Hollywood - nine big white letters against the Hollywood Hills. Every year millions people come from all over the world and look up at this famous sign. Why do they come? They come to see the stars…
What is Japan? It is everything new and modern: the Tokyo Sky Tree, 634 metres high; amazing cameras and phones; karaoke and manga; trains going past at 300 kilometres an hour. And it is everything…
Sara Crewe is a very rich little girl. She first comes to England when she is seven, and her father takes her to Miss Minchin's school in London. Sara is very sad at first, but she soon makes frien…
Luke is a good-looking young man, but he's not very clever with words. Gemma is clever with words, but what does she want? Lucy and Becky are good friends, but what about Sam? He makes wonderful ca…
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…
France, 1815, Jean Valjean leaves prison after nineteen years. These are dangerous and troubled times, and life is hard. Valjean must begin a new life, but how can he escape his past, and his enemy…
When Lord Asano drew his sword on Lord Kira one spring day in 1701, it began a story that is how a national legend in Japan. Lord Kira lived, but Lord Asano died, and after his death, his samurai b…
The President is dead! A man is running in the night. He is afraid and needs to rest. But there are people behind him - people with lights, and dogs, and guns. A man is standing in front of a des…
Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective the world has ever seen, and he knows it. As the famous bank-robber, John Clay, says to him, 'You think of everything, Mt Holmes. You're very clever.' Peop…
It is the year 2522, and the planet Earth is dying. The Artificial Ozone Layer is only 300 years old, but is is breaking up fast. Now the sun is burning down on Earth with a white fire. There is n…
Outside, the night is cold and wet. Inside, the White family sits and waits. Where is their visitor? There is a knock at the door. A man is standing outside in the dark. Their visitor has arriv…
Everybody wants to win the lottery. A million pounds, perhaps five million, even ten million. How wonderful! Emma Carter buys a ticket for the lottery every week, and puts the ticket carefully in h…
Do you believe in ghosts? Jerry doesn't. He's nineteen-year-old American, who just wants a good holiday with his friend, Brad. They are travelling round the north of England by bicycle. But strange…
In a house on Oxford three people are having breakfast - Carol, her husband Jan, and his father Josef. They are talking about Prague, because Craol wants them all to go there for Christmas. Josef …
'Who is the man with the roses in his hand?' thinks Anna. 'I want to meet him.' 'Who is the girl with the guitar?' thinks Will. 'I like her. I want to meet her.' But they do not meet. 'There are…