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- Five strangers witness the death of a former government official in an elevator of a luxurious hotel and they soon find themselves tangled in a huge mystery.
- The year is A.D. 1492. Evil lurks in the forest around the city of Thessaloniki, the second biggest city in the Byzantine Empire, now and a conquered city by the Muslim Turks. Thessaloniki, a city full of legends, of tales and memories, folk tales of the Byzantine era, about vampires and fairies and tales about creatures that come from Jewish tradition and sages, about Vampires and Golems. Driven away by the Inquisition and the Spanish kings who at the same time saluted the ships of Columbus to the New World, the Spanish Jews, came to Thessaloniki creating the second biggest community outside their native land. Thessaloniki would eventually be the New Jerusalem.
- The International Six Days Enduro is one of the toughest off-road motorcycle events ever conceived. First run in 1913 it has become the premiere test of rider and machine. The ISDE is held in a different country each year., this year 440 of the best riders in the world gathered in Serres Greece for the 83rd running of the event. With additional material including helmet camera and interviews with riders.
- Vampires existed in the Greek Mythology long before they appeared in Western culture. Some the vampires entities were Mormolikies, Empouses and Lamia. Legend says that Lamia was one of the daughters of Poseidon and nymph Lybia. And Zeus fell in love with her. But Hera learned about Zeus infidelity and send madness to Lamia. She gave her the lust for blood, the everlasting thirst for human blood. So Lamia fed upon the blood of newborns. She was the first vampire according to the Greek mythology. She was the terror of all, capable of tearing her eyes apart and ready to devour all human blood around her. From Aristiotle to Strabo and Stisichorus, all mention the terror of her deeds and image.
- Documentary on the Second Balkan War of June-August 1913.
- Joanna Lumley travels to northwest corner of Greece and visits the island of Corfu. Now a major holiday destination, the island has been fought over for centuries given its strategic location. There is a strong British influence on the island and Joanna visits one of the island's beautiful homes. In the town of Corfu, she walks the narrow streets in the center of the town where in the main square, there is a cricket pitch. She also visits a marching brass band one of more than 20 on the island. From Corfu, she travels overland to the far Eastern corner of Greece. On the way she tours a monastery visited by Lord Byron; in the town of Nigrita, she witnesses traditional Greek wrestling; at Philippi she visits a baptistery where St. Paul preached the gospel for the first time on European soil; and learns about the migration of Christians and Muslims when the border between Greece and Turkey was set in 1923. This leg of her trips ends with a visit to a military base along the sensitive Greco-Turkish border.