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…
Sally is always running - and she has her phone with her all the time: at home, on the train, at work, at lunchtime, and at the shops. But then one afternoon suddenly she has a different phone...a…
Greg is a porter at the Shepton Hotels in New York. When a girl with beautiful green eyes asks him for help, Greg can't say no. The girl's name is Cassie, and she says she is an artist. She tells …
'There's an new girl in town,' says Joe, and soon Steve is out looking for her. Marietta is easy to find in a small town, but every time he sees her something goes wrong...and his day goes from ba…
When Cal Dexter rents one of the Blue Lake Cabins, he finds $3000 - under the floor! He doesn't know it, but it is the money from a bank robbery. A dead man's money. 'Do I Take it to the police?' …
'How does it work?' Jack asks when he opens his presents - a mobile phone. Later that night, Jack is a prisoner in a taxi in the empty streets of the dark city. Now he tries his mobile phone for t…
I'm not a thief. I'm an innocent man,' shouts Brown. He is angry because he is in prison and the prison guards hate him. Then one day Brown has an idea. It is dangerous - very dangerous.
Tom Creek's treasure is under sea. Many men try to get the treasure, but many men die. 'Our boat is ready. We are all good divers. Let's find the treasure! Yes?' says John West ti his wife and fri…
"Everything's ready now. We can do the experiment,' says your assistant Joe. You are the famous scientist Mary Durie working in a a laboratory in Alaska. When you discover something very new and v…
When Tonya and her friends decide to sail around the world, they want to see exciting things, and visit exciting places. But one day, they meet an orca - a killer whale - one of the most dangerous …
'You're a brave man, but i am afraid for you,' says Lady Marian to Robin of Locksley. She is afraid because Robin does not like Prince John's new taxes and wants to do something for the poor people…