1.1– When Ben Hawkin's mother dies he is not left with much, no family, no friends, no home and certainly no fond memories of a mother's love, so when a travelling carnival passes by, the offer of food and lodgings seem a good one, but this carnival is weirder than anything Jim Rose has thought up – which means Ben should fit in rather well as he nurses some secrets of his own. Meanwhile, an evangelical preacher receives a sign that hints at great power and glory and a battle to come. 1.2 – Ben find out more...

1.3 – The carnival meets resistance in the small town of Ripton and Ben and Sofie take the opportunity to search for more clues to Ben's past. Brother Justin's plans for his church fall foul of his regular congregation. 1.4 – Lodz test's Ben's powers while love is in the air for both Sofie and Samson and Brother Justin struggles with yet another ultimatum. find out more...

1.5 – Samson tries to lift the dampened spirits of his troupe, with a night out, with tragic results, meanwhile Ben is having a revelationary experience at the bottom of a mineshaft. 1.6 – The carnies are out for revenge while Brother Justin goes a-wandering. find out more...

1.7 – Brother Justin has a shattering vision about his past while his sister's search for him leads her to a journalist, Tommy Dolan, who offers to help. Back at the carnival, familiy rivalry creates discord between Rita, Sue and Stumpy and relationships deepen for Ben and Ruthie and Libby and Sofie. find out more...

1.9 – Plagued with nightmares, lack of sleep drives Ben to the edge and Lodz takes the opportunity to convince him to embrace his powers. At the carnival, business is poor but Lodz gets more than he bargained for during his psychic act. Iris's search for her brother continues and Tommy offers his support in more ways than one. 1.10 – Brother Justin finally returns to Mintern with a new vision for his ministry. find out more...

1.11 - Lodz continues to try and take advantage of a grieving Ben while things hot up in the Gay Paree tent and Sofie learns some devastating news. Balthus's concern grows about Brother Justin and Iris shows just how far she is willing to go to protect her brother. 1.12 - Ben finally gets to have a bow-wow with management while Stumpy, Rita, Sue and Jones come to an agreement, but Sofie is not so lucky. Brother Justin prophesises the coming Armageddon. find out more...

The object of this massive tribute died as he had always lived, without wealth, without property, without official title or office. Mahatma Gandhi was not the commander of armies, nor the ruler of vast lands, he could not boast any scientific achievement or artistic gift, yet men, governments, dignitaries from all over the world, have joined hands today to pay homage to the little brown man in the loin cloth who led his country to freedom. This quote is from his funeral, one of the greatest s find out more...

The man who broke the back of Catholicism, or certainly compacted a few vertebrae, Martin Luther, the German Augustinian who questioned the doctrine of the established church and created a Christian revolution. Set at the beginning of the 16th Century when Luther was still young, this is a lush dramatisation of the man behind the birth of the Protestant faith. find out more...

Among the lavish sets one can detect a plot in which one of Nero's Roman commanders falls in love with a Christian girl and they both get thrown to the lions. Ustinov barks, foams at the mouth, sets fire to the eternal city, and steals the show. Rivetting acting in one of the last great cinema epics.

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Set in the aftermath of WW1 we follow the degeneration of Rannulph Junuh, a veteran of the trenches who, before he went to war, was a golfer of enormous promise. Now haunted by the horrors he has seen, Rannulph keeps the nightmares at bay by burying himself in the bottle. Given one more opportunity to redeem himself in the form of a local celebrity golf match, Rannulph must find his long lost swing and in the process perhaps regain the love of the woman he left behind, and so appears the mysteri find out more...