Between the end of the Middle Ages and the late 18th century, over 50,000 Europeans were persecuted, tortured and executed on charges of witchcraft. The pogrom was triggered by the book 'Malleus Maleficarum', published in 1486. Its detailed instructions for persecuting and annihilating alleged witches triggered a mass hysteria.

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curi...

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...

Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physical...

In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge t...

During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a h...

Painter Francisco Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition after his muse, Inés, is arrest...

Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788...

In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, ...

When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of conv...

In the 18th century, Robert's beloved Helena is forced to marry the cruel Henrik Brest. Robert becom...

The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Capta...

In a French forest circa 1798, a child–who cannot walk, speak, read or write–is found. A doctor beco...

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty....

Keith Garner visits historical locations, elegant chapels and bustling city centres as he discovers ...

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century Englan...

An idyllic voyage to Tahiti in 1789 turns a crew aboard the H.M.S. Bounty against its captain when t...

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory se...

Grace Dalrymple Elliot is a British aristocrat trapped in Paris during the French Revolution. Determ...

A native of Sennwald, Anna Göldi arrived in Glarus in 1765. For seventeen years, she worked as a mai...

Isolated bell-ringer Quasimodo wishes to leave Notre Dame tower against the wishes of Judge Claude F...