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The Adventures of Shirley Holmes is a Canadian mystery TV series that originally aired from 1997 to 2000. The show was created by Ellis Iddon and Phil Meagher who had produced a successful series of books with Harper Collins, teaming up with Credo and Forefront to develop the TV series. Filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the series follows the life of Shirley Holmes, the great grand-niece of Sherlock Holmes who, with the help of ex-gang member Bo Sawchuk, tackles a variety of mysteries in and around the fictional Canadian city of Redington. On some occasions, she found herself matching wits with archnemesis Molly Hardy. The show has been broadcast in over 80 countries and has been dubbed in French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Norwegian, Polish and Turkish. Her performance in the show led to actress Meredith Henderson being nominated for a Gemini Award in 1998 and winning one in 1999. The show itself was twice nominated for a Gemini Award in the category "Best Children's or Youth Program or Series" in 1998 and eventually won it in 1999. In the spring of 1998 Susin Nielsen won a Gemini Award in the category "Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program" for her screenplay of the episode "The Case of the Burning Building". In the same year, Elizabeth Stewart won a WGC Award from the Writers Guild of Canada for her writing of the episode "The Case of the Maestro's Ghost".
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 414
Genere: Family, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: detective
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Jeopardy (2002)
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Jeopardy is a BAFTA award-winning British television series which ran for three seasons, from 2002 to 2004, on BBC One. It was created by Tim O'Mara who also directed, and all three series were produced by Andy Rowley, with Richard Langridge as executive producer for Wark Clements. It has aired numerous times on the ABC Kids segment, RollerCoaster. The series was produced for CBBC Scotland and filmed on location in both Scotland and Australia. CBBC currently have no plans for it to be re-aired, the last re-run being in 2008. In 2002, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awarded the first series Best Children's Drama. Jeopardy still airs in Australia on ABC3 and, as of 10 September 2010, ABC1.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 537
Genere: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 25 min
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This Is Emily Yeung (2006)
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This is Emily Yeung is the follow-up to the award winning hit series, This is Daniel Cook. In this new series, six-year-old Emily takes on the world with her own unique perspective. She's joined on her adventures by everyone from snake handlers to professional basketball players; from stuffed animal makers to upside down pineapple cake bakers. Whoever her guest may be, inquisitive Emily is always up for a new experience or challenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 6 min
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The Polos (2018)
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The Bo Bolu Expedition Team is composed of six children who are brave to explore and love science. They go to the sky to the universe, dive to the bottom of the sea, and shuttle between deserts and rainforests. Bo Bolu's footsteps have crossed the entire planet and happened. A thrilling and interesting story! The six friends not only share knowledge from the real world, but also break the routine and experience some things that seem incredible in reality!.
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Genere: Family
Country: Canada
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Kiri and Lou (2019)
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"Kiri and Lou" follows the adventures of Kiri, a feisty little dinosaur with overpowering emotions and Lou, a gentle but thoughtful creature. Kiri and Lou live in a forest of cutout paper and other creatures made of clay. They are joined by motherly Pania, sensitive Sorry, who is an extremely fast little animal who cares about everyone, and Dalvanius. Kiri and Lou invite children to learn about empathy, kindness and the true meaning of friendship. Together, these clay creatures navigate a forest of feelings with laughter, adventures and songs.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Family
Country: New Zealand, Canada
Duration: 5 min
Plot tags: educational
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Scout & The Gumboot Kids (2015)
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A hybrid animated and live-action children's show about mindfulness and nature. The show features Scout, a curious mouse who leads the Gumboot Kids through a series of clues that take them outdoors to solve nature mysteries.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Family
Country: Canada
Duration:
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Ruby Skye P.I.: The Haunted Library (2012)
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Is a ghost haunting the spooky old O'Deary Library? Teen detective Ruby Skye can't believe it. But how else do you explain the creepy shadows, the late-night noises, and the flying books!? As Ruby starts her investigation, a second mystery drops into her lap. Ava O'Deary - the owner of the library - dies and her Last Will and Testament is missing. Before you say "long lost relative", O'Deary descendants descend with plans to squander Ava's fortune, burn the books and turn the historic library into condos. Ruby can't let that happen. Ruby soon finds herself in a battle of wits with a ghost and a race against time to find Ava's will and save the library.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Family, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 57 min
Plot tags: detective
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Detective versus Detectives (2015)
