Best Collection Of TV Shows About Political Intrigue

The incredible story of Gro Harlem Brundtland, who in the late 70s works as a young doctor, fighting for self-determined abortion, when she almost by accident, stumbles into politics. As the government implodes around her, Gro learns to play her own games of power, climbing the ranks until she is the last woman standing in the ruins of Labour’s celebrated social democracy, ending up as Norway’s first female Prime Minister in 1981.

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It tells the story of Lu An-ran, the master of the country's water transportation, who vows to take revenge for her past life after being reborn. In the past life, Lu An-ran was entrusted with the wrong person and lost everything. Lu An-ran is accidentally reborn, and in order to avenge her past life, she embarks on a path of revenge. However, in her quest for revenge, there is one person who is always in love with her, and that person is the ninth prince, Mu Chuan. Mu Chuan is not interested in the throne or power, but rather in the mountains. After meeting Lu Anran, he decides to accompany her on her quest for revenge. Although they are in the prison of imperial power, they still put their hearts on all the people and eventually save them from the disaster.

Liu Qing, daughter of a powerful official, is forced to assume the identity of the princess as she is married off to Yuwen Yong, the King of Zhou, who in reality is a puppet figurehead who holds no power.

In this adaptation of the award-winning podcast, Slow Burn’s Leon Neyfakh excavates the strange subplots and forgotten characters of recent political history—and finds surprising parallels to the present.

OTT Platforms for Slow Burn are fuboTV, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, and DIRECTV Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, and Vudu.

The story of the Medici family of Florence, their ascent from simple merchants to power brokers sparking an economic and cultural revolution. Along the way, they also accrue a long list of powerful enemies.

OTT Platforms for Medici: Masters of Florence are Netflix Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, and Amazon Video.

The story of a young Louis XIV on his journey to become the most powerful monarch in Europe, from his battles with the fronde through his development into the Sun King. Historical and fictional characters guide us in a world of betrayal and political maneuvering, revealing Versailles in all its glory and brutality.

OTT Platforms for Versailles are Amazon Prime Video, BritBox, Hoopla, and BritBox Amazon Channel

A blood-soaked, medieval epic that tells the story of Wilkin Brattle, a 14th century warrior, whose life is forever changed when a divine messenger beseeches him to lay down his sword and lead the life of another man: a journeyman executioner. Set in northern Wales during a time rife with rebellion and political upheaval, Wilkin must walk a tight rope between protecting his true identity while also serving a mysterious destiny. Guided by Annora, a mystical healer whose seeming omniscience keeps Wilkin under her sway; manipulated by Milus Corbett, a devious Chamberlain with grand political aspirations; and driven by a deepening connection with the Baroness Lady Love, Wilkin struggles to navigate political, emotional and supernal pitfalls in his quest to understand his greater purpose.

OTT Platforms for The Bastard Executioner are Hulu Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, and Microsoft Store.

After being found in 918, the kingdom of Goryeo faced a critical existential crisis when the powerful Yuan dynasty tried to subjugate them. In the fictional setting of this drama, a warrior living in the timeline of Goryeo meets a plastic surgeon living in the present day. The plastic surgeon gets kidnapped by the warrior who got an order from the king to find a doctor who can cure the fatally injured queen. The two individuals who were not meant to coexist are brought together to fight their way through the ordeals on the land of Goryeo. The warrior makes a promise that he will return her to her world, but a scheming royal advisor persuades the king to force the surgeon to stay as she can be useful to him. There, the surgeon falls in love with the warrior who is the leader of the royal guard. In this era of change and chaos, love that transcends time and space blooms.

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A sweeping epic of good and evil, treachery and intrigue, violence and beauty, a sensuous, spirited story set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles in 12th Century England.

OTT Platforms for The Pillars of the Earth are Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz, DIRECTV, and Spectrum On Demand

The City Hall is a 2009 South Korean television series starring Kim Sun-ah and Cha Seung-won. It aired on SBS from April 29 to July 2, 2009 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. Written by Kim Eun-sook and directed by Shin Woo-chul, the story revolves around a low-ranking government clerk who becomes the youngest mayor of the fictional Inju City, and her romance with an ambitious and cynical deputy mayor. The drama series also marked movie star Cha Seung-won's return to the small screen after a six-year absence.

Bastard Boys is an Australian television miniseries broadcast on the ABC in 2007. It tells the story of the 1998 Australian waterfront dispute. The script, published by Currency Press, won the 2007 Queensland Premier's Literary Award for Best Television Script.

24 is an American television series produced for the Fox network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration.

OTT Platforms for 24 are Hulu Apple iTunes, Amazon Video, Vudu, and Microsoft Store.

Charming chief whip Frances Urquhart plots revenge against his colleagues.

OTT Platforms for House of Cards are BritBox Amazon Channel Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, and Amazon Video.

The True Believers is a 1988 Australian mini series which looks at the history of the Australian Labor Party from the end of World War Two up to the Australian Labor Party split of 1955. It was co-written by Bob Ellis who focused on three characters "Chifley, the unlettered man of great dignity; Menzies, who used to stand for something but eventually stood only for Menzies; and Evatt, the grand idealist... It's almost like Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1. It's a chunk of national history during Australia's great era of change after the war."

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Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.

A "Game of Thrones" type story about Themyscira/Paradise Island, home of the Amazons and the birthplace of Wonder Woman that involves all of the darkness, drama and political intrigue behind this society of only women.