Race Against the Tide

Best in Miniature welcomes 11 highly skilled artists from across the world to compete in the ultimate challenge: building their dream home in miniature form. The competitors will create their houses, in painstaking detail, room by room by shrinking life-size objects to 1:12 scale. While the objects may be small in stature, the stakes could not be higher.

Shibusawa Eiichi was born in 1840 to a farmer’s family. He grew up helping his family with work, which was to manufacture and sell indigo production and also silk farming. He left his hometown at the age of 23 and began working for the government. He later traveled to Paris and learned about banking. Upon his return to Japan, he helped build up the first modern bank in Japan. He eventually became a founder or supporter to about 500 companies and was involved with about 600 public services, including education for women.

South Central is an American comedy-drama series that aired on the Fox network from April 5, 1994 to June 7, 1994. It was cancelled following its first season, and the airing of only 10 episodes.

Sara Dane is a 1982 Australian television miniseries about a woman transported from England to Australia for a crime she did not commit.

Ireland's most opinionated and avid TV viewers offer their opinions on some of the most memorable TV screened during the past week.

The Tower: A Tale of Two Cities is a British television documentary series based on the Pepys estate in Deptford, south-east London. The eight-part series premiered on 25 June 2007, on BBC One. In 2004, Lewisham council sold one of three adjacent public housing tower blocks on the economically deprived Pepys Estate to a private property developer. The tower was converted into luxury apartments and sold to people who, for the most part, did not grow up in the local area. The documentary was filmed over three years and chronicled the difficulties faced by some of the local residents in adapting to the changes sweeping the neighbourhood. Notable characters included heroin-addicted Leol and his alcoholic best friend Nicky, and the landlord of the local pub who is struggling with the challenges of satisfying his conservative 'old guard' and tempting the new arrivals - mostly young and relatively wealthy - into his traditional boozer. The Tower: A Tale of Two Cities won the best factual series BAFTA award in 2008.

A wealthy entrepreneur must face his corrupt business partner and a sinister organization in order to get his life back.

Stay Tuned was a Canadian comedy television series which aired on CBC Television from 1976 to 1977.

In this one-of-a-kind social experiment, four individuals attempt to find their perfect spouse via astrological matchmaking. Their romantic adventure takes place at a retreat run by a mystical guide, the Astro Chamber. They mingle, match, date, eliminate, and eventually make the biggest decision of their lives… will they marry their match based solely on their astrological compatibility?

The main character provides a highly unusual service by offering his companionship in exchange for the humble fee of covered transportation costs and payment of his food and beverage tab. Joining others to file legal papers, enjoy a denied icy treat, or to ride a train’s entire loop just for the fun of it, are typical of the requests he takes on. He is blessed with a young son and an extremely supportive wife. Interestingly enough, this person who does nothing, save for answering the simplest of questions, manages to warm the hearts of the people he meets.

In Japan, giant monsters appear and threaten people's lives on a regular basis. Kaneko, the protagonist, gets a job at a company that operates heroes to defeat them, but he discovers the truth behind the scenes: the company is actually manufacturing monsters, and the battles are fixed by them. Kaneko is also unexpectedly selected as a pilot to control the monsters. What is work? What is work and why do people work? Will Kaneko be able to complete his mission while questioning the meaning of work?

Øystein Bache and Rune Gokstad crosses different countries in medium-to-low suitable contraptions as a veteran fire truck, tuk-tuk and cargo moped.

The rise and fall of a renowned family empire built by a man who survived Auschwitz and dedicated his life to achieving success at any cost. Based on a true story.

An alcoholic former soap opera actress joins AA and tries to stay sober while dealing with an overbearing family and romantic entanglements.

Die Sendung begleitet drei Teilnehmer bei dem Versuch, mit den Makeln ihrer Körper umzugehen. Die Körper der vier Coaches sind dabei nur von Bodypainting bedeckt; sie wollen Menschen dabei helfen, ihren Körper so zu akzeptieren, wie er nun mal ist.

Broadchurch ist eine britische Krimiserie mit David Tennant als Detective Inspector Alec Hardy und Olivia Colman als Detective Sergeant Ellie Miller in den Hauptrollen. Als eines Tages der 11-jährige Danny Latimer unter mysteriösen Umständen tot an der Küste der gleichnamigen Stadt umgeben von Felsblöcken gefunden wird, wird das kleine verschlafene Broadchurch plötzlich Schauplatz eines großspurigen Polizeieinsatzes sowie eines nie dagewesenen Medienrummels.

Diese langlebige US-Actionserie strotzt nur so vor spärlich bekleideten perfekten Körpern. Sie gehören den „Rettungsschwimmern von Malibu“, den Titelhelden einer der weltweit erfolgreichsten US-Serien aller Zeiten. Ihr Chef Mitch Buchannon (David Hasselhoff) ist ein alter Hase im Lebensrettungsgeschäft und scheinbar jeder brenzligen Situation gewachsen, die an so einem gut gefüllten Strand passieren kann. Zusammen mit seinem Team aus kernigen Bademeistern und bildschönen Rettungsnixen, allen voran Playmate Pamela Anderson, die in ihrer Rolle der C.J. Parker ab der dritten Staffel der Männerwelt einheizt, rettet Mitch übermütigen Schwimmern das Leben, bekämpft Haie, beseitigt Erdbebenschäden, geht auf Ganovenjagd und bewältigt nebenbei noch große und kleine Beziehungsprobleme. Während die Damen in den markanten roten Badeanzügen von Staffel zu Staffel immer mal wieder ausgetauscht werden, ist Buchannon der einzige, der in jeder der elf Staffeln zu sehen ist.