In 1940, during World War II, an officer is sent to investigate rumours of German spies in a sleepy village where various people are the victims of war hysteria.
In the future England is ruled by a fascist government, and one day the leaders begin the construction of a heavily guarded, mysterious airport. BBC adaptation of Rex Warner's 1941 novel of the same name. A stereotypical village in a somewhat alternative England is taken over wholesale by 'The Air Force.' Living in the village is young Roy, who has just learned he is not who he thought he was. Attempting to forge a new sense of identity, he joins the dashing Air Force, seduced by its dynamism and direct and brutal ways.
Inglaterra, 1867. Charles Smithson y Ernestina se comprometen poco despues de conocerse, pero piensan casarse muy pronto. Un día, paseando por los acantilados, Charles ve a una joven vestida de negro en el malecón del puerto. Ernestina le dice que se trata de Sarah Woodrof, conocida como "la mujer del teniente francés", porque años atrás tuvo una relación amorosa con un oficial francés que luego la abandonó. Charles se hace amigo de Sarah y, al verla tan desvalida, decide tomar medidas para garantizarle un futuro digno y fuera del alcance de las habladurías.
Segunda Guerra Mundial, 1943. Mallory y Miller, los héroes que destruyeron los cañones de Navarone, son enviados a Yugoslavia en busca de un fantasma del pasado.
Three men at three different times in history come to Mow Top hill in search of sanctuary from their troubles. A Roman soldier, a medieval rebel and a 1970s young man. Somehow they seem linked through an energy within the hill and an axe. Is history doomed to repeat itself or can loving another person free them?
