Neuveriteľný príbeh a fantastický vývoj Belly Baxterovej, mladej ženy, ktorú priviedol späť k životu skvelý a neortodoxný vedec. Aby uspokojila svoju túžbu po poznaní a zážitkoch, uteká za búrlivým dobrodružstvom naprieč kontinentmi. Zbavená predsudkov svojej doby odhodlane bojuje za rovnosť a oslobodenie.
Ukáže sa, že Holmesové bojové schopnosti sú rovnako tak smrtiace ako jeho povestný intelekt. Oboje bude potrebné pri odhaľovaní smrteľného sprisahania, ktoré by mohlo zničiť celú krajinu.
V alternatívnom viktoriánskom svete opäť hrozí Zemi zánik. Smrtiaci nepriateľ je už v akcii. Kto zachráni svet pred geniálnym šialencom, ktorý sa prezýva Fantóm? Jediný, kto môže uspieť, je dobrodruh Allan Quartermain a jeho záchranná liga, liga výnimočných. Kto do nej patrí? Je to kapitán Nemo, upírka Mina Harkerová, neviditeľný Rodney Skinner, agent tajnej služby Tom Sawyer, Dorian Gray a úžasná dvojica Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde. Členovia ligy sú spoločenskí odpadlíci, ale majú mimoriadne schopnosti. Medzitým, než sa liga sformuje, naplánuje Fantóm zničenie Benátok. Na záchranu zostáva len 96 hodín.
Roku 1862 pricestuje mladá vdova Anna Leonowensová aj so svojím malým synom Luisom do siamského kráľovstva, aby tu učila kráľovské deti. Zoznámi sa tu nielen s odlišnou feudálnou kultúrou, často nepochopiteľnou a krutou, ale aj s vladárom Mongkutom, ktorý chce uchrániť nezávislosť krajiny a súčasne ju otvoriť západnej civilizácii. Kráľ sa čoraz väčšmi zbližuje s Annou ale najmä ho trápia ustavičné nájazdy údajne barmských kománd, ktoré terorizujú krajinu. Myslí si, že za tým stojí Veľká Británia, ktorá chce kolonizovať jeho kráľovstvo.
Bathsheba Everdene je krásna a takisto veľmi tvrdohlavá. A ako veľa slobodomyseľných žien, to ani ona nemá ľahké. Tým skôr, že žije vo viktoriánskom Anglicku v druhej polovici 19.storočia. Bathseba sa v okamihu, keď zdedí usadlosť v panstve Wessex, premení z obyčajného vidieckeho dievčaťa v nezávislú a cieľavedomú statkárku. A to z nej robí lákavú partiu pre to, čomu sa snaží vyhnúť- manželstvo. Najprv odmietne lásku chovateľa oviec Gabriela Oaka, sklame aj nádeje zámožného starého mládenca Williama Boldwooda. A rozhodne sa na zdedenom statku hospodáriť sama, bez mužskej pomoci. V tej dobe to bolo nevídaná odvaha, ale Bathsheba vďaka svojim schopnostiam, priamočiarosti aj vrodenému šarmu uspeje. Jedného dňa však do jej života vstúpi mladý, pekný, sebavedomý a arogantný seržant Frank Troy.
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!
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Follow Sugar into the underbelly of Victorian London seething with vitality, sexuality, ambition and emotion.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
