Plot: The often forgotten story of Irish missionaries in China between 1920 and 1954, at times of political chaos, famine, floods and war. A short multilingual series looking at four decades of Irish catholic missionary activity in China. From 1920 to 1954, hundreds of Irish men and women served as Roman...
Plot: English historian Helen Castor presents this three-part BBC miniseries about the astonishing true story of the first reigning Queen of England, Lady Jane Grey. The known history about Lady Jane Grey is that she was an innocent teen who was put on the throne before being beheaded as a traitor after...
Plot: A tyrant is defined as a ruler who exercises absolute power oppressively or brutally. That definition fits Henry VIII, at least by the end of his reign as king of England. Henry's ascension to the throne was greeted with much rejoicing in 1509. The nation was filled with hope. But by the time he died...