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Thomas & Friends(1984-)

22min per episode | Animation, Kids & Family
3.2/5 (with 53 votes)

Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series, which had its first broadcast on the ITV network on 4 September 1984. It is based on The Railway Series of books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry. These books deal with the adventures of a group of anthropomorphised locomotives and road vehicles who live on the fictional Island of Sodor. The books were based on stories Wilbert told to entertain his son, Christopher during his recovery from measles. From Series one to four, many of the stories are based on events from Awdry's personal experience.

Directed by David Mitton, Steve Asquith, Greg Tiernan

Summer Camp Island(2018-2023)

11min per episode | Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery
3.7/5 (with 16 votes)

Oscar and Hedgehog are dropped off at a strange summer camp, full of fantastical things ranging from magical camp counselors to sticky notes that are portals to other dimensions.

Death in Paradise(2011-)

1h per episode | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
3.7/5 (with 112 votes)

A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie.

With Kris Marshall, Danny John-Jules, Joséphine Jobert, Élizabeth Bourgine, Don Warrington, Ben Miller, ...

Gilligan's Island(1964-1967)

25min per episode | Comedy, Kids & Family
3.7/5 (with 109 votes)

The slapstick adventures of hapless Gilligan, long-suffering Skipper and their gang of mismatched castaways, all stranded on an uncharted desert isle after their tiny ship hit stormy weather.

Directed by Rod Amateau - With Bob Denver, Alan Hale, Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Tina Louise, Russell David Johnson, ...

Lost(2004-2010)

Mystery, Action & Adventure, Drama
4.0/5 (with 1,918 votes)

Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.

Directed by Jack Bender, Stephen Williams, J. J. Abrams - With Nestor Carbonell, Evangeline Lilly, Elizabeth Mitchell, Ian Somerhalder, Michelle Rodriguez, Harold Perrineau, ...

Pair of Kings(2010-2013)

30min per episode | Action & Adventure, Comedy, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
4.0/5 (with 50 votes)

Brady and Boomer, 16-year-old fraternal twins, are typical teens being raised by relatives in Chicago. But when the Royal Secretary to the Throne of the Island of Kinkou, arrives to inform the boys of their lineage, their lives change drastically. Now, Brady and Boomer must relocate and claim the throne as joint Kings of the island.

Directed by Linda Mendoza - With Mitchel Musso, Doc Shaw, Kelsey Asbille, Ryan Ochoa, Geno Segers, Adam Hicks, ...

The Durrells(2016-2019)

46min per episode | Drama, Comedy, Kids & Family
3.7/5 (with 45 votes)

In 1935, financially strapped widow Louisa Durrell, whose life has fallen apart, decides to move from England, with her four children (three sons, one daughter), to the island of Corfu, Greece. Once there, the family moves into a dilapidated old house that has no electricity and that is crumbling apart. But life on Corfu is cheap, it's an earthly paradise, and the Durrells proceed to forge their new existence, with all its challenges, adventures, and forming relationships.

With Keeley Hawes, Milo Parker, Josh O'Connor, Daisy Waterstone, Alexis Georgoulis, Anna Savva, ...

Total Drama Island(2007-2008)

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| 22min per episode | Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama
3.7/5 (with 91 votes)

Total Drama Island focuses on twenty-two teenagers' arrival at Camp Wawanakwa to compete on a reality television show. The contestants are divided into two teams and must compete in challenges every three days. While the winning team earns invincibility, the losing team has to vote off one of their own players. Whoever is voted off must walk the Dock of Shame to the Boat of Losers and leave the island. The teams eventually dissolve and the elimination process continues until the last contestant standing wins a grand prize of $100,000.

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Shetland(2013-)

1h per episode | Crime, Drama, Mystery
3.8/5 (with 73 votes)

Created from the novels by award winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, Shetland follows DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate crime within the close knit island community. In this isolated and sometimes inhospitable environment, the team have to rely on a uniquely resourceful style of policing.

