
A boy in a sleepy town on the Mississippi who would rather do anything than sit still. Whitewashing a fence, playing pirates, hunting for treasure - a whole summer of mischief and small-town life along the great river.

Two boys born on the same day in Tudor England - a prince in the palace and a beggar in the streets - discover they look exactly alike. On a whim they trade clothes, and each finds himself living the other's life.

Tom Sawyer's friend Huck runs from a life he can no longer stand and sets off down the Mississippi on a raft, together with Jim, a runaway slave. Their journey along the great river becomes a long, honest look at freedom, friendship and the country around them.

A practical American engineer takes a blow to the head and wakes up in the England of King Arthur, among knights and wizards. Armed with nineteenth-century know-how, he sets about remaking the sixth century in his own image.