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- Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the Crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.
- Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.
- Robbed of his birthright, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy - whether he likes it or not.
- A band of samurai sets out to avenge the death and dishonor of their master at the hands of a ruthless shogun.
- In twelfth-century England, Robin Longstride and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power.
- A demystified take on the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
- Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.
- In a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen.
- Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
- Eric and fellow warrior Sara, raised as members of ice Queen Freya's army, try to conceal their forbidden love as they fight to survive the wicked intentions of both Freya and her sister Ravenna.
- A French woman and her young daughter open up a chocolate shop in a small remote village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community.
- The ancient war between humans and a race of giants is reignited when Jack, a young farmhand fighting for a kingdom and the love of a princess, opens a gateway between the two worlds.
- Alice is appointed to save her beloved Mad Hatter from deadly grief by travelling back to the past, but this means fatally harming Time himself, the noble clockwork man with the device needed to save the Hatter's family from the Red Queen.
- A young farm boy enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. His hopeful journey takes him out of England and onto the front lines as the war rages on.
- A governess uses magic to rein in the behavior of seven ne'er-do-well children in her charge.
- Perseus braves the treacherous underworld to rescue his father, Zeus, captured by his son, Ares, and brother Hades who unleash the ancient Titans upon the world.
- Nanny McPhee arrives to help a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war, though she uses her magic to teach the woman's children and their two spoiled cousins five new lessons.
- A French count is in England to marry the princess. She's killed. A wizard helps him time travel back before the murder - but ends up in Chicago, April 2000. A descendant helps him. Can he return to the 1100s?
- A young refugee traveling from Russia to America in search of her lost father falls for a gypsy horseman.
- Silas and Goliath:-Silas agrees to fight a much younger and fitter boxer known as the Gorilla, in a fairground side-show and plans to weaken his opponent by giving him a diet which will debilitate him. However it fails to work and Mrs. Betts is forced to take drastic action to save Silas from a good hiding. The Revelation:- All is revealed when Silas takes a bath and tells Ned how years earlier, when he was a teenager, he was swimming nude in the river and a girl stole his clothes. He had to bare everything in order to chase her and regain his trousers and says that, to this day, he has no idea who she was. Mrs. Betts does though.
- The Wedding:- In the last years of Queen Victoria's reign, Ned, a middle-class schoolboy, whose parents are working abroad, spends his Summer holiday in the Bedfordshire countryside with his great-uncle Silas, who is sixty but very hearty and attractive to women still. He does odd jobs and poaches on the sly, to the horror of his long-suffering housekeeper Mrs. Betts. His son Abel is getting married and, at the wedding reception, Silas recalls his own happy times with his late wife and duets her favourite song with his daughter-in-law. Queenie White:- Silas takes Ned to decorate the Railway Hotel and is appalled to find that the landlord, once a jolly man, has become a dour, strict tee-totaller, refusing to serve alcohol to his guests. Queenie, his put-upon wife, takes her share of the profits from the hotel safe, using them to have a happy, platonic day at the sea-side with Silas. On her return she vows that changes will be made, starting with the sale of alcohol.
- The Widder:- On his way to see his solicitor to make a will, Silas makes a detour to visit Mrs. Gadsby--a feisty, attractive middle-aged widow. Whilst Ned is sent into the garden to pick fruit, she and Silas share some afternoon delight but she gives him good advice as to changing his will to Ned's benefit. The Blue Feather:- Whilst digging a grave in the local churchyard Silas meets the aristocratic Lady Sylvia, who, unknown to herself, is terminally ill. She is outraged to see Silas drinking in the graveyard but, when he tells her it is herbal tea and she takes some herself, she becomes more friendly. Indeed, she ultimately demands a very saucy favour from Silas to stop her from pressing charges when he is caught poaching on her land.
- After a few months in the village, Dr. Harrison has caught the eye of several of the young ladies. He has focused his attention on the parson's daughter, Sophie Hutton, and hopes to spend some time with her at Lady Ludlow's garden party. Her younger brother Walter takes ill however. Captain Brown receives a visit from Major Gordon who has an interest in his daughter, Jessie. While she too is interested in the Major, she's not sure she can leave her father alone. Mayhem ensues when Mrs. Forrester's cow, Bessie, goes missing after someone leaves the gate open. Lady Ludlow's estate manager Mr. Carter catches young Harry Gregson trespassing but decides to hire him rather than report him to the constable. Matilda meets someone from her past. Rumors have it that the railway may be coming to Cranford.
