October 1940. Bombs are falling on Stratford when air-raid warden Sylvia Parks sees a house with a l..

London 1896. Madame Tussauds opens to find one of its nightwatchmen decapitated and his colleague no..

York railway station December 1925. Detective Inspector Jim Stringer is enjoying a pint in the Parlo..

Bombay 1950. For over a century one of the world's great treasures a 600-hundred-year-old copy of Da..

In 1360 the Great Bridge over the River Cam is close to collapse. As arguments rage over raising the..

When Hollywood wants to do a remake of the film that made Tode Hall famous India and Egbert are deli..

On a freezing winter's night the residents of Thorncroft House are roused from their beds by an unex..

November 1940. Darkness descends and another anxious night begins for those tasked with guarding the..

It is February 1912 when barrister Daniel Pitt is reunited with his old college friend Inspector Ian..

1939. War has been declared and spymaster Fitzroy wastes no time in preparing his goddaughter Hope f..

September 1940. The height of the Blitz. When The Savoy advertises its series of underground shelter..

1937. War with Germany is dawning and a civil war already raging in Spain. Split across political li..

Meet Lord James Harrington and his wife Beth. They adore hosting seasonal events in the village of C..

Christmas Eve 1938. The Westbury family and assorted friends have gathered for another legendary cel..

July 1794 and the streets of London are filled with rumours of revolution. Laurence Jago - clerk to ..