WChildren of the North is a British television thriller drama series, written by John Hale, that first broadcast on BBC2 on 30 October 1991. The series, comprising four episodes, was based on the novel trilogy The Killing of Yesterday's Children, Lonely the Man Without Heroes and A Darkness in the Eye by author M.S. Power. All four episodes were directed by David Drury, with Chris Parr acting as executive producer.
WThe Gift is a Turkish psychological thriller Netflix series starring Beren Saat. It was written by Jason George and Nuran Evren Şit. The first season consists of 8 episodes and became available for streaming on Netflix on December 27, 2019. The series is an adaptation of the novel Dünyanın Uyanışı by Şengül Boybaş. The second season was released on September 10, 2020. The series is renewed for a third, and final season.
WLe inchieste del commissario Maigret is an Italian television series based on the detective fiction of Georges Simenon about the police commissaire Jules Maigret, portrayed by Gino Cervi, conducted by Mario Landi, in sixteen episodes, produced by RAI. Shot in black and white, the series was very successful: the last season (1972) was followed by eighteen and a half million viewers.
WMaigret is a British television series made by the BBC and which – following a pilot episode broadcast in 1959 – ran for 51 episodes from 1960 to 1963.
WMaigret is a British television series that ran on ITV for twelve episodes in 1992 and 1993. It was an adaptation of the books by Georges Simenon featuring his fictional French detective Jules Maigret. The program aired in the United States on Mystery!.
WMaigret is a British television series from ITV, which is set in mid 1950s France. Its first episode aired on 28 March 2016, and the second on Christmas Day 2016. A second series aired during 2017. It is an adaptation of the books, by Georges Simenon, featuring his fictional French detective, Jules Maigret, who is played by Rowan Atkinson.
WMerhamet is a Turkish drama television series, adapted from Hande Altaylı's novel Kahperengi. It stars Özgü Namal and İbrahim Çelikkol. Set in 1996, it tells the story of Narin, who is a lawyer in Istanbul.
WNinja Slayer is a novel series created by American authors Bradley Bond and Philip "Ninj@" Morzez. After they gave permission for Japanese translations to be published via Twitter, Enterbrain published the first translated novel in September 2012, with illustrations by Warainaku. Sixteen novels have been released as of June 2016. It has received three manga adaptations. An ONA adaptation produced by Trigger and directed by Akira Amemiya which aired from April to October 2015.
WRendezvous in Paris is a 1982 Franco-German film directed by Gabi Kubach and starring Claude Jade, Harald Kuhlmann and Barry Stokes. It is based on a 1935 novel by Vicki Baum.
WThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes is a British anthology mystery television series produced by Thames Television which was originally broadcast on the ITV Network. There were two series of 13 fifty-minute episodes; the first aired in 1971, the second in 1973. The programme presented adaptations of short mystery, suspense or crime stories featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who were literary contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.
WSamee is a Thai television series produced by Maker J, remake of the 2000 Thai television series of the same name. It aired on Channel 3 from November 21, 2013 to January 9, 2014, on Wednesdays and Thursdays for 14 episodes. It was also re-released on Channel 3 official YouTube account as 25 episodes.
WSherlock is a British crime television series based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, it stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson. 13 episodes have been produced, with four three-part series airing from 2010 to 2017, and a special episode that aired on 1 January 2016. The series is set in the present day, while the one-off special features a Victorian period fantasy resembling the original Holmes stories. Sherlock is produced by the British network BBC, along with Hartswood Films, with Moffat, Gatiss, Sue Vertue and Rebecca Eaton serving as executive producers. The series is supported by the American station WGBH-TV Boston for its Masterpiece anthology series on PBS, where it also airs in the United States. The series is primarily filmed in Cardiff, Wales, with North Gower Street in London used for exterior shots of Holmes and Watson's 221B Baker Street residence.
WSilas was a 1981 ZDF Adventure TV mini-series based on the Danish children's book „Silas og den sorte hoppe“ by Cecil Bødker who kept on writing instalments until 2001.
WSin senos no hay paraíso is a RTI Colombia–Telemundo telenovela remake and loose adaptation of the original Colombian series Sin tetas no hay paraíso. The series is based on investigative journalist Gustavo Bolivar's debut novel and features an attractive young prostitute who desires to have massive breast implants in order to attract a rich cocaine smuggler. The series premiered on June 16, 2008. It is based on a true story.
WWar of the Worlds is a Canadian/American science-fiction television series that ran for two seasons, from October 7, 1988 to May 14, 1990. The series is a sequel to the 1953 film The War of the Worlds, a loose adaptation of the 1898 novel of the same title by H. G. Wells, using the same war machine designs and often incorporating aspects from the film, radio adaptation, and the original novel into its mythology.