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TV Shows & Series: Best "literary adaptation" TV Shows/Series


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A Vida Como Ela É...(1996)

2.7/5 (with 2 votes)

Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at the time as Rodrigues used immoral characters and black humor to satirize the hypocrisy and repression in people's daily lives.

Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors(1990-1991)

FSK: 16+ years
| 30min per episode | Animation, Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.3/5 (with 1 vote)

During the war-torn feudal wars in Japan, the Awa clan faced certain extinction from a rival clan backed by demonic forces. However, a careless promise by their lord leads to both salvation and disgrace when their family dog brings back the head of the enemy warlord and insists on marrying the lord's daughter. Their unnatural union bears fruit but when both are killed, the eight unborn pups are reincarnated as the eight Dog Warriors - The Hakkenden. As they slowly find each other and come together as a group, these eight warriors, who represent the eight separate aspects of Bushido, engage in bloody battles with demonic entities and evil samurai in a final attempt to redeem their clan!

The NeverEnding Story(1995-1996)

2.8/5 (with 4 votes)

The animated adventures of Bastian Balthazar Bux in the enchanted storybook world of Fantasia.

Directed by Mike Fallows

Wishbone(1995-1997)

4.0/5 (with 15 votes)

Wishbone is a children's television show. The show's title character is a Jack Russell Terrier of the same name. Wishbone lives with his owner Joe Talbot in the fictional modern town of Oakdale, Texas. He daydreams about being the lead character of stories from classic literature He was known as "the little dog with a big imagination". Only the viewers and the characters in his daydreams can hear Wishbone speak. The characters from his daydreams see Wishbone as whatever famous character he is currently portraying and not as a dog.

With Soccer

Adventures of the Little Mermaid(1991)

4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Marina, a lonely mermaid, is bored of underwater life. She wants legs. She goes to the sea witch. She is given a magic whistle that when blown, can turn her into a human or mermaid. The Prince and Marina fall in love but she can't stay with him until she can get the sea witch off her case.ja

For the Term of His Natural Life(1983)

2h per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime
2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

In 1830s England, a young man from a good but troubled family is unjustly convicted of stealing a watch. He's transported to Van Diemen's Land where he suffers under the enmity of Lt. Frere while falling in love with Sylvia, the Warden's daughter. Meanwhile, back in England, an imposter lays claim to the young man's inheritance.

Directed by Rob Stewart - With Colin Friels