黑太子爱德华之子。继承祖父王位，但是实权被叔父兰开斯特公爵约翰·冈特把持。由于这个原因而记恨兰开斯特家。亲政后驱逐了堂弟兰开斯特公爵亨利，并没收其领地。1399年，亨利在国王远征爱尔兰时举兵拘捕了国王，并让国会同意将理查废黜，由亨利即位。兰开斯特王朝开始。
传说理查二世是手帕的发明者，英国王室札记这样写到：“国王用一小片衣物擦鼻子。”

百万富翁佛特斯库先生被毒死在自己的办公室，他的口袋里奇怪的放有黑麦；之后他年轻的妻子也被发现死在客厅里，死者身边有一块涂了蜂蜜，吃到一半的面包；接下去是可怜的女仆，死后鼻子上还邪门的夹着一根晒衣夹子。

Six couples arrive at out of term Chaucer College for a quiz weekend with a five grand prize. One of the contestants,womanizing know-all Ethan Croft,is murdered and another,Robyn Strong, is an old flame of his, disappointed he failed to recognize her. Ethan was a brilliant linguist but he was sacked from the college years earlier after an affair with a student, now married to another quizzer,whilst Eve,Robyn's quiz partner, is the next victim,after she has been heard arguing with Ethan. Passion, however, is not the motive, the killer being one whose guilty secret was exposed by Ethan's language skills over a past business transaction - with at least two suspects in the frame.

　　该系列于1832年在英国西约克郡创作，受到安妮·李斯特的真实故事和编码期刊的启发，继她试图重振她继承的家乡Shibdhen Hall之后。最值得注意的是，在这个时期，Lister计划的一部分是通过娶妻来帮助她自己家庭的命运。

The drama depicts a jury forced to consider a homicide trial. At the beginning, they have a nearly unanimous decision of guilty, with a single dissenter of not-guilty, who throughout the play sows a seed of reasonable doubt. The story begins after closing arguments have been presented in the homicide case, as the judge is giving his instructions to the jury. As in most American criminal cases, the twelve men must unanimously decide on a verdict of "guilty" or "not guilty". (In the justice systems of nearly all American states, failure to reach a unanimous verdict, a so-called "hung jury", results in a mistrial.) The case at hand pertains to whether a young man murdered his own father. The jury is further instructed that a guilty verdict will be accompanied by a mandatory death sentence. These twelve then move to the jury room, where they begin to become acquainted with the personalities of their peers. Throughout their deliberation, not a single juror calls another by his name because the names are unknown by the jurors. Several of the jurors have different reasons for discriminating against the witness: his race, his background, and the troubled relationship between one juror and his own son.
一名少年被控謀殺父親。法庭內，樓下老伯作供聲稱親耳聽到他大罵「我要殺死你」；對街女人作供聲稱親眼目睹他以刀刺進父親胸口；雜貨店老闆作供聲稱曾售賣兇器予少年。似乎，被判死刑將會是他的結局。
陪審團由十二位素未謀面的人組成，聽畢審訊退庭商議。無論陪審團作出任何裁決，必須一致。看似定局已成的判決由於其中一人的異議而爆發成激烈的爭論。十二名陪審員將如何決定少年的生死？

A mathematician and author, Luke Williams, is travelling up to London on a train when he meets a old lady, Lavinia Fullerton, who is also going to London, to Scotland Yard. Lavinia tells Luke that in her small village several people have died. The local police are certain that it was all accidental and are taking no action but Lavinia isn't convinced. In London Luke watches, horrified, as Lavinia is run over in a hit and run and he becomes convinced that she was telling the truth. He travels down to the village and with the aid of a local girl, who is also convinced that the deaths were murder, sets out to solve the mystery.

Lynley investigates the death of Nicola Maiden and Gerry Cole who were beaten to death while out camping. Nicola's father Andy Maiden is a retired police officer but neither of her parents know, or will admit to knowing, who Cole is and thought she was seeing Julian Britton. Andy believes she was killed as a means of getting back at him and offers to go through his old files. The investigation reveals that Nicola worked for Martin Reeve, the owner of an escort agency. She had recently quit and set off on her own. Andy had also put him away once, for 10 years, leading to the break-up of Reeve's marriage. When another murder occurs, it sends the investigation in a different direction involving a theft and blackmail. Sgt. Havers finds herself demoted and back in uniform for having shot a flare pistol at a senior officer who had put a child in danger. Lynley manages to get her assigned to the case and hopes she will take the opportunity to rehabilitate her reputation and her career.

Timothy West and Prunella Scales embark on spectacular canal journeys across Britain and abroad.

14世纪爆发的英法持续超过百年，法国节节败退，大部分国土都被英国占领了。就在这个时候，珍妮（米拉•乔沃维奇 Milla Jovovich 饰）出生在法国的穷乡僻壤中。年少起，珍妮就经常看到各种幻想。一次，她看到幻想并根据指示找到了一把剑，当她带着剑回到家时发现家里已遭英军蹂躏。珍妮知道是上天安排她来捍卫法国。于是她向当时的皇太子查理（约翰•马尔科维奇 John Malkovich 饰）请求率领一支军队去抗击英军。走投无路的查理答应了珍妮的请求。随后珍妮率领法军节节胜利，查理亦顺利登基。登基后的查理不再需要珍妮帮助，珍妮在以后的一次战斗中陷入困境但无人来救，她被英军捉住并带到了英国审批……

In March 1917, amidst World War I, a sealed train carries Russian revolutionaries, led by Lenin, from Germany to St. Petersburg. Along the journey, political tensions and personal dramas unfold, culminating in a historic arrival.

　　在名为Ankh-Morpork的城市里，现代科技取得了极大的进步。人们渐渐忘却传统的邮政系统，转而倾向于更加便利快捷的互联网络Clarks。但是Clarks并不稳定，由于系统经常崩溃，导致网络传输的速度越来越慢。Ankh-Morpork的领主维提奈瑞无法继续忍受Clarks的专横和缓慢，他决定服刑业已崩溃的传统邮政系统。维提奈瑞将复兴邮政的最佳人选锁定在莫瑞斯特·范·李维格的身上。这是一个头脑精明、狡猾非常的小骗子。维提奈瑞在即要关头就下了即将被绞死的莫瑞斯特，并委命他为邮局的局长。莫瑞斯特逃跑不能，不得已带领一帮老弱残兵与Clarks展开了对抗……

Lawrence Jackson and Eddie Myers could not be more different. Jackson is an ambitious young police officer saddled with the responsibilities of a wife and children. Myers is an escaped criminal turned informer, presumed dead. But as Jackson discovers whilst holidaying in Spain, Myers is very much alive. He has reinvented himself as Phillip von Joel, handsome, dangerously charismatic and very wealthy. Extradited back to England after a nerve-wracking Scotland Yard Operation, von Joel agrees to a deal with the Police, He'll tell what he knows - but only if Jackson is his interrogator. So begins a deadly game of cat and mouse between the master criminal and his determined minder. Which comes first - duty or temptation?