A major series, this stunning ATV-produced drama adapted the celebrated Clayhanger Family novels by Arnold Bennett, published between 1910 and 1918. The series is set in the Victorian-era Staffordshire Potteries, and follows the coming-of-age story of Edwin Clayhanger as he leaves school, takes up the running of the family business, and falls in love with the beautiful, determi...
根据Robert T. Reilley 所著作的历史小说《Red Hugh, Prince of Donegal》改编而成，故事背景发生在１５８７年，当时英国女皇Elizabeth I 担忧西班牙的军队经由爱尔兰入侵英国，因此她就很自私地先发制人，派大军先去占领了爱尔兰。在爱尔兰岛上Donegal 城邦的年轻王子Hugh O'Donnell 于是起身反抗，想要联合所有爱尔兰的各城邦团结起来，一起对抗英军，但无奈他却身陷险境，误中小人圈套而被绑架，成了爱尔兰其中一个城邦Viceroy 的阶下囚，他们想拿他去跟英军交换条件，Hugh 王子后来成功逃跑，脱离Viceroy 城邦邪恶Leeds 将军的掌控，并且领导众人与英军作战，终于收复失土，并救出被囚禁的爱人Kathleen 。
Excused by commerce from the need to be serious, Skolimowski gives free rein to his fantasy in a careering period charade which makes amiable mockery of military glory. McEnery is perfect as Conan Doyle's dashing French hussar, prancing through Napoleon's Peninsular campaign with one hand on hip and the other courting disasters averted only by his sublime insouciance. Not all t...
Grigori Rasputin becomes a fixture of Russia's Imperial Court after saving the life of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, the haemophiliac heir to the throne. However as war breaks out, Rasputin's enemies see him as a cause and plot fatal revenge against the Russian mystic.
Morse and Lewis investigate the disappearance of teenager Valerie Craven who vanished some six months previously while walking home from her exclusive girls school. Morse is the third detective assigned to the case and is convinced that the girl is by now dead. However, the girl's parents receive a note, purportedly from Valerie. Suspicion falls on a number of people, including...
