Ben Robinson retraces the dramatic last days of King John, England's most disastrous monarch, and uncovers the legend of his lost treasure. Ten days took King John from ruler of an empire to sudden death, and left the kingdom in ruins. John is famous for the creation of Magna Carta, which inspired our modern democracy. Ben follows in the footsteps of the King's epic last journey, from the treacherous marshes of East Anglia, through Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, to his final resting place in Worcester. He is joined by medieval historian professor Stephen Church. Together they examine the truth behind the legend that has lived on for 800 years. Did the crown jewels really end up in the mud of the Wash Was the King poisoned Does he deserve his reputation as our most disastrous monarch Thanks to unique documents, we can tell this epic tale in the King's own words. Not only can we get into the mind of the Magna Carta King, we can reveal in fantastic detail how and where he travelled. Ben reveals what happened when treasure seekers attempted to find the King's lost jewels with the help of a diviner. And using the latest technology reveals how we can actually see back in time to reveal the landscape as it would have looked when King John made his last journey 800 years ago.
In Javanese culture, Sengkolo is a negative entity that often haunts humans, brings bad luck and brings disaster. On the first night of Suro, Sengkolo moved to target several weton who were his prey.
Through the eyes of a young girl uprooted from Yugoslavia to Denmark, we watch a family navigate a new world and rebuild their lives while holding on to what they left behind. Home speaks to belonging, sacrifice and the generations shaped by displacement. Maja is six years old when most of her family moves from the Yugoslav SFR to Denmark, leaving her two brothers behind for the time being, waiting to follow the rest to the promised land. Denmark proves to be far from the welcoming haven they imagined. There is a new language to learn, new customs to navigate, new skies to understand. Did they really want to stay? Maja grows up in Denmark, builds a life and a career there as an artist, yet she cannot forget all that her parents left behind. Actress-turned-director Marijana Janković was the same age as Maja when her own family left Ivangrad (today Berane) for the European north, and that is only the most superficial similarity between the two. As two of her leading men, fellow Ivangradian Dejan Čukić and Osijek’s one and only Zlatko Burić, will surely know, the details of Maja’s or Marijana’s story may be specific, but the larger flow of things has remained the same across generations and countries of origin.
The script centres on Marianne, the wife of a wealthy industrialist, envied and admired, model spouse and devoted housewife. She’s about to turn 40 and the comfort of the large family home has slowly closed its merciless trap on her. The prisoner of an inextricable network of social, family and marital obligations, accomplice of her own erasure, she has denied herself, without ...
A young American woman with health challenges finds unexpected romance with a charismatic local during her summer in Majorca, forcing her to weigh her heart's desires against family obligations and her planned return home.
A young American woman with health challenges finds unexpected romance with a charismatic local during her summer in Majorca, forcing her to weigh her heart's desires against family obligations and her planned return home.
When a covert rescue mission goes wrong, four former Navy SEALs are captured and thrown into an underground death match. Watched by depraved billionaires, they are forced to fight in a brutal tournament. With no weapons and no way out, the team must rely on their training and unbreakable bond to survive the bloody arena, dismantle the entire operation and reclaim their freedom.