talbot spark a revolution – and a family of fugitives go on the run. Facing impossible choices, what would you do?