David Wallace

Wild plans for the girls to go on a weekend camp?out with the boys from Bates Academy have young Tootie apprehensive about going along.

Michael Wood traverses the Andes to tell the story of how an empire that extended from Ecuador to Chile was both "discovered" and destroyed by conquistador Francisco Pizarro and his men. Roving from glacier to rain forest, the historian uses Inca accounts to tell the tale of their resistance to the Spaniards.

This series aims to establish a chronology of the life of preeminent scribe William Shakespeare. The Bard's adventures during the 16th century and his inspiration for his work are performed in part here by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Michael Wood tells the story of the gambler and womanizer -- Hernán Cortés -- who brought down the Aztec empire. Tracing the explorer's journey from Spain to the Mayan pyramids of the Yucatán, the tropical forests of Tabasco and finally to Mexico City, Wood reveals how Cortés toppled Montezuma and his people.