Palavra-chave British History

Um príncipe rebelde transforma-se num verdadeiro rei quando é chamado a lutar pelo seu país e se depara com um ambiente hostil, dentro e fora dos muros do castelo.

A poucos dias de se tornar Primeiro-Ministro da Grã-Bretanha, Winston Churchill tem de tomar uma decisão crítica: explorar um tratado de paz negociado com a Alemanha Nazi ou manter-se firme e lutar pelos ideais de liberdade e independência da nação. Quando as imparáveis forças Nazis atravessam a Europa Ocidental e a ameaça de invasão está iminente, com um povo impreparado, um Rei cético e o próprio partido a conspirar contra ele, Churchill tem que suportar a sua hora mais negra, unir uma nação e tentar mudar o curso da história.

Liderados por um mestre do crime, um trio planeia roubar um comboio que viaja carregado de ouro no final do século 19, na Inglaterra Vitoriana. Planejam um elaborado plano, e tornam-se pioneiros neste tipo de roubo.

A mais extraordinária batalha aérea da história, transformada num clássico filme de guerra.

Em pleno século XVIII, William Wilberforce, membro parlamentar do poderoso Império Britânico, luta por uma reforma social na Europa. Para dar dignidade aos imigrantes africanos que vivem como escravos, Wilberforce enfrenta a aristocracia e os preconceitos da época. Apesar das suas proezas políticas, Wilberforce vê-se dividido entre a sua carreira de sucesso em ascensão e o desejo de desistir de tudo por uma vida de espiritualidade. Inspirado pela charmosa Barbara Spooner, pelo Primeiro-Ministro William Pitt, que lhe confiou a tarefa de abolir a escravatura, pelo seu mentor, John Newton, um antigo traficante de escravos convertido à Igreja, e por Olaudah Equiano, um antigo escravo que se tornou escritor, Wilberforce vai reunir todas as sua forças e ideias para alcançar a vitória na cruzada pela justiça.

O rei Henrique VIII (Richard Burton) apaixona-se pela jovem Anna Bolena (Geneviève Bujold). Casado com Catarina de Aragão, que não lhe deu um herdeiro homem, não mede esforços para ficar com Anna, rompendo com a Igreja Católica e criando a Igreja Anglicana. Mas Anna também não consegue lhe dar seu tão esperado filho homem.

Em uma antiga igreja na Inglaterra, um mural representando a crucificação de Cristo é descoberto por acidente. Só que no lugar da imagem de cristo, o que se vê são rostos das pessoas que assistiram a morte do filho de Deus. Enquanto isso, Cassie(Christina Ricci), uma turista, sofre um terrível acidente de carro e é acolhida por uma família local. E, enquanto se recupera, Cassie passa a achar que está sendo perseguida e vê em toda a cidade os mesmos rostos pintados no mural. Serão apenas alucinações provocadas pelo acidente? Ou será que estranhos rostos estão querendo avisar que os novos desastres estão por vir?

1945. Documentário que analisa o contexto sócio-político do Reino Unido depois da vitória na II Guerra Mundial, sob o comando de Winston Churchill. Nascia uma grande esperança de mudança e o Partido Trabalhista venceria Churchill nas eleições.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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 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.

Set in 1936, the show takes viewers, old and new, back to the lavish world of Belgravia, London. A new set of occupants reside at 165 Eaton Place and viewers see how external and internal influences of the tumultuous pre-war period shape and mould the lives of this wealthy family and their servants.‬

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.

Through dramatic reconstructions and his own passionate narration, Dr. David Starkey, the controversial Tudor historian, profiles the six women who married Henry Vlll.

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 struggling to cope with their lives without each other after he leaves the gang. Lol is carrying the burden of her guilt, whilst Woody is trying to build a domestic life with a new girlfriend and a potential promotion at work. Shaun has started drama college and, although still in a relationship with Smell, he has grown close to a girl performing in his Christmas play.

The Hundred Years’ war between England and France gave us the victories of Crecy and Agincourt, and made the reputations of Edward III and Henry V. It gave France a national heroine in Joan of Arc. But, even now, the jury is out as to its causes and outcome. Was it the final swansong of a redundant knightly class whose only reason for being was to fight? Was it a battle over ever more important territory to the emerging economies of England and France? Or was it the painful birth of two distinct national identities, forged through their long and violent divorce? Dr Janina Ramirez guides us through the stories of kings, great knights, bloody battles and cultural triumphs of this momentous conflict.