The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.

In a parallel universe, after overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.

Rob's girlfriend Linsey has just dumped him for 'Blue' singer Duncan James. And to make matters worse, they're getting married and Rob has been invited to the wedding. Rob is now on the search for a date to bring to the wedding.

A BBC adaptation of the Victorian "penny dreadful" tale of 19th century "demon barber" Sweeney Todd, of Fleet Street, who cuts the throats of unsuspecting clients in his London shop.