- In June 1842, Mary Smith arrives in Cranford to stay with her mother's friends Miss Matty and Miss Deborah Jenkyns. Cranford is a small town, on the edge of modernization. The railway now reaches Manchester and there is much change in the air. The village gossips are all aflutter when the local doctor announces that his cousin's son, Dr. Harrison, will soon be joining him in his medical practice. Harrison is a young bachelor who brings new medical ideas to the community. When the local tradesman, Jem Hearne, has an accident Harrison decides to try and save his arm rather than amputate it. Mary offers to assist him in the operation. Lady Ludlow plans her annual garden party and hopes that her long-absent and spendthrift son may return from Italy. The village welcomes other new residents when Captain Brown and his two daughters, one of whom is ill, move into the house across from the the Jenkyns'.
- It's Christmas-time and Miss Matty isn't sure it would appropriate to celebrate with friends and neighbors given the death of her sister. Mary Smith convinces her otherwise. Matty renews her friendship with her long ago love. Dr. Harrison hopes for a Christmas invitation from the Huttons but none is forthcoming as Sophy is uncomfortable in his presence since the death of her little brother. The residents of Cranford are suffering through a crime spree when Dr. Harrison's house is broken into and Mr. Johnson is attacked as he is closing his store. When Gregson is arrested for the crimes, young Harry has to admit that he and his father were out poaching at that time. By the time Valentine's day rolls around, Dr. Harrison's approach to Sophy receives a more positive reception. However, Miss Caroline Tomkinson receives an anonymous Valentine card and is more convinced than ever that Dr. Harrison is available.
- Railway construction begins. Dr. Harrison speaks to Sophy's father and he agrees that they can step out together. Harrison emphasizes that he cannot ask for her hand until he is better established and his practice more prosperous but that his intentions are entirely honorable. Caroline Tomkinson cannot understand why Dr. Harrison has not contacted her since receiving her Valentine day card so her sister decides to probe him. Mrs. Rose and her friends also misinterpret the Doctor's actions. Jessie Brown regrets having turned down Major Gordon's proposal of marriage and Mary Smith decides to do something about it. Lady Ludlow is not impressed when she learns that Mr. Carter has been teaching Harry Gregson to read and write and that he has been working in his office. Miss Matty's financial situation is severely affected when she learns that her bank has failed. May Day celebrations lead to confusion and confrontation when several ladies claim Dr. Harrison's affections.
- Martha and Jem are married and move into Miss Matty's home as lodgers. Dr. Harrison learns that Sophy has been sent away to stay with an aunt in Shropshire. When she returns home she contracts typhoid. Lady Ludlow mortgages the estate against Mr. Carter's advice. The ladies of Cranford decide they want to help their friend Miss Matty in her time of need. Mary manages to identify the man who sent the Valentine cards. Mr. Carter is injured in an explosion at the railway construction site and dictates his last will and testament. Major Gordon returns to Cranford but he also has a surprise for Miss Matty.
- When a new baby is born into the family, eldest daughter Laura Timmins is told by her parents that she will have to make her own way in the world. Arrangements have been made for her to move to the nearby village of Candleford where she will be apprenticed to her cousin Dorcas Lane. Dorcas is the postmistress and a very successful businesswoman. Laura is quite sad at the prospect of leaving Lark Rise and her family, but her cousin is very kind and sets about teaching her the business. Trouble is brewing between Lark Rise and Candleford, however, when residents of the former complain of the high cost of telegram delivery. It gets worse when one of the residents can't afford to pay and miss a telegram that her brother is deathly ill.
- Dorcas Lane is apt to say that all secrets are bound to come out in Candleford and that seems to be the case with Mrs. Macey. She's been living in the village for five years with her son Freddy, who is a bit of a hellion. Her story has always been that her husband is a valet and away traveling. The truth is that her husband, Dan Macey, has been in prison but a letter brings her shocking news that is soon spread to every corner of the village. Caroline Arless has a date in court when she fails to pay for the barrel of beer she bought. With no husband, no money and another baby on the way, few are convinced that she will land anywhere but in debtors' prison.
