It was perhaps the most spectacular flourishing of imagination and achievement in recorded history. In the Fourth and Fifth Centuries BC, the Greeks built an empire that stretched across the Mediterranean from Asia to Spain. They laid the foundations of modern science, politics, warfare and philosophy, and produced some of the most breathtaking art and architecture the world has ever seen. This series, narrated by Liam Neeson, recounts the rise, glory, demise and legacy of the empire that marked the dawn of Western civilization. The story of this astonishing civilization is told through the lives of heroes of ancient Greece. The latest advances in computer and television technology rebuild the Acropolis, recreate the Battle of Marathon and restore the grandeur of the Academy, where Socrates, Plato and Aristotle forged the foundation of Western thought.
Adapted from the D. H. Lawrence novel this tells the romantic story of Siegmund and Helena. Siegmund, an orchestral violinist who is married with three children, has tutored Helena for several years and they've fallen in love but he will not leave his wife or consummate their passion physically. Helena arranges for them to go on an idyllic holiday to the Isle of Wight, hoping that will convince Siegmund to break away from his marriage and they can be together.
John Wayne é Brannigan, um duro policial de Chicago que tem de viajar até Londres para trazer um gangster em fuga. Quando os oficiais britânicos perdem o rastro ao criminoso, Brannigan assume o controle e mostra à Scotland Yard como é que as coisas são feitas à velha maneira norte-americana. Mas Brannigan é também perseguido por um assassino e tem de abrir caminho através do perigo para enfrentar os seus inimigos, não em um mas em dois mortíferos finais! Desde um salto mortal na Ponte de Londres, até uma rixa num pub vitoriano.