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Kitagawa Keiko plays Sasaki Rena, a detective who risks her life investigating detectives for her dead sister. Beautiful, intelligent, and with a great memory, the talented woman judges situations and chooses the most appropriate course of action. Her brutal past surrounding her sister's death inspires her to learn everything she can about detectives, leading her to visit the Suma Research Company. As the sole member of the Anti-Detective Department responsible for investigating and pursuing unethical detectives, she is a solitary lady detective.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: detective
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Merlina (1983)
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Detective agency Merlina has four members. The brains and chief is Marie-Ann Meerschaut, called Merlina by her friends. Her codename is "gemini". Her niece Ann De Schrandere is a detective at the agency. Her codename is "sagittarius". Polycarpus Fernandus Augustus 'Pol' Tack is a detective as well - Kind of - His codename is "aquarius". Last but not least: Napoleon, the genius who created a lot of inventions to assist the team in their missions. His codename is "libra". Together they fight crime and injustice. No mystery remains unraveled for the best detective agency in the country.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: Belgium
Duration:
Plot tags: detective
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra (1983)
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Holmes and Dr. Watson help a young lady who is receiving anonymous letters 10 years after her father passed away under shady circumstances. They find themselves in an enigma involving a treasure, murder and a love interest for Watson.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: detective
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MythQuest (2001)
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MythQuest is a Canadian television series that originally aired on PBS in 2001. It stars Meredith Henderson and Christopher Jacot as Cleo and Alex Bellows, two teens whose father Matt disappears into the Cyber Museum, a computer program that, as they discover, allows them to travel into myths by touching an artifact on the screen. They become characters in the myths, and strive to keep the myth to its normal progression; a difficult task when confronted by Gorgos, a trickster God who appears in each myth to try to change it. Alex's initial journey into the Cyber Museum is an accident, but soon they both begin searching for their father within the myths. Later, Cleo develops a tracking program to make it easier for them to decide which artifacts to touch. It was shot in Drumheller, Calgary, East Coulee, Alberta, and Regina, Saskatchewan. The series is not currently available on DVD or video. However, there have been novels adapted from the first three episodes as well as "Minokichi," written by Dan Danko, Tom Mason, and John Whitman. Currently, this series is available on Netflix.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, smart, clever
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The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo (1996)
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The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo is a youth-oriented action mystery television series that ran on Nickelodeon between 1996 and 1998. A total of 41 episodes of 30 minutes each were produced. Episodes were taped at the now defunct Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando, Florida. Starring Irene Ng as the title character, the series revolves around the adventures of a young teenage girl who lives with her innkeeper grandfather and works as a non-sworn intern at the local police department where she helps out with odds and ends around the office. Occasionally an intriguing case comes to Shelby's attention, prompting her to apply her unique insight and enlist the help of her friends to solve it. Her supervisors, however, do not appreciate her help, as she is only a teenager. Her grandfather also does not want her getting involved in cases, often reminding her, "We are not detectives with warrant badges, we are innkeepers with brooms." Many of the stories, with three clear suspects, keep the audience guessing until the truth is ultimately explained. The show is set in the cities of Cocoa Beach, Florida and Boston, Massachusetts. On December 28, 2011, TeenNick aired the episode "The Smoke Screen Case" on the The '90s Are All That block.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 555
Genere: Crime, Family, Mystery, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: detective, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Ghostwriter (1992)
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Ghostwriter is an American television program created by Liz Nealon and produced by the Children's Television Workshop and BBC One. It began airing on PBS on October 4, 1992, and the final episode aired on February 13, 1995. The series revolves around a close knit circle of friends from Brooklyn who solve neighborhood crimes and mysteries as a team of young detectives with the help of an invisible ghost named Ghostwriter. Ghostwriter can communicate with the kids only by manipulating whatever text and letters he can find and using them to form words and sentences. The series was filmed on location in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: detective, educational, suspenseful
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Clubhouse Detectives (1997)
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Late one night, Billy and Kade Ruckman see their neighbor, Michael Chambers, murder a woman, but Chambers has a story all set to convince their mother Vicky, that it was just a rehearsal scene from an opera. The only ones who can help them find the body in Chambers' house before he moves and gets rid of all evidence, are their friends, Jimmy, Eddie, and J.J., who are determined to find the body before Chambers finds them.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Adventure, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: spooky, independent film, semi serious, detective
