On 11/19/2023 at 4:59 PM, AMCOLTLLover said:

Yes.. U have to get the apps for them.. VRT for Thuis, VTM for Familie and Videoland for GTST.. Then a VPN and a imaginary account set in Belgium (u just have to type in a fake street based there) and one for the Netherlands

There is no other way anymore around it.. U can find Thuis on YouTube with a lot of episodes but not chronological anymore coz it got deleted. A Superfan Daniel uploaded the first 4030 and got even invited to the fan  event and an Article as an honor about him but they gave him a polite warning to delete the episodes and stop uploading new ones. 
 

U can download the episodes from VTM and VRT easily even though it’s all in order there. Videoland I didn’t tried. 

managed with Thuis BUT No Luck With "familie"

Italy has produces several daytime soap opera over the years:

* Un Posto al Sole (= A Place in the Sun) based on the Australian format "Neighbours" which is still on air today and of which they have also created some spin-offs over the years, Un Posto al Sole d'estate (A Place in the Sun in summer), and TV specials Un Posto al Sole coi fiocchi (=A place in the sun with a bang).

* Vivere (international title Living) lasted for 9 years, a real success of the early 2000s focused on the lives of four families from Como.  Vivere had a remake in Poland entitled Linia życia.

* Centovetrine (international title The Mall) which lasted for 15 years and had many similarities with Vivere as it was produced by the same production company and the same writers and focused on the life of four families in Turin. Centovetrine had a remake in Poland entitled Galeria.

 

* Cuori Rubati (= Stolen Hearts) based on the format of Sons and Daughters of which however it had nothing in common and lasted for only two seasons and like Centovetrine this too was set in Turin. The soap was produced by the same production as Un Posto al Sole.

* In Nome della Famiglia (= In the Name of Family), an unfortunate one-season soap.

* Ricominciare (= Starting Over), another unfortunate Italian soap produced by the same production company as In Nome della Famiglia and of which it shared the same premise. * Sottocasa (= Under the house), soap based on a German "Marienhoff" format whose stories should have had a more realistic connotation than other Italian soaps, so much so that it was defined as "real drama".

* Agrodolce ( = Bitter-sweet) , another Italian soap opera, produced by the same production company as Un Posto al Sole. Very unfortunate soap centered on seven Sicilian families in the fictional town of Lumera.

 

Italy has also produced several prime time soap operas.

The best known:

* Incatesimo (= Enchantment), the first prime time soap opera which later became a daytime soap, centered on a clinic in Rome. Each season featured a change of lead couple.

* Vento di Ponente (= West Wind), prime time megasoap inspired by the Dutch format Westenwind, with intrigues worthy of Dallas and Dynasty, centered on two families of shipowners from Genoa and an impossible love à la Romeo and Juliet.

* Il Bello delle Donne (= The Beauty of Women) , an atypical series, part soap, part black comedy, centered on a beauty salon in Viterbo.

* Le Tre Rose di Eva (= Eva's Three Roses, international title: Tuscan Passion), prime time soap centered on three Tuscan families dealing with impossible loves, mysteries, secrets and a trail of murders. Absolutely one of the best Italian soaps full of twists and turns with inspirations from Dynasty, Falcon crest and The Bold and the Beautiful. The soap has had two remakes, a Turkish one entitled Zeytin Tepesi (= The Hill of Olives) and a Malaysian one entitled Dendam Aurora (Aurora's Revenge)

* Una Grande Famiglia (= A Big Family), prime time series inspired by Dallas and Brothers and Sisters and centered on a family of entrepreneurs from Lombardy.

* Il Paradiso delle Signore (= The Ladies' Paradise), also like Incantesimo, started in prime time and then became a daytime soap, currently still on air.

La Promesa Had one of it's finest scenes yet this past Friday, The Villainess Jimena Finally lashed out all of her pain and Disappointment before committing suicide! 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist%3Flist%3DPLEop5aXmMtnDXT-nGzbaGEeDh-J6EORsL&ved=2ahUKEwjTlruDueWHAxWtFLkGHTOFBWMQjjh6BAgkEAE&usg=AOvVaw3QR2j8cqo5wtR_5INPMr2_ 

CUORI RUBATI IS FULLY ON YOUTUBE

It's the Italian Adaptation of "Sons And Daughters" but I am not sure they kept the twins storyline

I hope this thread is the adequate place for what I wanted to post. It's coming from a different discussion in the OLTL topic. I just wanted to tag @DRW50 with a few clips depicting Eda - one of the most legendary (If not THE MOST) antagonists in Turkish soaps history.

Very similar to Marty... when she is alone... she had these envy-driven breakdowns.

That's just Eda on a regular day. Strangling people for fun.

He hobby is pushing people from high places.

And that ICONIC moment when she poisoned the main character before her wedding, leading to her abortion. (a short part of the original audio by the end is replaced by youtube due to copyright reasons)

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by Maxim