Гел, норовливий принц і спадкоємець англійського престолу, відвернувся від королівського життя і живе серед народу. Але коли його деспотичний батько вмирає, Гел коронується королем Генріхом V і змушений прийняти життя, яке він раніше намагався уникнути. Тепер молодий король повинен орієнтуватися в політиці, хаосі і війні, які залишив після себе його батько, а також в емоційних струнах свого минулого життя - включаючи відносини з його найближчим другом і наставником, старіючим лицарем-алкоголіком Джоном Фальстафом.
Англія, XI століття. Від невідомої хвороби помирає мати 11-річного Роберта Коула. Доля зводить юнака з лікарем-шахраєм Барбером, який бере його до себе помічником. Протягом багатьох років, займаючись «лікуванням», Роберт розуміє, що проти багатьох хвороб його вміння безсилі. Одного разу він дізнається, що далеко на сході, живе видатний лікар у світі - Авіценна. І Роберт відправляється в далеку подорож, де йому доведеться зіткнутися з великими труднощами, щоб стати учнем знаменитого лікаря ...
The Two Princes, imprisoned and allegedly murdered in the Bloody Tower within the Tower Of London by Richard III. The story tells how they allegedly came back to haunt the Tower and with guards and inmates starting to die in horrible circumstances, it becomes clear the Two Princes are out for revenge. A chilling ghost story based on the famous mystery.
1290 рік. Молодша донька лорда протистоїть бажанню батька видати її заміж заради грошей.
In medieval England, Merlin and King Arthur banish the evil enchantress Morgana and her son Mordred to the ends of the universe as Morgana vows revenge. In present day, Knights descendant Penn doesn't take much stock in the legends of his supposed ancestors, even as the descendants meet in Thailand to practice fighting. But when Morgana and her son return to earth, armed with alien technology and hell-bent on destroying every last descendant of King Arthur and his knights, Penn must to come to terms with who he was born to be, and bring together the new Knights of the Round Table to save themselves and the earth from Morgana's total vengeance.
England, 14th century. King Edward II falls in love with Piers Gaveston, a young man of humble origins, whom he honors with favors and titles of nobility. The cold and jealous Queen Isabella conspires with the evil Mortimer to get rid of Gaveston, overthrow her husband and take power…
Cumberland, 1348. The plague is spreading in medieval England. The remote village of little Griffin is also threatened. But the 9-year-old boy has a recurring dream that holds the key to a tiny hope of survival: a lake with a coffin floating on it. A white church with an iron cross. A falling glove. A falling silhouette. A torch tumble through a dark shaft into infinity. With his brother he recognizes in it a prophecy to escape the Black Death. So they embark with a few men on a journey to a distant cathedral, where they want to set up an iron cross as an offering to God. Her path leads them through a deep and dark mine shaft into an unknown land and completely outlandish time - into the present-day New Zealand of the 1980s.
Американці планують запустити надзвуковий космічний корабель Stardust у відкритий космос. Винахідник Том Трімбл створює робота на ім'я Гермес і надає йому своєї зовнішності, щоб він летів замість людей. Але під час запуску ракети відбувається накладка, внаслідок якої на борту космічного корабля опиняються Гермес та Том.
Roberta is a low-budget movie director dealing with numerous problems on the set of her current production. When she is accidently hit on the head, she is knocked unconscious and dreams of living in Robin Hood's Sherwood Forest.
Shot live from the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City, this presentation of the 1980 Broadway revival of the beloved Lerner & Loewe classic follows King Arthur, who founds the kingdom of Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table. Their goal: fight for justice and right, but Arthur only sees his ideal crumble when his wife Guenevere falls in love with his favorite knight, Sir Lancelot.
In Medieval England, a sadistic duke plots to kill off all the heirs to the throne so he can claim the crown for himself.
His opponents accused him of being homosexual. The male favorites he gathered around him during his short life gave those malevolent enemies solid arguments to do so. He would not have failed if he had proved himself to be an energetic king. But Edward II of England (1284-1327) never was a king like Edward I Longshanks, his father, or Edward III, his son, were. And his end is shrouded in myth and mystery.
It's one of the darkest murder mysteries in British history: did Richard III really kill his nephews in order to make himself king? Is he the greatest villain in English history, or the victim of centuries of grotesquely unfair Tudor propaganda? On the eve of Richard's reburial at Leicester Cathedral, this drama documentary assembles a stellar cast of experts, including David Starkey and Philippa Gregory, to examine all the available evidence. As it plays out the possibilities and tests the competing theories, it endeavors to get to the bottom, once and for all, of what really happened to the princes in the Tower. Is this a tale of naked ambition, cold pragmatism and bloody murder?
Clarissa Dickson Wright tracks down Britain's oldest known cookbook, The Forme of Cury. This 700-year-old scroll was written during the reign of King Richard II from recipes created by the king's master chefs. How did this ancient manuscript influence the way people eat today? On her culinary journey through medieval history she reawakens recipes that have lain dormant for centuries and discovers dishes that are still prepared now.
Depicts life in a medieval town from the point of view of a young serf. Explains the influence of trade and the role of the merchant and craft guilds in the rise of towns in Europe