Filmen er en fortælling om Bella Baxter, en ung kvinde, der genoplives af den geniale og uortodokse videnskabsmand dr. Godwin Baxter. Den videbegærlige Bella hungrer efter at opleve verden, så hun stikker af med Duncan Wedderburn, en slikket og amoralsk advokat, på et hæsblæsende eventyr over flere kontinenter. Befriet for datidens moraliserende bånd bliver Bellas liv en stræben efter lighed og frigørelse.
Den gode Sherlock Holmes har en hjerne ud over det sædvanlige, men holder sig heller ikke tilbage for en god gammeldags nævekamp. Sammen med sin gode ven, dr. Watson, optrevler den berømte detektiv en skummel plan, der truer med at bringe hele landet i knæ. Lord Blackwood er den væmmelige skurk, mens den dekorative Irene Adler, som altid, gør sit for at distrahere Holmes.
I det victorianske England hersker der stor frygt for, at den djævelske 'Fantomet' er ved at starte en verdenskrig. For at imødegå truslen samler Dronning Victoria en flok særdeles ekstraordinære herrer under ledelse af Allan Quartermain. Til disse hører Kaptajn Nemo, Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde, agenten Sawyer, vampyren Harker, den usynlige Skinner og den uovervindelige Dorian Gray.
En fordomsfuld engelsk lærerinde kommer til Siam i 1862 for at undervise kongens børn. Regentens forestillinger om andre kulturer - og især engelske kvinder - er lige så firkantede som Annas. Men som tiden går, finder de to ud af, at de alligevel ikke er så forskellige.
En humoristisk anslag på Arthur Conan Doyles klassiske mysterier med Sherlock Holmes og Doctor Watson.
Den nærige og hjerteløse Ebenezer Scrooge, bryder sig ikke om mennesker. Specielt ikke glade, venlige og fattige mennesker. For slet ikke at tale om julen! Tiden fuld af varme tanker, glæde og venskab… sådan noget humbug! Men julenat hjemsøges den onde Scrooge af ånder. Først kommer den forgangne juls ånd, og tager ham med til hans fortid. Senere dukker den nuværende juls ånd op, og viser Scrooge ting, der får hans hårde hjerte til at blive blødt. Spørgsmålet er, om Scrooge kan og vil ændre sig, og hvad vil han vinde ved at være sød? Svaret får han da han møder den kommende juls ånd.
Dorset, England i 1800-tallet. Den unge Bathsheba Everdene er ualmindeligt selvstændig for sin tid og har ikke lyst til at gifte sig med en mand, hun ikke elsker. Efter at hun arver en stor gård, kæmper tre bejlere kæmper om hendes gunst: den beskedne fårefarmer Gabriel Oak, den velhavende William Boldwood samt den hæmningsløse sergent Frank Troy, som blev svigtet ved alteret af tjenestepigen Fanny.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Follow Sugar into the underbelly of Victorian London seething with vitality, sexuality, ambition and emotion.
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”.
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!
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.
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 life of an orphan is changed by the providential intervention of a mysterious benefactor.
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.
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.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
Taking a 'bottom-up' view of history by exploring everyday lives of the nations ordinary people.
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.
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.
