Die Geschichte der Fantasy

Wonderland: From JM Barrie to JRR Tolkien

2025

An extraordinary variety of writers, who often suffered terrible adversity throughout their lives, created wonderful places full of happiness in which children lived far from the sorrows of adult life.

Literal

2025

The Philosophical Cafe

2025

A journey that tells the thought of the greatest protagonists of Western philosophy, from its origins to the great thinkers of the twentieth century, through the story of great contemporary philosophers.

Odyssey: Behind the Myth

2025

Who was Homer, and what is the meaning of The Odyssey? In this documentary we follow the footsteps of Ulysses, also known by his Greek name Odysseus—a hero as relevant today as he was nearly three thousand years ago, on a journey across some of the most fascinating landscapes and seascapes of the Mediterranean region. With the help of prominent international scholars, we seek to resolve the questions that still surround one of humanity’s greatest literary works and its enigmatic author.

Lecture Room

2025

Ren Faire

2025

When the ailing king of America's largest renaissance festival declares his retirement, an epic power struggle ensues between an actor, a former elephant trainer, and a kettle-corn kingpin to claim his throne.

The Great American Read

2025

A journey through America that introduces our list of the 100 best-loved books and explores the many ways in which these novels affect, reflect and connect us all.

Boswell & Johnson's Scottish Road Trip

2025

Following comedian Frank Skinner and Scottish crime writer Denise Mina as they team up to recreate James Boswell's and Dr Johnson's 18th century trip through Scotland to the Hebrides.

Ven Acá... con Eugenia León y Pavel Granados

2025

It's Lit!

2025

A series of smart, funny video essays from PBS Digital Studios about their favorite books and why they love to read. Host Lindsay Ellis delves into topics like the evolution of YA, how science fiction mirrors our own anxieties, and why the book is sometimes just a _bit_ better than the movie.

Crash Course Literature

2025

John Green teaches you literature in an exciting, entertaining, and endlessly informative manner.

The Vampires

2025

Two young women are drawn to an abandoned ship and find themselves trapped there overnight. They encounter three mysterious ladies and begin to piece together a story about love, protection and longing.

The Everyday Tales of a Cat God

2025

The Legend of Luo Xiaohei

2025

The story begins on a rainy night, when a homeless little black cat is brought home by a young girl Luo Xiaobai. She names the cat Luo Xiao Hei. However, Luo Xiao Hei is no ordinary cat: he is a supernatural entity that hosts several small creatures called Heixiu. As Luo Xiao Hei new life soon threatened by the mysterious Diting, who commands three winged wolves.

The Witch

2025

The story of a woman who is kicked out of her village and called a "witch" when the men that she likes get hurt or die, and a man who risks his life to try to save her from the law of death.