- Dorcas Lane arranges for Patty, a young woman from the workhouse, to work as a housekeeper for Old and Young Amos. She is an honest and hard worker who found herself in the workhouse through no fault of her own, but that doesn't stop the village gossips from having their say. Problems do arise when both Amoses decide that they want to marry her. When the residents of Lark Rise decide to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Sir Timothy Midwinter's family presiding over the area, his wife, Lady Adelaide, is not sure she wants to participate. His asking Dorcas to take her place changes her mind. Politics also enter into the celebration when Laura's father refuses to let his children sing a Tory marching song, putting him into conflict with the Reverend Ellison.
- A debt-collector arrives in Lark Rise looking to seize Caroline Arless' property and send her to debtors' prison. A Mr. Ashlow arrives in the village looking for his two daughters, who turn out to be the Pratt sisters. Ruby is not pleased to see him and will have nothing to do with him. They also shock Candleford with their new window display. Ashlow engages Caroline as a prop in selling his patent medicine, which proves to be quite popular, and in his gambling, which proves equally lucrative. Dorcas shows Laura her dead letter box containing correspondence that cannot be delivered or returned to the sender. In it, they find many letters written to Ashlow's daughters under their previous names.
- The hamlet of Lark Rise is divided when Susan Braby brings charges of wife beating against her husband Sam. He hit her while drunk but she had always warned him not to raise a hand against her and now she is being true to her word. Emma Timmins tries to convince her otherwise, but she won't budge. Sir Timothy and Lady Adelaide have a major row when she dismisses the local workmen in favour of hiring someone from away to complete the new front gates. Laura brings home her young beau, Philip, for Sunday dinner but her father doesn't like his politics very much.
- A new postal inspector, Mr. Rushton, arrives in Candleford to conduct the annual inspection. It's the man's first visit and his no-nonsense approach does not sit well with Dorcas Lane, who is convinced he doesn't approve of a woman running a postal station. Rushton insists that Thomas, who has been asked to preach a Sunday sermon, collect the mail that day as required by regulations. Laura makes a great error when she misplaces the Pratt sisters' much-anticipated parcel. Lady Midwinter thinks she might be pregnant.
- Having secured a month's work at the manor house, Laura's father takes in a homeless family. It's only meant to be for one night but when they wake the next morning, they find the family has gone on having left their little girl, Polly, behind. He takes her to work with him but when Lady Midwinter finds her in the garden, she proposes to her husband that they keep her as their own. He doesn't agree and raises eyebrows, especially those of the Pratt sisters, when he takes the girl to Dorcas' house late in the evening. Dorcas and Laura plot to move true love along by sending a poem from Thomas to the minister's daughter. He receives one in return but a mix-up leads some people to jump to wrong conclusions.
- The new "school mistress" is an attractive man, causing emotional upheaval among the ladies of Candleford and some concern at the manor.
- What finally happened to hand embroidered panel of Adam and Eve?
- Having spent the night in the pouring rain searching for Edmund Timmins, Twister Turrill finds his health in serious decline. He decides to distribute some of his personal effects to friends in Lark Rise. Knowing that her love for Sir Timothy can never lead to anything, Dorcas Lane announces that she is selling the postal outlet and will be traveling abroad. Philip the gamekeeper tells Sir Timothy that Robert Timmins knows who is poaching on the estate but Robert won't reveal the name and soon finds himself out of work. Laura and Philip subsequently argue. Caroline Arless is determined not to have her baby until her seaman husband returns home but goes into labor in the post office. Zillah prepares for her "surprise" birthday party.
- In New York, the lonely waitress Virginia Lewis lives in a building on the edge of the Central Park where her father Tony Lewis is the janitor. Meanwhile, in the Snow White Memorial Prison, Relish the Troll King wears a pair of magic boots to become invisible and release his sons Blabberwort the Troll, Burly the Troll and Blue Bell the Troll. When they are leaving the prison, they are summoned by the Evil Queen that offers half of the 4th Kingdom to Relish if he helps her. When Prince Wendell arrives for a visit in the prison, the Evil Queen uses a magic dog and the prince swaps identity with the dog. However he escapes and the Evil Queen order the trolls to chase him and releases Wolf to bring the prince back. However, the prince jumps in a magic mirror and falls over Virginia in the Central Park. Wolf and the trolls also jump in the Central Park to find the prince. When Wolf meets Tony, he offers a magic beam with six wishes to know where Virginia is. Tony gets in trouble with his wishes and together with Virginia, they jump in the magic mirror to escape from the police and they arrive in the 4th Kingdom. They decide to help the prince to retrieve his human form and they live the adventure of their lives in the nine kingdoms of the fairytale land.