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Christmas Star (2012)
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Family
Country: Denmark
Duration:
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Detention Adventure (2019)
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Three nerdy friends and the school bully must get themselves thrown into detention to find the entrance to a labyrinth of trap-laden tunnels protecting the fabled hidden lab of Alexander Graham Bell.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Family
Country: Canada
Duration:
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Topsy and Tim (2013)
Plot Summary:
Follow the activities of two children.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Family
Country: UK
Duration: 11 min
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Art Attack (1990)
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Art Attack is a British children's television series revolving around art. The original series was one of CITV's longest running programmes, running from 1990 to 2007, and was presented throughout by Neil Buchanan. The new series launched on Disney Junior on 6 June 2011 and was presented by Jassa Ahluwalia. Each show involved Ahluwalia voicing-over footage of an artist producing three works of art, taking the viewer through the various stages of production step by step. The show's latest series is hosted by Lloyd Warbey. The new series launched on SAB TV on 10 June 2013 at 7 am IST.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Family
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, educational
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Take Hart (1977)
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Take Hart is a British children's television show about art, presented by Tony Hart. It took over from Vision On, and ran from 1977 until 1983. The show featured Hart and the animated Plasticine character Morph, and other characters created by David Sproxton like 'Smoulder the Moulder', which was a lump of mould which would create props by 'spraying' them out of a spray can. The only other human to appear on a regular basis was Mr Bennett, the caretaker, played by Colin Bennett. The programme won a BAFTA award for Hart in 1984. As well as demonstrating small-scale projects, Hart also created large-scale artworks on the TV studio floor, and even used beaches and other open spaces as 'canvases'. This idea was later adopted by Art Attack. A regular feature of the show was 'The Gallery', which displayed artworks sent in by young viewers. The easy-listening vibraphone music accompanying this feature - "Left Bank Two", composed by Wayne Hill - has passed into British TV musical lore. In later series, "Left Bank Two" alternated with John Williams' recording of "Cavatina", which is also well-remembered by many viewers.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Family
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: claymation
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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole (1985)
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The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ is a British television series based on the book of the same name written by Sue Townsend. It started in 1985 and starred Gian Sammarco, as the title character Adrian Mole, Stephen Moore as Adrian's father George Mole and Julie Walters as Adrian's mother Pauline Mole. It was directed by Peter Sasdy.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 532
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 26 min
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Movie Surfers (1998)
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Movie Surfers is a Disney Channel mini-show, that appears in commercial-like form, where teenagers go behind the scenes of Walt Disney-related films. It started out as a TV special that would air when a new Disney movie came out. It was about teenagers communicating with each other via webcams and getting info about the movies. Now, it also appears as 5-minute segments after a Disney Channel movie or series ends. In 1997 when the show began, Mischa, Lindsay, Alexis, and Marcus used the computer to surf the internet to go behind the scenes of upcoming movies. Starting in 2002, they began sitting in a screening room and talking to various actors and actresses of the movie and what inspired the movie. Since early 2005, there's been a brand new cast: Rose, who left early 2006 and was replaced by Stevanna, Josh, Jeryn, and Tessa. They still sit in a screening room but have branched out to do more interactive segments in which they might get to actually get in on some of the filming process themselves. In 2009, Disney XD started airing Movie Surfers. sometimes during commercial breaks.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Family, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: non fiction
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This Is Daniel Cook (2004)
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This is Daniel Cook is a children's television series created by J.J. Johnson and Blair Powers and produced by Toronto's marblemedia and Sinking Ship Productions in association with Treehouse TV and TVO, and is shown in Canada on Treehouse TV, TVOkids, Access, Knowledge Network, and SCN. The series also airs on the Disney Channel, Disney Japan, and on ABC2. The series is about a child named Daniel Cook who learns new things and shares his experiences and adventures with other kids. For example, he learns about taekwondo, gymnastics, and animals. He also visits a fire station, a YMCA, and more. The show was filmed in Toronto, Ontario; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia, and Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Every episode six minutes long, half-hour shows consist of five six-minute episodes. The series has been sold by Distribution360 to over eighty-five countries worldwide, and dubbed into fourteen languages. The series has also launched a six-volume book series distributed by Kids Can Press and produced by marblemedia. Five DVDs have also been released featuring episodes from the series. There is another television series that complements This is Daniel Cook, called This is Emily Yeung, which premiered on Treehouse TV in the Fall of 2006.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 6 min
