Den nye unge konge overtager den engelske trone efter sin fars død og må forsøge at navigere rundt i fred og kaos for at sikre landets velstand. Han arver desværre en kommende krig mod Frankrig, som hans tyranniske konge-far Kong Henrik IV efterlader. Krig er derfor uundgåelig og Henrik V må gøre det, der er nødvendig for kongerigets skyld…
Winston Churchill står over for et umuligt valg. Året er 1940, og den britiske statsmand er lige blevet udnævnt til premierminister. Situationen i Europa er desperat, og Hitlers tropper truer med at invadere Storbritannien. Skal Churchill forsøge at forhandle en fredsaftale på plads med Nazityskland? Eller skal briterne kæmpe videre i krigen mod forfærdelige odds?
"I er mange, de er få!" Den 16. august 1819 samles næsten 60.000 mennesker på St. Peter's Field i Manchester. Mænd, kvinder og børn kræver mere frihed og demokrati. Demonstrationen er fredelig. Alligevel bliver britiske regeringsstyrker sat ind. Resultatet er et blodbad. Mike Leigh skildrer de episke hændelser fra de rige embedsmænd til soldaten Joseph og folkelederen Henry Hunt.
I midten af 1800-tallet fostrer gentlemantyven Edward Pierce en storstilet plan. Han vil begå historiens første og største røveri fra et kørende tog.
Richard Burton og Genevieve Bujold spiller Kong Henry VIII af England og Anne Boleyn i dette følelsesladede drama om en af historiens mest kendte og tragiske kærlighedsaffærer, der udspillede sig under de statsligt og politisk komplicerede forhold i 1500-tallets England.
I et par måneder i sommeren 1940 raser en luftkrig over England. Tyskerne har fire gange så mange fly, og briterne mangler piloter. Det er en ulige kamp. Briterne har desperat brug for et mirakel og får det fra en helt uventet kant. "Aldrig har så mange skyldt så få så meget", udbrød Churchill efter den britiske sejr over Tyskland i luftkrigen over England.
William Wilberforce, der er en ivrig fortaler for britisk afskaffelse af slaveriet, holder i 1797 ferie for at tage vare på sit helbred. Men i stedet bliver han deprimeret og frustreret over håbløsheden ved sin kamp. Han møder den charmerende Barbara Spooner og finder i hende en nær ven, han kan lette sit hjerte over for. Wilberforce har kun ganske få allierede, og en af dem er hans mentor John Newton, en tidligere kaptajn på et slaveskib, der nu er blevet præst og forfatter til den velkendte salme Amazing Grace. Sammen med sine allierede kæmper Wilberforce mod folkets ligegyldighed og mod den økonomisk styrede opposition, der er fast besluttet på at lade slaveriet fortsætte. Alt dette til trods finder Wilberforce inspiration i sin nyfundne kærlighed og genoptager kampen med nye ideer, der fører til en stor sejr for social retfærdighed.
En episk beretning om Henry V, der efter at have lagt ungdommens udskejelser bag sig nu fremstår som en målbevidst regent. Han har vist sit værd såvel som aktiv soldat som gennem sine lederevner, og det er lykkedes ham at forene de stridende fraktioner i den engelske hær. Efter en knusende sejr over den enorme franske overmagt i slaget ved Agincourt gør Henry kur til Prinsesse Katarina, da de officielt bliver trolovede som led i fredsaftalen.
Den britiske kaptajn Nolan er en engageret officer, der væmmes ved sin øverstbefalende, Lord Cardigan. Lord Raglan er en tåbelig officer med afsporede strategier og en svigtende hukommelse. Sammen sendes de til Tyrkiet for at standse en russisk invasion, og arrogante og uduelige som de er, sender de flere hundrede kavalerister mod en sikker død i en afslutning, som er både rystende og storslået.
En levende og vedkommende dokumentar om hvordan ånden fra 1945 – som skabte sammenhold og holdt Storbritannien oppe i krigsårene også skabte en vision om et mere retfærdigt, forenet samfund baseret på solidaritet, optimisme og troen på at man sammen kan udrette store ting… Aldrig mere skulle fattigdom, arbejdsløshed og fascisme få lov til at ødelægge samfundet. Instruktør Ken Loach har brugt historiske filmklip fra Englands nationale arkiv sammen med lydoptagelser og nutidige interviews, nøje udvalgte for at skabe en mangfoldig og rørende politisk og social beretning.
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 Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.
The story of Queen Victoria, who came to the throne at a time of great economic turbulence and resurgent republicanism – and died 64 years later the head of the largest empire the world had ever seen, having revitalised the throne’s public image and become “grandmother of Europe”.
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 investigative news programme.
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 unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others.
A sweeping epic of good and evil, treachery and intrigue, violence and beauty, a sensuous, spirited story set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles in 12th Century England.
Camelot is a historical-fantasy-drama television series based on the Arthurian legend, was produced by Graham King, Morgan O'Sullivan and Michael Hirst.
Time Team is a British television series which has been aired on British Channel 4 from 1994. Created by television producer Tim Taylor and presented by actor Tony Robinson, each episode featured a team of specialists carrying out an archaeological dig over a period of three days, with Robinson explaining the process in layman's terms. This team of specialists changed throughout the series' run, although has consistently included professional archaeologists such as Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Francis Pryor and Phil Harding. The sites excavated over the show's run have ranged in date from the Palaeolithic right through to the Second World War.
Follow Sugar into the underbelly of Victorian London seething with vitality, sexuality, ambition and emotion.
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 BBC One in 2010. The most recent series began on 27 February 2012 and concluded on 2 March. It is a period comedy drama starring Sanjeev Bhaskar as an Indian doctor who finds work in a South Wales mining village.
The life of an orphan is changed by the providential intervention of a mysterious benefactor.
The fascinating story of the early life of England’s most iconic Queen, Elizabeth Tudor, an orphaned teenager who became embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the English court on her journey to obtain the crown.
Lucy Worsley re-investigates some of the most dramatic chapters in British history. She uncovers forgotten witnesses, re-examines old evidence and follows new clues.
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 love affair with Robert Dudley; into her years of triumph over the Armada; and finally her old age and her last, enigmatic relationship with her young protégé, the Earl of Essex.
Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.
This series travels the length and breadth of Britain to find out how the Victorians built Britain. It uncovers the incredible and surprising stories behind iconic landmarks; discovers the hidden heroes behind the epic constructions; and finds out how the incredible advances made by the Victorians forged the world we live in today.
A poor boy named Tom Canty and Edward, the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well. The Prince and the Pauper, Mark Twain's novel about adventure and intrigue in the court of Henry VIII.
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 herself going undercover with the fascists, not only for him but for the sake of her country.
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 conquerors, but through the eyes of the ordinary men who fought on their behalf.
In an ambitious and groundbreaking approach to drama and history featuring dramatic reconstruction, historian Lucy Worsley time travels back to the Tudor Court to witness some of the most dramatic moments in the lives of Henry VIII's six wives.
