A brief history of Medieval Sunderland that gives you the perfect introduction to the realities of everyday life in the year that the drama opens...
1. All's well that starts well
13-12-2024 | 28 Min.
13yr old Marian is having bad dreams about her late mother, she's cooking and cleaning up after everyone, and now her father means to have her married off in the next year. But a visit to the village well is the start of a whole new story...
2. Raising a dragon
13-12-2024 | 29 Min.
As Lord Lambton's son & heir, John, faces the consequences of disobeying his father, Marian seeks the counsel of Wise Woman Charlotte about the strange creature she saved from the well. She has a lot of work ahead of her.
3. Strange harvest
13-12-2024 | 29 Min.
Some unexpected help with the annual harvest delights the villagers, but the Reeve is getting angry as Marian and her creature test his patience to breaking point. Meanwhile, an unwelcome marriage proposal brings things to a head for Marian.
4. The worm turns
13-12-2024 | 34 Min.
An increasingly frustrated Reeve hatches a terrible plan of revenge. As things get out of hand, the villagers start to see the creature very differently.
Medieval drama series.
Marian is a 13yr old girl who longs to have control over her own destiny, to be free. But she lives in a small village in Northumbria, England.
And the year is... 1377. Freedom is nowhere to be seen. Until, one day she finds a strange creature down the village well, and everything changes...
Real historical events and medieval village setting blend with ancient folklore.