With Douglas Henshall

Ein Bayer auf Rügen(1993-1997)

47min per episode | Crime, Drama
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Ein Bayer auf Rügen is a German comedy/crime television series, broadcast in 81 episodes between 1993 and 1997.

Harper's Island(2009)

42min per episode | Mystery, Drama
3.5/5 (with 110 votes)

A group of family and friends travels to a secluded island for a destination wedding. They've come to laugh... to love... and, though they don't know it... to die. As the wedding festivities begin, friendships are tested and secrets exposed as a murderer claims victims, one by one, transforming the wedding week of fun and celebration into a terrifying struggle for survival.

With Elaine Cassidy

Expeditie Robinson(2000-)

1h 6min per episode | Reality-TV
3.5/5 (with 3 votes)

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Mako: Island of Secrets(2013-2016)

Comedy, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
3.8/5 (with 287 votes)

Real-life mermaids, Sirena, Nixie and Lyla are part of a mermaid pod, which lives in the waters of Mako Island. As young members of the pod, it is their job to protect the Moon Pool and guard it from trespassers. But on the night of a full moon, the mischievous mermaid girls neglect their duties. Sixteen-year-old land-dweller Zac enters the Moon Pool and forms a special connection with Mako. Zac is given a fish-like tail and amazing powers. The mermaid pod is forced to leave Mako, leaving behind the three mermaid girls, cast out of the pod. They know there's only one way they will be allowed to rejoin the pod: They must get legs, venture onto land and take back Zac's powers – or risk being outcasts forever.

With Lucy Fry, Ivy Latimer, Amy Ruffle, Gemma Forsyth, Chai Hansen

Mis adorables vecinos(2004-2006)

1h 15min per episode | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

- No description / details available yet. -

Father Ted(1995-1998)

24min per episode | Comedy
4.1/5 (with 138 votes)

A crazy comedy about three rather strange parish priests exiled to Craggy Island, a remote island off the Irish west coast.

Directed by Declan Lowney - With Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn, Jim Norton, Graham Norton, ...

Women of the House(1995)

30min per episode
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Women of the House is an American situation comedy television series. It is a spin-off of Designing Women and stars Delta Burke, who had reconciled with producers after a bitter, highly publicized, off-screen battle.

Directed by Harry Thomason

The Third Day(2020)

1h per episode | Mystery, Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.3/5 (with 85 votes)

A unique story told over two distinct halves, "Summer" follows Sam, a man drawn to a mysterious island off the British coast where he encounters a group of islanders set on preserving their traditions at any cost. "Winter" follows Helen, a strong-willed outsider who comes to the island seeking answers, but whose arrival precipitates a fractious battle to decide its fate.

With Jude Law

Midnight Mass(2021)

1h 4min per episode | Mystery, Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.8/5 (with 381 votes)

An unsettling omen washes ashore in the wake of the storm. Later, when the locals gather for a potluck, tragedy strikes – and a miracle occurs.

Directed by Mike Flanagan

Australian Survivor(2002-)

1h per episode | Reality-TV
3.9/5 (with 9 votes)

Australian Survivor sees 24 tough and tenacious people marooned on a tropical island with little more than the clothes on their backs and the drive to be the sole survivor. Contestants are deprived of basic comforts and must build their own shelter, light their own fires, gather their own food and fend for themselves.

The Island with Bear Grylls(2014-)

45min per episode | Reality-TV
3.2/5 (with 8 votes)

Generations have wondered if they could survive being stranded on a desert island. But how would people cope if they had to do it, for real, and with only themselves to rely on? Adventurer Bear Grylls abandons 13 British men on a remote, uninhabited Pacific island for a month. They will be completely alone, filming themselves, and with only the clothes they're wearing and some basic tools. The island may look like paradise but behind the beaches it can be hell on earth. When stripped of all the luxuries and conveniences of 21st-century living, does modern British man still have the spirit and resources to survive?

With Bear Grylls

Planet Earth II(2016)

50min per episode | Documentary, Kids & Family
4.3/5 (with 362 votes)

David Attenborough presents a documentary series exploring how animals meet the challenges of surviving in the most iconic habitats on earth.

