故事发生在1830年的欧洲，帕格尼尼（大卫·葛瑞特 David Garrett 饰）是一位风流成性但极富才华的小提琴演奏家，此时，帕格尼尼正处在职业的巅峰期，在经纪人乌尔巴尼（杰瑞德·哈里斯 Jared Harris 饰）的协助之下，帕格尼尼用自己的音乐征服了整个欧洲。
　　然而，个性古板而又保守的伦敦市民们却并不买帕格尼尼的账，于是，乌尔巴尼开始筹备起了帕格尼尼在伦敦的首演计划，为这个计划提供协助的，还有来自英国的经纪人约翰（克里斯蒂安·麦凯 Christian McKay 饰）和他的情妇伊丽莎白（维罗尼卡·费瑞尔 Veronica Ferres 饰）。一场意外让帕格尼尼不得不寄宿在约翰家中，在这里，帕格尼尼的“老毛病”发作了。

　　该剧讲述一次外星人的攻击让地球上的人类几乎消灭殆尽，只有少数人类还在为生存而战。艾米丽(埃德加-琼斯饰)发现她能与外星人产生奇怪的个人联系。在第二季中，入侵者是人类的可能性弄得所有人晕头转向，等待他们的是一场夺回地球的紧张战斗。霍华德·欧尔曼(《梅林传奇》)操刀剧本。该 剧将于6月6日登陆EPIX。
　　Set-in present-day Europe, War of the Worlds is a multi-faceted series, based on the story by H.G. Wells.   When astronomers detect a transmission from another galaxy, it is definitive proof of intelligent extra-terrestrial life. The world’s population waits for further contact with baited breath. They do not have to wait long. Within days, mankind is all but wiped out; just pockets of humanity are left in an eerily deserted world.
　　As alien ships appear in the sky, the survivors ask a burning question – who are these attackers and why are they hell-bent on our destruction? This is a story of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances - but they are more than just victims in a brutal war. For, as we will come to realize, the aliens’ savage attack on earth is not arbitrary: its seeds are being sown before our very eyes.