Romerrigets kejser udpeger hærføreren Maximus som sin efterfølger, men kejserens magtbegærlige søn Commodus har andre planer. Han lader Maximus' familie myrde, mens Maximus undslipper, hårdt såret. Maximus bliver gjort til slave og trænet som gladiator. Hans berømmelse i arenaen vokser hurtigt, men selv lever han kun for at hævne sin familie. Og en dag bliver han sendt til Rom for at kæmpe i Colosseum for øjnene af den nye kejser - Commodus.
Den kendte filosof Bruno Oja er flyttet langt op til Lapland for at nedfælde sin vision for Finlands næste 100 år. Sidst på efteråret modtager han en invitation til præsidentens store fest, hvor det officielle Finland fejrer landets 100 års selvstændighed. Sammen med sin nye ven Jallu, begynder Bruno den 1200 km lange køretur mod Helsinki. På rejsen møder de ensomme, ulykkelige og xenofobiske mennesker, som repræsenterer et helt andet Finland end det, Bruno skriver om. Sammen med Jallu lykkes det Bruno at hjælpe dem, og da Jallu pludselig får et ildebefindende, må Bruno vælge. Skal han blive hos sin nye ven eller nå frem til den officielle fejring?
After a reunion with her past, Tamara - a Jewish ex-orthodox turned feminist rocker - separates from her boyfriend, rebelling against romantic love and monogamy to embark on a path of exploration in search of her own desire.
Believe Nothing is a British ITV sitcom starring Rik Mayall as Quadruple Professor Adonis Cnut, the cleverest man in Britain, and Oxford's leading moral philosopher. He is paid huge amounts of money for his views consulted by the government but he's bored and wants adventure so he joins the shadowy organization The Council which controls everything going on in the world. Starring alongside Mayall is Michael Maloney as Brian Albumen, Cnut's faithful servant, and Emily Bruni as Dr. Hannah Awkward who becomes professor of pedantics. The series was written by Maurice Gran and Laurence Marks, who give a twist to many of today's global issues. Although much hyped by ITV, who were hoping to repeat the success of Gran and Marks' previous project with Mayall, the successful The New Statesman, the series failed to catch on, and was dropped after one series.
Polish-Flemish philosopher Alicja Gescinska interviews national and international personalities with diverse philosophical and religious backgrounds.
Historian Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world - Karl Marx, Frederick Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud.