The Baileys of Balboa(1964-1965)

30min per episode | Comedy
3.3/5 (with 1 vote)

The Baileys of Balboa is an American sitcom

With Paul Ford

The Legends of Treasure Island(1993-1995)

22min per episode | Kids & Family, Animation
4.2/5 (with 2 votes)

The Legends Of Treasure Island is an animated cartoon from the UK that ran from 1993-1995. It had two series of 13 episodes each and each episode runs for 22–25 minutes. The series was loosely based on Robert Louis Stevenson's original story "Treasure Island". Featuring a mysterious and dark storyline, it incorporates magic and many new characters. Unlike the book and most adaptations Long John Silver is not an anti-hero with dubious morality but rather a straight villain. It was broadcast in the United Kingdom and in other countries throughout Europe and Latin America and was also aired in Australia. The programme was a FilmFair production for Central Independent Television, The Legends of Treasure Island, is owned by ITV PLC.

With Dawn French

H.R. Pufnstuf(1969-1970)

30min per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Kids & Family
3.6/5 (with 9 votes)

H.R. Pufnstuf is a children's television series produced by Sid and Marty Krofft in the United States. It was the first Krofft live-action, life-size puppet program. The seventeen episodes were originally broadcast from September 6, 1969 to December 27, 1969. The broadcasts were successful enough that NBC kept it on the Saturday morning schedule until August 1972. The show was shot in Paramount Studios and its opening was shot in Big Bear Lake, California. Reruns of the show aired on ABC Saturday morning from September 2, 1972 to September 8, 1973 and on Sunday mornings in some markets from September 16, 1973 to September 8, 1974. It was syndicated by itself from 1974 to 1978 and in a package with six other Kroft series under the banner Kroft Superstars from 1978 to 1985. In 2004 and 2007, H.R. Pufnstuf was ranked #22 and #27 on TV Guide's Top Cult Shows Ever.

Directed by Hollingsworth Morse - With Jack Wild, Billie Hayes, Sharon Baird, Van Snowden

Scissor Seven(2018-)

15min per episode | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure
4.3/5 (with 262 votes)

Seeking to recover his memory, a scissor-wielding, hairdressing, bungling quasi-assassin stumbles into a struggle for power among feuding factions.

Scissor Seven(2018-)

15min per episode | Animation, Comedy, Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
4.3/5 (with 289 votes)

Seeking to recover his memory, a scissor-wielding, hairdressing, bungling quasi-assassin stumbles into a struggle for power among feuding factions.

Ship to Shore(1993-1996)

30min per episode | Comedy, Kids & Family

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With Heath Miller, Igor Sas, Ewen Leslie

Reef Break(2019)

43min per episode | Drama, Action & Adventure
3.6/5 (with 19 votes)

Cat Chambers is a thief-turned-fixer for the governor of a stunning and seductive Pacific Island paradise. Impulsive, reckless, and irresistible, Cat's less-than-perfect past gives her an instinctive gift for understanding crime and criminals as she becomes enmeshed in fast-paced, high-octane adventures and island intrigue.

With Poppy Montgomery

Wrecked(2016-2018)

22min per episode | Comedy, Reality-TV
3.3/5 (with 50 votes)

Single-camera comedy centering on a diverse group of survivors adjusting to being stranded on an uninhabited island, a dangerous new world where they must face many threats – mostly brought on by themselves. No longer plugged into the rest of the world, the group struggles to navigate their makeshift society while also learning to live without such modern comforts as indoor plumbing, Wi-Fi, social media and Chipotle.

The I-Land(2019)

42min per episode | Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
2.8/5 (with 112 votes)

Wiped clean of memories and thrown together, a group of strangers fight to survive harsh realities -- and the island that traps them.

Directed by Jonathan Scarfe, Darnell Martin, Neil LaBute - With Natalie Martinez, Kate Bosworth, Ronald Peet, Sibylla Deen, Gilles Geary, Kyle Schmid, ...
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