The Roman Mysteries (Complete Series 1 & 2) - 4-DVD Box Set ( The Roman Mysteries - Complete Series One and Two )

The Roman Mysteries (Complete Series 1 & 2) - 4-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: The Roman Mysteries - Complete Series One and Two
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
540 min + Extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2007 - 2008 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Paul Marcus

Written By:
Olivia Hetreed

Actors:
Roger Ashton-Griffiths ..... Tascius Pomponianus
Natasha Barrero ..... Miriam
Rebekah Brookes-Murrell ..... Nubia
Simon Callow ..... Pliny
Sara Harris Davies ..... Alma
Nicholas Hewetson ..... Pinguis
Francesca Isherwood ..... Flavia
Eli Machover ..... Jonathan
Stephen Mapes ..... Mordecai
Eoin McCarthy ..... Marcus / Gaius
Richard Ridings ..... Venalicius
Harry Stott ..... Lupus

Synopsis:

The fantastic series now available in one complete set for the very first time! This absorbing children s television drama, the biggest ever made in the UK and shot entirely on location, follows four friends Flavia, Nubia, Jonathan and Lupus as they struggle to live through one of history s most turbulent times. With many comparisons to the lives of youngsters today, they deal with issues of prejudice, violence and the environment wrapped up in riveting stories of mystery and suspense. Based on the million-selling books by Caroline Lawrence, this lavish production stars Simon Callow (Four Weddings And A Funeral, Shakespeare In Love, A Room With A View) as Pliny.

Season 1
The Secrets of Vesuvius S1, Ep1 8 May 2007
AD 79:- In the Roman port of Ostia Flavia Gemina, daughter of a prosperous citizen, meets Jonathan, her Jewish next door neighbour. Later Flavia buys a personal slave, an African girl whom she calls Nubia and the trio travel to the outskirts of Pompeii to stay with Flavia's uncle Gaius, discovering a mute boy, Lupus, has stowed away on board the ship. They rescue Pliny the Elder, the Roman writer and naturalist from drowning, but, during the Feast of Vulcan, it becomes apparent to Flavia that the volcanic mountain Vesuvius is about to erupt and, although she and her ...
The Pirates of Pompeii S1, Ep2 3 Jul. 2007
In the confusion following Vesuvius's eruption children appear to be missing and a girl called Julia asks Flavia to help find her brother, whom she believes has been kidnapped by slavers. Flavia suspects local patron Felix of being behind the abductions and goes, with her group, to his house, where she is shocked at the cruel treatment Felix's daughter Pulchra gives her slave. After Pulchra has beaten her too Nubia escapes with Kuanto, a runaway slave but soon Flavia and her friends have been captured by pirates. Only Lupus escapes and runs back for Felix to help. ...
The Assassins of Rome S1, Ep3 17 Jul. 2007
Jonathan's uncle Simeon comes to tell Jonathan that his mother, Susannah, was not killed at the siege of Jerusalem but is living in Rome as a slave to the emperor Titus. The two travel to Rome but are captured and Simeon is recognized as a former zealot who fought the Romans. He and Jonathan are placed in the Golden House, the quarter for Jewish slaves but, using one of the building's many secret passages, Jonathan gets to see his mother. Flavia and her party arrive in Rome to try and free Jonathan and thwart an assassination attempt. As a result Titus frees the ...
The Dolphins of Laurentum S1, Ep4 31 Jul. 2007
Flavia's father has been ruined by the eruption of Vesuvius and, as the bankers come to repossess the villa, she and her friends go to Laurentum to stay with Pliny's young nephew, also called Pliny. He tells them that there is supposed to be a fabulous treasure buried just off the coast and Lupus becomes obsessed with diving to find it, especially as he sees the dolphins as good omen. However he almost dies after an octopus attack and is revived by Jonathan. Venalicius, the pirate leader, is also after the treasure and Lupus reveals that the man is his uncle, who ...
The Enemies of Jupiter S1, Ep5 14 Aug. 2007
Jonathan is upset that his father Mordecai is to marry his girlfriend Miriam and still holds out hope of reconciling him with Susannah. When plague sweeps through Rome Mordecai, as a doctor, is summoned to help, taking the children with him. Titus has had a prophetic dream in which a Prometheus will open Pandora's box and destroy Rome. Flavia believes this refers to Berenice, Titus's former partner, now confined to her quarters, in which a box taken to be the Ark of the Covenant is found. Jonathan is persuaded by Agathus, a slave with a grudge, to kill Titus but ...
Season 2
The Gladiators from Capua S2, Ep1 2008
The children join an admiring crowd reveling at the arrival in Ostia port of gladiators from the famous Capua training school, although they are bought by the ambitious senator Africanus to entertain emperor Domitian privately. After Nubia wonders if her never before mentioned brother-gladiator Tahaqo could be among them, Jonathan and Caudex go see for themselves, but the trainer Barbatus, who sold off Caudex as slave once for refusing to kill, seizes them both, despite his golden ring from Titus, to replace a gladiator who was bitten while feeding the tiger and puts ...
The Trials of Flavia Gemina S2, Ep2 2008
Ostia is puzzled by the arrival of an abandoned ship. Lupus finds inside a scared, wounded sailor, which armed men take 'back' by force from Mordechai's care. Caudex's claim to have seen a 'Stymphalian (hellish) bird' in the woods is disregarded until poet Aristo faces a lion there. Flavia, however, is only interested in the mystery of her father Marcus's lover Cautilia, strangely finding clues fitting a fresco on Hercules' trials. She abuses her election as fool's king in the Saturnalia to take the gang snooping in the widow's past and accuses her of using a ...
The Colossus of Rhodes S2, Ep3 2008
Lupus escapes capture by slave traders but his friend Porcius and others are taken. Using his uncle's former slave ship Lupus sails, with Flavia, Nubia and Jonathan, to Rhodes where it is believed that Magnus, said by many to be a giant, master-minds the slave trade. Flavia, Jonathan and Nubia are all captured by Magnus and his men but Lupus alerts the authorities, who free them though Magnus escapes. Also Lupus is dismayed to hear that his mother Melissa, whom he believed was on the island, has gone to Greece as a priestess of Apollo.
The Fugitive from Corinth S2, Ep4 2008
Flavia's tutor, the Greek Aristo, needs to return to his home town of Corinth but Flavia's father, Marcus, disallows it. Later Marcus is found stabbed with Aristo leaning over him. Aristo flees to the hills and Flavia, Nubia and Lupus, along with bodyguard Caudex, pursue him, only Nubia believing in his innocence, whilst Jonathan stays behind to help his father save Marcus's life. Once in the hills Flavia discovers that Aristo has a brother Dion, who is also looking for him and whose appearance can solve what really happened.
The Slave Girl from Jerusalem S2, Ep5 2008
Jonathan's sister Miriam brings Hephzibah, a childhood friend, to Ostia. Hephzibah was a slave to the wealthy Dives, who freed her just before he died, but she has no witness to the fact and Dives' son Celo is accusing her of being behind his father's death. Flavia brings poet and aspiring lawyer Flaccus to plead Hephzibah's case and purveyor of sacred chickens Floridius is also brought forward as a witness but is killed.

Follows four children in Ancient Rome who solve a number of exciting, dangerous and challenging mysteries.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 20 July, 2015.