Plot tags: sentimental, explanatory, feel good, educational, semi serious
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Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension (1998)
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Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension is a spin-off of Eerie, Indiana. This series aired on the Fox Kids Network in 1998.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anthology, detective, spooky, scary, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, urban fantasy
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So Weird (1999)
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So Weird is an American television series that aired on the Disney Channel as a midseason replacement from January 18, 1999 to September 28, 2001. The series was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia. In season one and season two, the series centered on teenage girl Fiona Phillips who toured with her rock star mom, while encountering paranormal activity along the way. The series was compared to the Fox TV series The X-Files since it took a darker tone than other Disney Channel Originals. For the third and final season, Disney replaced Cara DeLizia with actress Alexz Johnson playing Annie Thelen. Production ceased after 65 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: neo noir, spooky, adult cartoon, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, dark fantasy, urban fantasy, odd, nostalgic
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The Hardy Boys (1995)
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Junior reporter Frank Hardy and Joe, his computer-hacker brother, work together to crack mysteries.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 28 min
Plot tags: detective, juvenile
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Bellevue (2017)
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When a transgender teen goes missing, Annie Ryder—a cop at odds with her hometown—dives in to unravel the disappearance that suggests foul play, despite finding herself in a difficult position as she must cast suspicion on people she has known all her life.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: mysterious, detective, suspense, psychological, tense, intense, serious, disturbing
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The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
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The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC. The series starred Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy as amateur sleuth brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, respectively, and Pamela Sue Martin as girl detective Nancy Drew. The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries was unusual in that it often dealt with the characters individually, in an almost anthological style. That is, some episodes featured only the Hardy Boys and others only Nancy Drew.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, feel good, serious, realistic, suspenseful, vintage
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Roxy Hunter and the Secret of the Shaman (2008)
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Serenity Fall's favorite super sleuth is on the case again! The town is alarmed when a priceless crystal turns up missing. The only suspect seems to be a strange man living in the woods known as Shaman. It's up to Roxy Hunter (Aria Wallace) and her best friend Max to discover the identity of the true thief and recover the precious jewel. Could it be the Shaman? Or is it the person no one would ever suspect? In the tradition of Nancy Drew and Harriet the Spy, here comes the irrepressible Roxy Hunter. In the young sleuth's second adventure, a priceless crystal goes missing on the eve of Serenity Fall's 150th anniversary celebration, leading the entire town to suspect a bizarre recluse known as the Shaman living in the woods. It's up to Roxy and her best friend Max to sort the matter out.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: detective, captivating, entertaining, light, sincere, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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House of Anubis (2009)
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Das Haus Anubis is a children's television series produced jointly by Belgian broadcaster Studio 100 and Nickelodeon and the first remake of Het Huis Anubis aired in The Netherlands and Belgium. Another English remake called House of Anubis aired in 2011. With a seven-figure production budget, it is one of Nickelodeon's largest in-house productions, and the first German daily soap opera specifically aimed at children. From 29 September 2009 to 4 May 2012, the show had been running both on children's channel Nick, and season 1 on music channel VIVA. Das Haus Anubis is aimed at children twelve years old and above, and is the German remake of the successful Dutch television programme, Het Huis Anubis. This 2006/2009 series was one of the most successful children's series in the Benelux countries.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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The Files of Young Kindaichi Neo (2014)
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Kindaichi's best friend is involved with the school film club where members are found murdered. Can he protect her before she become the next victim?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, detective
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The Hardy Boys (2020)
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When the Hardy boys, Frank and Joe and their father, Fenton arrive in Bridgeport they set out to uncover the truth behind the recent tragedy that has changed their lives, and in doing so, uncover something much more sinister.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective, period piece, period drama