Neuvěřitelný příběh o fantastickém vývoji Belly Baxter, mladé ženy, kterou k životu vrátil geniální a nekonvenční vědec Dr. Godwin Baxter. Pod Baxterovou ochranou Bella touží po poznání. Hladovějící po zkušenostech, které jí chybí, uteče s Duncanem Wedderburnem, mazaným a zhýralým právníkem, do víru dobrodružství napříč kontinenty. Nepodléhajíc předsudkům své doby se Bella zasazuje za rovnoprávnost a svobodu.
Nové dynamické zpracování nejznámějšího díla Sira Arthura Conana Doyla „Sherlock Holmes“ přináší Holmesovi a jeho věrnému partneru Watsonovi poslední výzvu. Ukáže se, že Holmesovy bojové schopnosti jsou stejně tak smrtící jako jeho pověstný intelekt. Obojího bude zapotřebí při odhalování smrtelného spiknutí, které by mohlo zničit celou zemi.
Světu opět hrozí zánik. Kdo ho zachrání před geniálním šílencem, který si říká Fantom? Jediný, kdo může uspět je dobrodruh Allan Quartermain a jeho liga výjimečných. Kdo do ní patří? Kapitán Nemo, upírka Mina Harker, neviditelný Rodney Skinner, agent tajné služby Tom Sawyer, nesmrtelný Dorian Gray a úžasná dvojka Dr. Jekyll/pan Hyde. Na záchranu Benátek před totální zkázou zbývá jenom 96 hodin!
Ovdovělá učitelka Anna (Jodie Foster) podnikla něco, co bylo pro ženu z viktoriánské Anglie naprosto nezvyklé. Rozhodla se odjet se svým synem na dobrodružnou cestu do neznámé země, do Siamu. Chce ji poznat a pokusit se tak navázat spojení dvou odlišných světů. Nechává se zaměstnat jako učitelka početných dětí samotného siamského krále Mongkuta (Chow-Yun Fat). Kultivovaná Anna zprostředkovává svým žákům konfrontaci obou kultur se všemi rozličnostmi náboženství i nesmyslnými předsudky a poznává, že siamský král je muž, který přesně ví, kam chce vést svou zemi a jak vypadá moderní svět. Tak si krásná a emancipovaná anglická učitelka zamiluje nejen exotickou zemi, ale i krále samotného.
Bathsheba Everdene je krásná a také hodně svéhlavá. A jako mnoho svobodomyslných žen, to ani ona nemá lehké. Tím spíše, že žije ve viktoriánské Anglii druhé poloviny 19. století. Bathsheba se v okamžiku, kdy po svém strýci zdědí usedlost v panství Wessex, promění z obyčejné venkovské dívky v nezávislou a cílevědomou statkářku. A to z ní dělá lákavou partii pro to, čemu se zatím snaží vyhnout – manželství. Nejprve odmítne lásku chovatele ovcí Gabriela Oaka, zklame i naděje zámožného starého mládence Willliama Boldwooda. A rozhodne se na zděděném statku hospodařit sama, bez mužské pomoci.
Geniální detektiv sice problémy řeší, ale zejména vyrábí, a tak je štěstím v neštěstí, že osud světa je právě v jeho rukou. Sherlock totiž musí zachránit britskou královnu dříve, než ji zabije jeho úhlavní nepřítel Moriarty - nebo nedopatřením on sám.
Control - tajná skupina Commonwealthu - má podezření, že v královské rodině království je dvojitý agent, a vyšle Ange a ostatní členy "týmu Bílý holub", aby zjistili pravdu. První kapitola šestidílného filmového pokračování série Princess Principal.
Bohatá stařena záhadně zemře a rozjíždí se vyšetřování. Nebude to ale jenom tak, protože každý z jejích blízkých měl nějaký důvod se jí zbavit.
In a mystical and dark city filled with humans, fairies and other creatures, a police detective investigates a series of gruesome murders leveled against the fairy population. During his investigation, the detective becomes the prime suspect and must find the real killer to clear his name.
In the late 19th century, the British Empire nobility reigns while its working class suffers at their hands. Sympathetic to their plight, William James Moriarty wants to topple it all. Frustrated by the systemic inequity, Moriarty strategizes to fix the entire nation. Not even consulting detective Sherlock Holmes can stand in his way. It’s time for crime to revolutionize the world!
