Arrogant, irascible, and misogynistic professor of phonetics Henry Higgins believes that the accent and tone of one's voice determines a person's prospects in society. He boasts to a new acquaintance, Colonel Hugh Pickering--also an expert in phonetics--that he could teach any woman to speak so "properly" that he could pass her off as a duchess at an embassy ball. He chooses as an example a sassy, young working-class London flower seller from the...

A collection of four of Oscar Wilde's masterpieces. The importance of being earnest: Two young men have taken to bending the truth in order to add excitement to their lives. However, their deceptions eventually cross paths, resulting in a series of crises that threaten to spoil their romantic pursuits. Picture of Dorian Gray: Presents the story of a wealthy English gentleman who gradually sinks into a life of dissipation and crime. Ideal husband:...

A dramatized biography of the peasant girl who led the French army to victory against the English, and paved the way for the coronation of King Charles VII.

The Musgrave ritual: Sherlock Holmes shows his knowledge of trigonometry and cracks a 250-year-old code in the Musgrave Ritual. The legendary detective also reveals what the missing butler saw and where he is to be found, and also discovers an object of great historical importance. Man with the twisted lip: Wealthy Neville St. Clair mysteriously disappears. Oddly, he was last seen at the window of a room in the seediest opium den in London. A hideous...

When the Duke of Holdernesse's son is kidnapped from his preparatory school, the Duke is determined to avoid publicity at any cost. Sherlock Holmes and Watson are sworn to secrecy as they begin one of the most complex cases of their career in which a death changes the course of many people's lives. Wisteria Lodge: Holmes and Watson become involved in one of the most baffling cases in their career when a foreign tyrant, a governess and an odd police...

Follows the life of vivacious, adventurous Jennie Jerome, who was Winston Churchill's American mother, despite strong objections from both families. Jennie Jerome: American heiress Jennie Jerome marries British aristocrat Lord Randolph Churchill. Lady Randolph: Jennie can't wait until her child is born so she can return to the whirl of London life. However, a feud with the Prince of Wales exiles her family to Ireland. Recovery: Randolph and Jennie...

The hound of the Baskervilles (aired in 1988): When latest heir to the Baskerville estate seems to be threatened by a family curse, only the master detective, Sherlock Holmes, can find out the truth. The last vampyre (aired in 1993): Sherlock Holmes investigates strange and tragic happenings in a village that appear linked to a man who seems to be like a vampire. The sign of four (aired in 1987): When a woman receives a series of valuable pearls...

Two wealthy, handsome couples--one English, one American--meet at a German spa and forge an immediate bond. Through nine seasons at the spa, the splendid foursome share the same tastes, the same desires, and the same elegantly perfect lives. But in a series of startling time and perspective shifts, we learn, little by little, just how far short of perfection their lives really were.