A Serial Killer Rocks Ancient Rome: The Grove of Caesars
In 1st century Rome, public gardens created by Julius Caesar have become dangerous haunts, especially for women alone. When her husband has to leave the city, Flavia Albia is left to supervise his bui...
30 Syys 202028min
Degas in New Orleans: Estelle
When the painter Edgar Degas visits his French-Creole relatives in New Orleans in the 1870s, his cousin and sister-in-law Estelle encourages him to make portraits of their family members. One hundred ...
28 Syys 202015min
Constantine’s Conquest of Rome: The Conqueror
In the year AD312 Rome is teetering on the brink of war and Constantine's army is on the move. On the Rhine frontier, a Germanic pagan joins the Roman army as a spy, while in Rome itself the pious dau...
23 Syys 202033min
The Rise of Richard the Lionheart
In 1179, rebellion was brewing against King Henry II. The King’s son Richard earns his name ‘Lionheart’, crushing rebels in Aquitaine but treachery and betrayal lurk around every corner. In his new no...
21 Syys 202028min
Nazi Collaborator or Victim: Finding Klara
In the aftermath of World War Two, Clara – once a Nazi icon and heiress to the Falkenberg Iron Works – finds herself on the run, accused of complicity in her father’s war crimes. When she returns to h...
16 Syys 202029min
Philopoemen: The Last Greek
In 209 BC, as the most powerful empires in the world brawled over the spoils of a fading Greece, Philopoemen had a vision to stop the anarchy and endless wars. To preserve the homeland he loved, he ra...
14 Syys 202030min
A Young Girl in Restoration London: The Strange Adventures of H
In 1660, with Charles II restored as King after Oliver Cromwell’s Commonwealth, an orphaned girl named H arrives in London, for a happier life with her Aunt. But the Plague and the Great Fire take awa...
9 Syys 202020min
Evacuating Museums in World War II: The Animals at Lockwood Manor
In August 1939, Hetty Cartwright is tasked with taking a natural history museum’s collection of stuffed animals out of London, to protect it from impending air raids. When some of the animals go missi...
7 Syys 202020min
