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England, 15th century. Hal, a capricious prince who lives among the populace far from court, is forced by circumstances to reluctantly accept the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Timothée Chalamet

In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Gary Oldman

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the...

Genre: War

Cast: Michael Caine

The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ioan Gruffudd

In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Sean Connery

Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Richard Burton

In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

Genre: History

Cast: Laurence Olivier

A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill during a particularly troubled, though little-known,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Albert Finney

During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Trevor Howard

Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Derek Jacobi

Sir Walter Raleigh overcomes court intrigue to win favor with the Queen in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Richard Todd

An adaptation of the two parts of Henry IV.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ronald Pickup

Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose of revolting the Highland chieftains against the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: David Niven

The death of King Henry the Fourth and the coronation of King Henry the Fifth.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jon Finch

A countdown of the top 40 "Blackadder" moments chosen by cast and crew members, celebrity fans and 15 genuine Blackadders.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Rowan Atkinson

England, 11th century. William the Conqueror (ca. 1027-1087) wins the Battle of Hastings (1066), changing the shape of medieval Europe and the course...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Féodor Atkine

No man is an island, but Charley represents his nation in this economical cartoon tale of Britain’s economics.

Genre: Animation

Cast: Max Adrian

Long treated with indifference by critics and historians, British silent cinema has only recently undergone the reevaluation it has long deserved,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Matthew Sweet

A 1965 BBC adaptation of William Shakespeare's first historical tetralogy (1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI and Richard III), which deals with the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: David Warner

This documentary from BT Sport Films celebrates the life of two-time world champion biker Barry Sheene, paying homage to his trailblazing career.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Philip Glenister

A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Cillian Murphy

The story of Queen Victoria, who came to the throne at a time of great economic turbulence and resurgent republicanism – and died 64 years...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jenna Coleman

A sweeping epic of good and evil, treachery and intrigue, violence and beauty, a sensuous, spirited story set against a backdrop of war, religious...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Robert Bathurst

The comedian explores the British isles in her vintage camper van, Helen, taking in some dramatic scenery, unspoilt countryside and incredible...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Susan Calman

Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and...

Genre: Family

Cast:

The Indian Doctor is a British television drama set in the summer of 1963. Produced by Rondo Media and Avatar Productions, it was first broadcast on...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ayesha Dharker

In an ambitious and groundbreaking approach to drama and history featuring dramatic reconstruction, historian Lucy Worsley time travels back to the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Lucy Worsley

Camelot is a historical-fantasy-drama television series based on the Arthurian legend, was produced by Graham King, Morgan O'Sullivan and Michael...

Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Cast: Jamie Campbell Bower

The life of an orphan is changed by the providential intervention of a mysterious benefactor.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Douglas Booth

The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth's life: from her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror; through her great...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anne-Marie Duff

Follow Sugar into the underbelly of Victorian London seething with vitality, sexuality, ambition and emotion.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Gillian Anderson

Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alice Roberts

A behind-the-scenes drama and espionage thriller in Cold War-era England that centers on a journalist, a producer, and an anchorman for an...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ben Whishaw

Set during Christmas 1988, Lol is haunted by the devastating events that took place two and a half years before. She and Woody both find themselves...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Thomas Turgoose

In this blend of historical drama and original source material, the story of this decisive year is remagined, not from the saddles of kings and...

Genre: Action & Adventure

Cast: Ian Holm

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an 8-part 1981 drama serial based on the life of Winston Churchill, and particularly his years in enforced...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Robert Hardy

Historian Dan Jones explores the millennium of history behind six of Great Britain's most famous castles: Warwick, Dover, Caernarfon, the Tower of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dan Jones

The life of Prince John, youngest child of Britain's King George V and Queen Mary, who died at the age of 13 in 1919.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Daniel Williams

During London's swinging sixties, young Jewish Vivien Epstein follows her lover into danger and when he is caught between life and death, she finds...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Agnes O'Casey

The lives and loves of a 1930s Yorkshire town explored in a passionate tale of politics in small places. South Riding charts the story of Sarah...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anna Maxwell Martin