Keyword: british history

Britain's Most Historic Towns

7.8

2018

TV

HD

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

Upstairs Downstairs

7

2010

TV

HD

A new family and their servants live at the London townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in 1936.

The Virgin Queen

7.4

2006

TV

HD

From teenage princess to accomplished queen, torn between duty and personal longing, the reign of Elizabeth I is exposed in this lavish drama filmed against a backdrop of some of Great Britains most beautiful houses and landscapes.

Secrets of Great British Castles

7.7

2015

TV

HD

Historian Dan Jones explores the millennium of history behind six of Great Britains most famous castles: Warwick, Dover, Caernarfon, the Tower of London, Carrickfergus, and Stirling.

My Grandparents' War

8

2019

TV

HD

The life and death decisions grandparents of famous British people faced during the Second World War.

How the Victorians Built Britain

8.4

2018

TV

HD

Michael Buerk travels around the UK to find out how so much of modern Britain was created by the Victorians, from impressive engineering projects to Summer holidays.

Tony Robinson's History of Britain

8.4

2020

TV

HD

The actor and history enthusiast explores the history of Britain through the everyday lives of ordinary people during four periods of British history.

Bone Detectives: Britain's Buried Secrets

7

2020

TV

HD

Victoria Herridge and a team of scientists piece together the lives behind unearthed bones to find out their stories.

Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

7.9

2020

TV

HD

Historian Lucy Worsley debunks popular myths and royal as well as anti-royal propaganda about key events from British royal history including the English Reformation, the attack of the Spanish Armada and Queen Annes forgotten legacy.

Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

7.6

2013

TV

HD

Lucy Worsley, chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces, explores how the physical and mental health of our past monarchs has shaped the history of the nation.

South Riding

7.2

2011

TV

HD

In 1930s Yorkshire, a spirited new headmistress brings inspiration and modern ideas to an all girls school and shakes up the more conservative-minded residents of South Riding.

Railway Murders

7.1

2021

TV

HD

Investigating the most notorious murders ever to take place on the British railways. The cases start from 1864 with the the first murder on a British railway.

Anne of the Thousand Days

7.6

1969

Movie

HD

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.

The Gathering Storm

7.6

2002

Movie

HD

Winston Churchills wilderness years prior to World War II, when only he could see the threat that Adolf Hitler and a rearmed Germany posed to Europe.

Cracking the Shakespeare Code

6.8

2017

Movie

HD

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.

The Virgin Queen

7.4

1955

Movie

HD

Sir Walter Raleigh (Richard Todd) overcomes court intrigue to win favor with Queen Elizabeth I (Bette Davis) in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.

The First Great Train Robbery

7

1978

Movie

HD

England, 1850s. A master criminal aims to rob a train of a large sum of gold. Security is incredibly tight and the task seems an impossible one. However, he has a plan and just the right people to carry it out.

Henry V

7.3

1944

Movie

HD

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

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

8.2

2008

Movie

HD

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

The Last Days of Anne Boleyn

7.4

2013

Movie

HD

A dramatization of the last days of the queen. It starts on the 2nd of May 1536 when a unit of the kings guard arrives with a warrant for the arrest of the Queen of England, because of incest, adultery and for conspiring against the king.

Bertie and Elizabeth

7.2

2002

Movie

HD

The duke of York, nicknamed Bertie, was born as royal spare heir, younger brother to the prince of Wales, and thus expected to spend a relatively private life with his Scottish wife Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon and their daughters, in the shadow of their reigning father, George V, and next that of his elder brother who succeeded to the British throne as Edward VIII. However Edward decides to put his love for a divorced American, Wallis Simpson, above dynastic duty, and ends up abdicating the throne, which now falls to Bertie, who reigns as George VI.

Tales from the Royal Wardrobe

7.6

2014

Movie

HD

Today, few peoples clothes attract as much attention as the royal family, but this is not a modern-day paparazzi-inspired obsession. Historian Dr. Lucy Worsley, Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, reveals that it has always been this way. Exploring the royal wardrobes of our kings and queens over the last four hundred years, Lucy shows this isnt just a public fascination, but an important and powerful message from the monarchs. From Elizabeth I to the present Queen Elizabeth II, Lucy explains how the royal wardrobes significance goes far beyond the cut and color of the clothing. Royal fashion is, and has always been, regarded as a very personal statement to reflect their power over the reign. Most kings and queens have carefully choreographed every aspect of their wardrobe; for those who have not, there have sometimes been calamitous consequences. As much today as in the past, royal fashion is as much about politics as it is about elegant attire.

The Young Mr. Pitt

6.7

1942

Movie

HD

This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of twenty-four.

The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England

6.4

2013

Movie

HD

Melvyn Bragg explores the dramatic story of William Tyndale and his mission to translate the Bible into English.