The Maiden and The Dragon

8 Episodes

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Life in Sunderland in 1377

2024-12-1304:01

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

2024-12-1328:39

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

2024-12-1329:25

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

2024-12-1329:43

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

2024-12-1334:24

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.

5. The Vorpal Sword

2024-12-1329:09

The Lambton's hold the creature's fate in their hands. But Marian knows its true nature and is in a race against time to convince them to abandon their plan.

6. The myth and the truth

2024-12-1332:50

All Marian and the creature ever wanted is freedom. All the Lambtons wanted was to be remembered. Who will win, who will lose? Marian's story concludes, for now.

Introduction

2024-11-1001:49

Meet Marian, and her life. All six episodes released FRIDAY 13th DECEMBER.

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