- Virginia hides from the Troll kids at her grandma's, while Tony is busy with his new servants. The Trolls are still trapped in the broken elevator, and they are trying to find a way to break "the spell" they think Virginia cast on them. Wolf tries to eat Virginia's Grandma but decides he can't when he meets Virginia. She escapes with Prince by pushing him through a window. Then he visits a shrink to try and decide if he is in love with Virginia or if he just wants to eat her.
- The Troll kids are taking an unconscious Virginia to their kingdom to torture her, meanwhile Tony must find a way to escape the Snow White Memorial prison. News about the Evil Queen's prison break is all around the nine kingdoms. The Evil Queen rides undetected in Prince Wendell's coach with the false prince. Wolf realizes he loves Virginia, and he becomes determined to help her escape the Trolls and reunite her with her father.
- The journey continues and the team now travels in a boat trying to find Acorn the Dwarf that has the Magic Traveling Mirror. When they reach River Town, Acorn the Dwarf has already left and has gone through The Disenchanted Forest. Prince found his body, but in search for help, he ends soon escaping from the the Kid Trolls, Tony tries to help, but accidentally turns all them into a golden statue. They continue traveling through The Disenchanted Forest but the Evil Queen's Huntsman follows them. Gypsies give them shelter for the night.
- The Evil Queen's Huntsman has captured Virginia. The queen sends a letter to Prince Wendell's council explaining that The Prince had an injury and he is staying in his Hunting lodge to recover. In the meantime, Tony and Wolf are looking for a Magic Axe that will break a curse cast on Virginia's hair. With the help of the magic birds, they can knock down the Huntsman and they finally find Acorn the Dwarf. But the mirror was sold, and Virginia, Tony and Wolf must go to the Little Lamb Village to find it.
- Driven by the moon influence, Wolf kills some of the Peeps' chickens. Virginia ties him up so he won't hurt anyone or anything else. Tony makes Virginia sign up for "The Best Sheep and Shepherdess" contest to win The Mirror. Virginia wins but Wolf is convicted for the murder of Sally Peep. Virginia decides not to go home just yet but to stay and help prove his innocence. Tony uncovers the truth about the Magic Wishing Well but in the lost time the mirror is gone again.
- The team reaches Kissing Town, the place where Snow White was saved from her deadly sleep by a prince's kiss. They all begin gambling to get enough money to buy The Mirror from an auction house. Wolf hits a jackpot but decided to win Virginia's love, he spends all of his money on a Singing Engagement Ring and other presents for Virginia. The Huntsman outbids them at the auction and then blackmails Tony. If Tony doesn't give him the Prince he will smash the mirror. Virginia is mad at Wolf for lying so she turns his proposal down. Tony comes out with a plan to get the mirror and save the Prince. The Evil Queen plans to kill the Troll King with a poisoned apple.
- On the back of the broken mirror Tony and Virginia find an inscription "Manufactured by the Dwarves of Dragon Mountain" so they decide to go to there hoping to find another mirror that could bring them back home. In the mountain, they meet dwarves who inform them that three Traveling Mirrors were made. The only one left is in possession of the Evil Queen. Tony's bad luck causes him to break all the magic mirrors. The dwarves become angry and chase them so Virginia and Tony run to deeper into the mountain to escape. Tony's bad luck strikes again and he breaks his back. While looking for help, Virginia and Prince find Snow White's grave and the legendary Snow White shows herself.
- The Trolls, now teamed up with the Huntsman, have captured Virginia, Tony and Prince. Meanwhile, The Evil Queen prepares the false Wendell's coronation. Tony and Virginia manage to escape, but Prince is left behind. On their way to Wendell's castle to stop the coronation, they decide to take a shortcut through the Deadly Swamp. There, Virginia finds the body of "The Swamp Witch" (Snow White's evil stepmother.) Tony eats some magic singing mushrooms and drinks the swamp water, and Virginia joins him. The mushrooms and swamp water make them fall into a dream filled sleep and swamp vines begin to cover them.
- Despite Corney and Bumble's attempts to extort money from him, Monks gets the upper hand.
- Oliver is welcomed into the colorful and seductive world of Fagin and his gang, and before long Dodger is teaching Oliver "the graft."
- Fagin is intrigued by Monks' hatred of Oliver and reasons that if Monks is prepared to pay to have him killed, someone else will pay to keep him safe.
- Sikes escapes back to London with a badly wounded Oliver. Nancy nurses him, determined to save his life.