James Stevens er en butler af den strikse engelske type, der ved alt om edikette og tingens rette plads i årene umiddelbart inden Første Verdenskrig. Da husholdersken Sally Kenton bliver ansat og husets herre afslører sine nazistiske tendensen bliver det stadig sværre for James at opretholde det polerede image.
Marcus Aurelius' far var hærfører for 1. kohorte af 9. legion, som er forsvundet i det nordligste Britannia, hvor vilde krigere regerer i bjergene. Marcus følger i hans fodspor som centurion, men gives en ærefuld afsked, da han skades i kamp. Sammen med sin britiske slave, Esca, drager han mod det mørke Skotland for at opklare, hvad der skete med faren, og redde romerrigets fanespyd, Ørnen, hjem igen.
Quintus er romersk centurion. Sammen med sine mænd er han fanget dybt inde i fjendeland, omringet af det mystiske og næsten uovervindelige stammefolk picterne. Picterne har modstået den effektive romerske krigsmaskine, som ellers har underlagt sig det ene land efter det andet. Men picterne er nådesløse, og her på deres hjemmebane er de en modbydelig og overvældende modstander. Quintus og hans lille deling mænd må kæmpe sig frem vel vidende, at hvert øjeblik kan blive deres sidste.
Storfilmen 'Downton Abbey: En ny æra' er efterfølgeren til Downton Abbey fra 2019, der bygger på den populære tv-serie af samme navn. Vi vender endnu engang tilbage til det storslåede gods, hvor Grev Robert, Lady Mary og resten af Crawley-familien denne gang chokeres af Enkegrevinden af Granthams mystiske fortid. Hun har nemlig arvet en villa i Sydfrankrig fra en gammel bekendt, som de aldrig har hørt om før. Samtidig bliver familien kontaktet af en filminstruktør, som gerne vil benytte Downton Abbey som kulisse i sin nyeste film. Da godsets tag har brug for en kærlig hånd, takker familien ja til tilbuddet og den medfølgende kompensation. Mens de mest film-skeptiske beboere på Downton Abbey drager mod Sydfrankrig for at besøge familiens nye villa, får de tilbageværende Crawley-familiemedlemmer og deres tjenestefolk en helt unik mulighed for at overvære, hvordan filmmediet fungerer i dets spæde start.
Den unge, kejtede brite Eddie Edwards har en kæmpe drøm om at deltage i De Olympiske Lege. Han er ikke rigtig god til nogle sportsgrene, men tænker at det må være muligt at komme med til vinter-OL. Han satser på skihop og tager til Tyskland, hvor han begynder at træne hos den gnavne og fordrukne eks-skihopper Bronson Peary. Kan Eddie kvalificere sig til OL i Calgary? Filmen er baseret på den sande historie om den mest berømte skihopper i britisk sportshistorie.
Eric Love er en agressiv ballademager af en teenager, der har tilbragt det meste af sit liv i institutioner og ungdomsfængsler. Han er nu blevet så uhåndterlig, at han udgør en trussel mod dem omkrig sig, så han bliver "starred up" - det vil sige, flyttet til at rigtigt voksenfængsel, på trods af sin alder. Han havner således tæt på sin far, der har været låst inde siden Eric var 5 år gammel, og han havner hurtigt i problemer med de andre fanger og vagterne.
Denne romantisk komedie handler om enken Emily, der finder ny mening med livet, da hun møder den jævnaldrende Donald, der bor i en park midt i London. Sammen kaster de sig ud i kampen mod det byggefirma, der vil jævne Donalds hjem for at bygge huse.
Sudan, 1898. Den britiske officer Harry Faversham træder tilbage, da han erfarer, at hans deling skal deltage i slaget ved Omdurman. Hans forlovede og tre venner sender ham fire fjer som symbol på hans kujonagtige adfærd. Faversham deltager imidlertid alligevel i krigen. Forklædt som araber kommer han sin tidligere deling til undsætning.
Poltergeister angriber en familie i Yorkshire under de landsdækkende strømafbrydelser i 1974.
Ganske morsom farce fyldt med anakronismer, gags og momentvis afsindig skæg dialog. Det er en komplet forvrøvlet historie om to englændere der bliver taget som slaver af romerne og ender med at blive involveret i alliancen mellem Julius Cæsar og Cleopatra.
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 zany comedy show with Matt Lucas and David Walliams, featuring characters from all over Little Britain.
