In the middle of war, betrayal and a scandal that shocked 14th century Europe, Poland's first female king found a higher calling.

How could a master of writing about the human condition be so blind to the effects of his own incendiary passions?

Richard and Mildred Loving were roughly awakened in their own bed in the middle of the night by Virginia police for the crime of being married in 1958. Their story changed more than just the law...

A real love that has survived over four thousand years? There is such a thing. Meet Kahai and Meritites as they journey through this life and the next.

Love and death walk hand in hand as we meet star-crossed lovers English poet Percy Shelley and the author of Frankenstein, his wife, Mary Shelley.

Love's greatest power is it's availability to all - even the unlikable and the unwilling. Impressionist painters Edgar Degas and Mary Cassatt were two such souls.

Scandal, thunder and immortal fame follow these lovers set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars.

The conqueror of the known world - the man known to history as Alexander the Great - and his soul mate Hephaestion.

Musician husband and wife Clara and Robert Schumann are the pop stars and media influencers of their day in 19th century Europe. Their lives - but perhaps not their destinies - are forever altered when a scruffy young musician appears on their doorstep one day.

Two of the greatest poets of China's Tang Dynasty are featured in The Pipa Song and The Lament of Li Shangyin. Both poems feature original music composed in this style.