In the 1950s, a Japanese-American fisherman is suspected of killing his neighbour at sea — and race is a factor in the trial. So is reporter, Ishmael.

A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.

A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he’s really from Mars.

An Italian temptress arrives at a school in Newcastle to teach a group of Geordies about the art of romance.

Legendary “devil violinist” Niccolo Paganini sets all of 19th century Europe into frenzy.

Nothing is worse than losing a child. No amount of violence, painkillers or self loathing can wash away that kind of hell. But try telling that to Taylor Braithwate. The…

A 12-year-old girl becomes jealous when her adoptive father develops a budding relationship with a woman and her teenage son.

During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60…

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer… his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.

Someone knocked out a man and left him for dead during a fishing trip in Portugal. That someone is either his fetching wife, or two business partners, all sporting guilty…

When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with…

An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village.