A number of the UK's most talented tattoo designers help clients transform their tattoo mistakes into works of art. It is estimated that one in six British people who opt to go under the needle later regret their decision. Outrageous artwork, inappropriate quotes or the name of an ex-partner can be chosen in haste but the results are permanent. The talented inkers meet desperate customers at a pop-up studio for their consultations. After the meeting, the client chooses whose design ideas they like best and the artist gets to work. When the session is over, the new tattoos are revealed.
The nation's love affair with the coast will be reawakened for this entertaining and ambitious exploration of the entire UK coastline. Every part of the 9,000-mile coast is covered to explore how we've shaped it - and how it shapes us. Hosted by a team of history and geography experts who investigate everything from life on a nuclear submarine; rebuilding the Titanic using computer images; the story behind the first Butlins holiday camp; and the birth of the Severn Bore. Discover the curious, sometimes dysfunctional, relationship between the British and the seas.
Adapted from Len Deighton’s 1978 alternate history novel. A British detective investigates a murder in German-occupied Britain during World War II.
8 August 1963: Britain wakes up to news of the biggest robbery in the country’s history. A train has been hijacked and robbed, 35 miles from its arrival in central London. The country is stunned. Who could be behind it? How did they pull off such an audacious raid?
Stretching from the Stone Age to the year 2000, Simon Schama's Complete History of Britain does not pretend to be a definitive chronicle of the turbulent events which buffeted and shaped the British Isles. What Schama does do, however, is tell the story in vivid and gripping narrative terms, free of the fustiness of traditional academe, personalising key historical events by examining the major characters at the centre of them. Not all historians would approve of the history depicted here as shaped principally by the actions of great men and women rather than by more abstract developments, but Schama's way of telling it is a good deal more enthralling as a result. Schama successfully gives lie to the idea that the history of Britain has been moderate and temperate, passing down the generations as stately as a galleon, taking on board sensible ideas but steering clear of sillier, revolutionary ones. Nonsense. Schama retells British history the way it was--as bloody, convulsive, precarious, hot-blooded and several times within an inch of haring off onto an entirely different course. Schama seems almost to delight in the goriness of history. Themes returned to repeatedly include the wars between the Scots and the Irish and the Catholic/Protestant conflicts--only the Irish question remains unresolved by the new millennium. As Britain becomes a constitutional monarchy, Schama talks less of Kings and Queens but of poets and idea-makers like Orwell. Still, with his pungent, direct manner and against an evocative visual and aural backdrop, Schama makes history seem as though it happened yesterday, the bloodstains not yet dry.
A gripping eight-part series about a state-of-the-art law enforcement team whose unswerving mission is to hunt down some of Britain’s most dangerous criminals. The Interceptor delves into the adventures of a dedicated surveillance team known as the UNIT. Keeping their quarries under ultra-tight surveillance, they take us into the real world inhabited by the criminals of today. And it’s easy to recognize because it’s the same world the rest of us inhabit.
A three part series about women working in the British film industry during the 1950s.
Celebrities take a stroll in the great British outdoors with their faithful hound.
Documentary series revealing the inner workings of Britain's railways, introducing the track-workers, train guards, drivers, police officers and management teams determined to keep the country moving.
Architectural designer Charlie Luxton embarks on a nationwide journey to visit some of Britain's best homes by the sea and find out what makes the perfect coastal property.
A police detective finds herself at the centre of the most dangerous case of her life when she is seconded on to the investigation into the murder of a drugs trafficker. What nobody around her knows is that she is the missing witness that the police and the killer are searching for.
Well-known faces don their aprons in this charity special. Who has got what it takes to go all the way and compete for the Great Sport Relief Bake Off crown?
Drawing on newly available evidence, this epic series explores the Windsor dynasty's gripping family saga, providing fresh insights into how our royal family have survived four generations of crisis.
While three politicians try to reform Britain’s brutal prison system, the tabloid press publish exposés of their scandalous private lives, leaving their careers in peril.
Summer 1958… Wearied by the ingratitude of the French and by the mediocrity of their leaders, the Liberator of France decides to go on a well-deserved holiday… Charles, rather dreamy but imperturbable, is accompanied by the ever faithful Captain Lebornec. Lebornec – devoted if sometimes flummoxed by the general’s attitude – is the ideal holiday companion and confidant. They are accompanied by Charles’ wife Yvonne, his son, and Wehrmacht, a descendant of Hitler’s dog.
The story of the NHS in unprecedented times.
Following the men and women who work around the clock on Britain's longest and most iconic road, ensuring the traffic keeps moving and the public is kept safe.
HMS Queen Elizabeth is the largest and most advanced warship ever constructed in Britain. As she embarks on gruelling sea trials we see ship and crew pushed to breaking point.
