Christopher Lee

The Discworld - a magical realm quite unlike, yet hauntingly familiar to, ours - has got it's first tourist Twoflower. Rincewind, an inept ex-student wizard is given the task of guiding Twoflower through the city state of Ankh Morpork. Rincewind has two problems: firstly, as an expert coward, he doesn't feel he's the best person to guard a naive - and extremely rich, by local standards - tourist through one of the roughest cities in the multiverse. And secondly, the world is coming to an end. Never rains, eh?

At the Castle of Gormenghast, the Groan family has ruled with dusty ceremony for more than seventy generations. A clever and ambitious new kitchen boy, Steerpike, begins to insinuate himself into the affections of Lady Fuchsia Groan and to murder his way to power.

Violence has been used as a political tool for centuries. This video series looks at some of the most infamous terrorist groups to see how terrorism made history and transformed society.

The 1997 six-part BBC adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's adventure novel centering around a brave knight who opposes the ruthless Prince John.

This 1997 American fantasy-adventure TV miniseries was based on the ancient Greek epic poem by Homer, The Odyssey. Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, the miniseries aired on NBC in two-parts beginning on May 18, 1997. The series won the award for "Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Special." It was filmed in Malta, Turkey, parts of England and many other places around the Mediterranean. The cast includes Armand Assante, Greta Scacchi, Irene Papas, Isabella Rossellini, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Lee and Vanessa Williams.

100 Years of Horror is the first show of its kind ever produced; chronicling the history of movie horror from the earliest experimental chillers through the unforgettable "golden age of movie monsters", and on through today's terrifying fright films.

This 10-part 10 hour docu-drama depicts the life of Zulu warrior Shaka, an early 19th century soldier and King who through brilliant but ruthless tactics, united the smaller neighboring kingdoms in his Southeast African region, into a single Zulu nation. Interweaving historic fact with cultural practices, rituals, and mythologies, Shaka is revealed to be one of the greatest modern military figures on the African continent

Adapted from M.M. Kaye's best-selling novel, this dramatic HBO miniseries follows two star-crossed lovers - the young British officer Ash (Ben Cross) and the betrothed princess Anjuli (Amy Irving) - as they face daunting odds in their quest to be together. Set in India during the time of the British Raj, this haunting (and BAFTA-nominated) love story features spectacular scenery and an epic saga of battle, treachery and intrigue.

A collection of ghost stories, mostly adapted from the short stories of M.R. James that were aired over the Christmas holidays. Originally an annual event for eight years they were then followed by various other ghost stories in the 1980s and 2000s.

Horror legend Christopher Lee hosts and narrates a series of four half hour ghost stories all based on stories by M.R. James. 'The Stalls of Barchester', 'The Ash Tree', 'Number 13' and 'A Warning to the Curious' are the tales told.