ウィンストン・チャーチル/ヒトラーから世界を救った男 2017
第2次世界大戦初期、ナチスドイツによってフランスが陥落寸前にまで追い込まれ、イギリスにも侵略の脅威が迫っていた。連合軍が北フランスの港町ダンケルクの浜辺で窮地に陥る中、就任したばかりの英国首相ウィンストン・チャーチルの手にヨーロッパ中の運命が委ねられることに。ヒトラーとの和平交渉か徹底抗戦か、究極の選択を迫られるチャーチルだった。
第2次世界大戦初期、ナチスドイツによってフランスが陥落寸前にまで追い込まれ、イギリスにも侵略の脅威が迫っていた。連合軍が北フランスの港町ダンケルクの浜辺で窮地に陥る中、就任したばかりの英国首相ウィンストン・チャーチルの手にヨーロッパ中の運命が委ねられることに。ヒトラーとの和平交渉か徹底抗戦か、究極の選択を迫られるチャーチルだった。
英国王である父の死後、王位を継承したハル。自由気ままな王子が、宮廷の問題や戦争、混乱の時代を経験しながら、国王としてたくましく成長していく姿を描く。
ビクトリア朝の英国。ある怪盗が、走行中の列車から金塊を強奪する綿密な計画を練り上げる。
1815年、ヨーロッパ諸国を巻き込んだナポレオン戦争がようやく終結。英国は勝利したものの、経済が疲弊してちまたには失業者があふれ、民衆は貧困と飢餓にあえいでいた。選挙権を持たない彼らが、改革と自由を求めて抗議活動を活発化させる中、1819年夏、マンチェスターの広場で、著名な活動家のヘンリー・ハントも参加してデモ集会が開催されることに。しかし、そこに集結した6万人もの人々を武装兵たちが無慈悲に襲う。
1526年のある夜、グリニッチ宮殿の舞踏会で、ヘンリー八世は、アン・ブリンの美しい姿をみそめた。正妻カサリンとの間に子供のいないことに不満を感じていたヘンリーは、次第にアンに近づいていった。しかし、愛を告げるヘンリーを、アンは冷たく断った。自分の婚約者を左遷し、姉のメリーを身ごもらしたままに放っているヘンリーを、アンはむしろ憎んでいた。ヘンリーは、あきらめず王妃の侍女として宮廷に召しあげた。
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 exile from political position during the 1920s and 30s. It was written and directed by Ferdinand Fairfax and Churchill was played by Robert Hardy. Hardy's brilliant performance as Churchill won critical acclaim and a BAFTA award in 1982. He reprised the role in The Sittaford Mystery, Bomber Harris and War and Remembrance and at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the end of World War II in 1995 when he quoted a number of Churchill's wartime speeches in character.
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”.
Lucy Worsley delves into the history of romance to uncover the forces shaping our very British happily ever after and how our feelings have been affected by social, political and cultural ideas.
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.
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.
Follow Sugar into the underbelly of Victorian London seething with vitality, sexuality, ambition and emotion.
In this four-part documentary series, leading Hollywood actors undertake a fascinating journey into their family's past by re-tracing the footsteps of their grandparents during World War Two. We follow the moving, personal stories of Helena Bonham Carter, Mark Rylance, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Carey Mulligan as they travel to historic locations, from the beaches of Dunkirk to prisoner of war camps in Asia, to learn about the war their grandparents experienced. All of the actors have unanswered questions about the scars war left on their grandparents, and in each episode one of the actors explore how six years changed the lives of their family and the world forever while learning about the life and death decisions that their grandparents faced.
Camelot is a historical-fantasy-drama television series based on the Arthurian legend, was produced by Graham King, Morgan O'Sullivan and Michael Hirst.
Documentary series that tells the stories of the extraordinary last survivors of the generation who fought or lived through World War II.
In this unique take on British history, Professor Alice Roberts explores Britain's rich and varied past through the stories of individual towns and cities. In each programme Alice studies one key period in history by delving into the secrets of a historic town that encapsulates the era, providing an accurate impression of what life was really like at key moments in our turbulent past. At the climax of each programme, cutting-edge CGI reveals the entire historic town in all its former glory.
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.
The comedian explores the British isles in her vintage camper van, Helen, taking in some dramatic scenery, unspoilt countryside and incredible historic sights along the way.