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- In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.
- Simon "The Saint" Templar (Val Kilmer), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.
- Set in the early 20th century, class distinctions and troubled relations affect the relationship between two families and the ownership of a cherished British estate known as Howards End.
- Tolkien's novels were inspired by his mom's storytelling, falling in love with another orphan, Edith, forming a brotherhood with 3 other misfits at school, the trench war of WWI and later telling stories to his own kids.
- C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned Christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham from the U.S.
- The turmoil in poet/playwright Oscar Wilde's life after he discovers his homosexuality.
- A poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to World War II.
- An unruly class of gifted and charming teenage boys are taught by two eccentric and innovative teachers, as their headmaster pushes for them all to get accepted into Oxford or Cambridge.
- A film about the battle between love and fear, between two stubborn men and their opposing beliefs and the outcome of the love stories of 3 couples.
- A young American hustler pursues the girl of his dreams to Oxford, where he must enroll to obtain her.
- At Oxford, Austrian student Anna von Graz (Jacqueline Sassard) is dating fellow student William (Michael York), whom she plans to marry, but she ends up involved with two unhappily married Oxford professors instead.
- Vivian Kenway (Sir Rex Harrison), a young Englishman from an aristocratic background, flunks out of Oxford, and decides to use his considerable charm to achieve his goal of, apparently, making dissipation his career. His derelictions include seduction, betrayals of sweethearts, family and friends, and marriage for money. All this with no signs of remorse or redemption, since his life as a completely unprincipled rake is quite enjoyable, for him, at least. Then, World War II breaks out and he is given a chance to die a heroic death for flag and country. Maybe.
- An autobiography of Sir John Betjeman, covering the period of his life up to the time he started his first job. Betjeman visits some of the places that played an important part in his early life, and narrates a blank-verse commentary.
- It is 500 years since the Reformation, when England broke away from the authority of the Catholic Church. This is the story of three books at the heart of the schism. Presented by Dr Janina Ramirez.
- Based loosely on a short story by Guy de Maupassant, the story is set in contemporary Oxford. It is the story of the summer three friends spend on the river punting and enjoying life and a girl they meet and each in turn fall for, and as each becomes the favourite of the girl the change in the relationships between the friends.
- A drug addled detective is hired to follow someone's girlfriend. Whilst following her he becomes obsessed with her.
- DI Robert Lewis teams up with DS James Hathaway to look into the murder of an Oxford mathematics student.
- A respected, dying Oxford don, husband of Morse's former fiancée, apparently shoots himself, but his doctor asserts that he was not capable of firing a gun.
- After a young woman aspiring to the priesthood dies while taking her exams, possibly from poison, Morse connects the death to a weight loss company.
- A vanished baronet and the theft of some of his collection of erotic art is investigated by Morse and Lewis.
- Among the suspects in the murder of a Greek chef and his sister are a Ancient Greek scholar, a dodgy British entrepreneur, and a Greek shipping magnate.
- A young blonde hitches a late lift from a bus stop and ends up dead in a pub car park.
- Anne Stavely, a friend of Morse's, ostensibly commits suicide at her home in Jericho, though Morse isn't convinced this is what happened.
- An environmentalist professor is mugged and later dies of a heart attack after an attack on campus just prior to a controversial debate.
- 1987–20001h 42mTV-147.6 (1.1K)TV EpisodeThe murder of a deaf university entrance examiner leads Morse and Lewis into a possible college cheating scandal.
- When a serial killer is murdered in prison, his deathbed confession disavows one of the murders he had previously confessed to. Morse wants to reopen the case.
- When Gwladys Probert, a world renowned mezzo-soprano, is shot by a sniper at Oxford, Morse, one of her biggest fans, sees a link with an earlier murder of a freelance journalist.
- Barnaby and Scott follow a trail of dead people involved in the collecting of rare orchids.
- 2006–20151h 33mTV-PG7.8 (872)TV EpisodeA middle-aged Oxford graduate is found murdered. The investigation implicates a senior university figure and leads to a long-hidden secret.
- A former criminal computer hacker turned best-selling celebrity and one of his student sponsors are murdered after being invited to lecture at Oxford.
- Sonia travels from London to Oxford to make a Birthday visit to her sister Frankie who has moved away and started a family. But Frankie takes the opportunity to make up for her lost youth, much to the younger girl's distaste.
- 2006–20151h 33mTV-PG8.3 (881)TV EpisodeThe murder of a maintenance worker at the Bodleian Library and the death of a popular Art student seem to be linked.
- Modern Protestant Movement and its Printing Press.
- The Age of Science and Reason (a product of Humanism and Christianity).
- James scrambles to mitigate the scandal's impact, while a devastated but determined Sophie remembers happier moments and Kate debates her next move.
- Brack quits his job in the nuclear power industry and joins energy consultant Harold Harlan.
- Kate questions Olivia about what happened in the elevator as Sophie reels from new information about James and pressure mounts on the prime minister.
- Sophie's suspicions crystallize after James discloses more details of that fateful night at Oxford. An apprehensive Kate awaits the verdict.
- Ahead of a critical day in court, Kate confides in a friend as Sophie pieces together the night she attend a university party with James and Holly.
- Sophie feels the fallout from the accusations swirling around James, who rallies a longtime friend for support. Kate prepares for her first witness.
- Needing time to think, Sophie takes the kids to the countryside. Kate's off her game in court. Memories surface of James' long ago encounter with Holly.
- A scholar obsessed with Lewis Carroll's poem "The Hunting of the Snark" is found buried in the botanical gardens frequented by the author during his life.
- The day after an alcoholic college professor who killed a young girl in a drunken accident is released from prison and returns home, he is run over by his own car.
- 2006–201545mTV-PG7.6 (479)TV EpisodeReuben's killer also murders his co-researcher and suspicion falls on fellow psychic Frank Mclean and tarot reader Justine Skinner.
- The death of a schoolgirl brings Endeavour back to Oxford. When he refuses to accept that the main suspect is guilty, Endeavour has to uncover the truth and rescue a victim before it is too late.