When Eliza Scarlet's father dies, he leaves her penniless, but she resolves to continue his detective agency. To operate in a male-dominated world, though, she needs a partner... step forward a detective known as the Duke. Eliza and The Duke strike up a mismatched, fiery relationship as they team up to solve crime in the murkiest depths of 1880’s London.
The story of Queen Victoria, who came to the throne at a time of great economic turbulence and resurgent republicanism – and died 64 years later the head of the largest empire the world had ever seen, having revitalised the throne’s public image and become “grandmother of Europe”.
The stage is set during the 19th century London, in its capital where a wall divides the east and west of the Kingdom of Albion. Five high school girls, who enrolled in the prestigious Queens May Fair School, are involved in spy activities that involve disguise, infiltration, car chase, and more. These girls take advantage of their special abilities and fly around the shadow world.
Jack the Ripper is a 1988 two-part television film/miniseries portraying a fictionalized account of the hunt for Jack the Ripper, the unidentified serial killer responsible for the Whitechapel murders of 1888. The series coincided with the 100th anniversary of the murders.
Follow Sugar into the underbelly of Victorian London seething with vitality, sexuality, ambition and emotion.
If Arthur Conan Doyle based Sherlock Holmes on a real person to any degree, it was on his former professor, forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Bell. This series recounts the fictional murder investigations that Bell might have undertaken with the assistance of young student Doyle.
A tale of secrets and scandals set in 1840s London. When the Trenchards accept an invitation to the now legendary ball hosted by the Duchess of Richmond on the fateful evening of the Battle of Waterloo, it sets in motion a series of events that will have consequences for decades to come as secrets unravel behind the porticoed doors of London’s grandest postcode.
The life of an orphan is changed by the providential intervention of a mysterious benefactor.
Queen is the story about Easter, the illegitimate daughter of James Jackson, III and her lifelong affair with plantation owner Tim Daly, which would result in the birth of Queen. Queen's story revolves around her early years as a slave who yearns to know who her father is, and her condition as a fair skin mixed race woman who spends her life trying to figure out where exactly she fits in.
Scarlett O’Hara’s flight from the scrutiny of Atlanta society takes her on a journey to Savannah and Charleston, to England, and to Ireland, where she discovers her family's roots.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a 1996 British television serial adaptation of Anne Brontë's novel of the same name, produced by BBC and directed by Mike Barker. The serial stars Tara FitzGerald as Helen Graham, Rupert Graves as her abusive husband Arthur Huntington and Toby Stephens as Gilbert Markham.
Set in the dark heart of Victorian London, Detective Inspector Rabbit is a hardened booze-hound who's seen it all. Rabbit's been chasing bad guys for as long as he can remember, but these days his heart keeps stopping at inopportune moments.
This series travels the length and breadth of Britain to find out how the Victorians built Britain. It uncovers the incredible and surprising stories behind iconic landmarks; discovers the hidden heroes behind the epic constructions; and finds out how the incredible advances made by the Victorians forged the world we live in today.
With the rising tide of steam power and machinery, who can come close to being a Beyonder? Shrouded in the fog of history and darkness, who or what is the lurking evil that murmurs into our ears? Waking up to be faced with a string of mysteries, Zhou Mingrui finds himself reincarnated as Klein Moretti in an alternate Victorian era world where he sees a world filled with machinery, cannons, dreadnoughts, airships, difference machines, as well as Potions, Divination, Hexes, Tarot Cards, Sealed Artifacts… The Light continues to shine but mystery has never gone far. Follow Klein as he finds himself entangled with the Churches of the world—both orthodox and unorthodox—while he slowly develops newfound powers thanks to the Beyonder potions. Like the corresponding tarot card, The Fool, which is numbered 0—a number of unlimited potential—this is the legend of “The Fool”.
An extraordinary variety of writers, who often suffered terrible adversity throughout their lives, created wonderful places full of happiness in which children lived far from the sorrows of adult life.
Taking a 'bottom-up' view of history by exploring everyday lives of the nations ordinary people.
Jonathan Meades's personal, entertaining and deliberately provocative journey through Victorian architecture. From fantasy castles to the House of Parliament, he explores the Jekyll-and-Hyde nature of Victorian society, using a combination of comic sketches, dance routines and riotous bad taste. Meades concludes that the British obsession with escapism and the desire to live in the past means Queen Victoria is still very much alive today.
