Keyword: british history

The Crown

9.1

2016

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The Crown focuses on Queen Elizabeth II as a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the worlds most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill. The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne....a new era is dawning. Peter Morgans masterfully researched scripts reveal the Queens private journey behind the public facade with daring frankness. Prepare to be welcomed into the coveted world of power and privilege and behind locked doors in Westminster and Buckingham Palace....the leaders of an empire await.

Horrible Histories

8.9

2009

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A group of British comedians show the sides of history they dont teach you in school. From the Savage Stone Age to the Troublesome 20th Century, you see the full side to history.

Time Team

8.5

1994

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A group of archaeologists have 3 days to discover historical artifacts in different sites around Britain.

Victoria

8.2

2016

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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”.

Digging for Britain

8.1

2010

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Dr Alice Roberts visits archaeological excavations around the UK, linking together the results of digs and investigations the length and breadth of the country to build up a picture of the year in British archaeology.

Susan Calman's Grand Day Out

8.2

2021

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The comedian travels around the UK in her vintage camper-van \Helen Mirren\, visiting places of interest, meeting local people and trying her hand at a range of interesting activities.

Camelot

6.8

2011

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When King Uther dies and Britain faces chaos, Merlin presents an unknown named Arthur as the new king by birthright, as the late kings son, against the ambitious desires of his half-sister, Morgan.

This Is England '88

8.3

2011

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Christmas 1988. Soulmates Woody and Lol find themselves in exile from each other and the gang. Trying to understand the definition growing up, Shaun begins a course at College, that quickly takes a wrong turn.

The Hour

8

2011

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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 Investigates

8.1

2022

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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 Indian Doctor

7.9

2010

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In a comedy-drama set in the 1960s, a South Wales coal mining community is changed forever following the death of the local doctor, whose replacement comes as quite a shock to the villagers.

Britain's Most Historic Towns

7.8

2018

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Professor Alice Roberts explores the UKs past, focusing on six key eras by exploring the stories of towns which best illustrate each.

The King

7.3

2019

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Hal, wayward prince and heir to the English throne, is crowned King Henry V after his tyrannical father dies. Now the young king must navigate palace politics, the war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life.

Darkest Hour

7.7

2017

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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 could mean the end of the British Empire.

Battle of Britain

7.1

1969

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In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.

Henry VI Part 3

8

1983

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Following his fathers early death and the loss of possessions in France young Henry VI comes to the throne, under the protection of the duke of Gloucester. He is unaware that there are other claimants to the throne, Plantagent of York and Somerset of Lancaster, whose factions will ultimately cause the Wars of the Roses. Ignorant of the schisms Henry tries to unite them in the Hundred Years War, capturing Joan of Arc, before he marries Margaret of Anjou to unite England and France, but there is no dowry, angering the court. Margaret finds the pious Henry a dull husband and embarks upon an affair with Somerset as well as crossing Gloucesters wife Eleanor. When Gloucester is arrested for alleged treason because of Eleanor, Henry is too feeble to prevent his death or the country slipping into civil war.

Henry VI Part 2

7.5

1983

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Following his fathers early death and the loss of possessions in France young Henry VI comes to the throne, under the protection of the duke of Gloucester. He is unaware that there are other claimants to the throne, Plantagent of York and Somerset of Lancaster, whose factions will ultimately cause the Wars of the Roses. Ignorant of the schisms Henry tries to unite them in the Hundred Years War, capturing Joan of Arc, before he marries Margaret of Anjou to unite England and France, but there is no dowry, angering the court. Margaret finds the pious Henry a dull husband and embarks upon an affair with Somerset as well as crossing Gloucesters wife Eleanor. When Gloucester is arrested for alleged treason because of Eleanor Henry is too feeble to prevent his death or the country slipping into civil war.

Richard II

8

1978

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The incompetent King Richard II is deposed by Henry Bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity once he is no longer King.

The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files

7.6

2019

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The \hostile environment\ of the Windrush Scandal isnt the first time the British Caribbean community has had to fight to be seen as British.

Bonnie Prince Charlie

4.8

1948

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In the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the Young Pretender Bonnie Prince Charlie leads an insurrection to overthrow the Protestant House of Hanover and restore his family, the Catholic branch of the House of Stuart, to the British throne.

London

7.3

1994

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An inspiring tale through London by pictures narrated by Paul Scofield.

The Spirit of '45

6.1

2013

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A documentary on how the spirit of unity, which buoyed Britain during the war years, carried through to create a vision of a fairer, united society.

Anne of the Thousand Days

7.6

1969

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

Cracking the Shakespeare Code

6.8

2017

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Follow code-breaker Petter Amundsen and historian Dr. Robert Crumpton as they investigate the secrets buried in William Shakespeares first folio and decipher a coded map that may lead to one of historys greatest treasures.