All they could hear was the wind, and the waves crashing on to the rocks. All they could see was the night. They could not see the ship, broken in two. They could not see the people holding on to t…
In the summer of 1910, a race begun. A race to be the first man at the South Pole, in Antarctica. Robert Falcon Scott, an Englishman, left London in his ship, the Terra Nova, and began the long jou…
Sarah Harland is nineteen, and she is in prison. At the airport, they find heroin in her bag. So , now she is waiting to go to court. If the court decides that it was her heroin, then she must die.…
On a quiet sea, the biggest ship in the world is waiting. There is no noise from the engines. Up in the night sky there are hundred of stars. Behind the ship, an iceberg - a great mountain of ice -…
It is night in the south seas near Tahiti, and the ship HMS Bounty has begun the long voyage home to England. But the Sailors on the ship are angry men, and they have swords and guns. They pull th…
England and Scotland in the 1500s. Two famous queens - Mary, the Catholic Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I, the Protestant Queen of England. It was an exciting and a dangerous time to be alive, and …
A woman finds a man on a beach. He is very cold, his clothes are wet, and he cannot speak. The woman phones for helps, and an ambulance comes and takes the man to hospital. In hospital they ask the…
The court room is full for today's trial. Two young men, Simon Clark and Dan Smith, stand up. The clerk asks, 'Are you guilty of the murder of Mary Jones?' 'Not guilty!' they reply. But perhaps the…
He is not beautiful. His mother does not want him, children run away from him. People laugh at him, and call him 'The Elephant Man'. The someone speaks to him - and listens to him! At the age of 2…
A beautiful young Indian girl, and a brave Englishman. Black eyes, and blue eyes. A friendly smile, a a laugh, a look of love... But this is North America in 1607, and love is not easy. The girl is…
'Every day someone takes money from people near the shops. We must stop this.' says Dan, a police officer. The police use TV cameras but it is not easy because there are so many suspects. Who is th…