Parola chiave British History

Un’avvincente ed entusiasmante storia vera che inizia alla vigilia della Seconda Guerra Mondiale e che vede Winston Churchill, pochi giorni dopo la sua elezione a Primo Ministro della Gran Bretagna, affrontare una delle sfide più turbolente e determinanti della sua carriera: l’armistizio con la Germania nazista, oppure resistere per poter combattere per gli ideali, la libertà e l’autonomia di una nazione. Mentre le inarrestabili forze naziste si propagano per l’Europa occidentale e la minaccia di un’invasione si rivela imminente, con un pubblico impreparato, un re scettico ed il suo stesso partito che trama contro di lui, Churchill deve far fronte alla sua ora più buia, unire una nazione e tentare di cambiare il corso della storia mondiale.

Il principe ribelle Hal sale sul trono inglese alla morte del padre. Dovrà vedersela con le insidie di palazzo, le guerre e il caos ereditati.

Nel corso della guerra di Crimea nel 1855 due ladri di gran classe progettano di rapinare un treno che trasporta l'oro destinato a pagare i soldati.

Nel 1940, la Royal Air Force combatte una battaglia disperata contro la potenza della Luftwaffe per il controllo dei cieli sopra la Gran Bretagna, riuscendo a scongiurare l'invasione nazista.

Eletto come giovane deputato nel parlamento britannico, sta per lasciare questo ruolo a seguito di una forte conversione per dedicarsi alla fede come pastore anglicano, ma poi scopre che può dedicarsi alla sua vocazione religiosa anche nell'arena politica. Infatti non abbandonando il suo posto in parlamento diede inizio a campagne politiche che prendevano ispirazione dalla sua fede cristiana. Egli fu il primo politico ad interessarsi dell'abolizione della schiavitù dei neri.

Prima regia shakespeariana di Laurence Olivier per il cinema. La guerra di Enrico V contro i Francesi. Le vittoriose battaglie, il matrimonio con Caterina di Troyes, figlia di Carlo VI... Figurativamente eccezionale, prende le mosse da un teatro elisabettiano ricostruito in studio e, seguendo alla lettera il copione di Shakespeare, si fonde poi magnificamente con un'ambientazione più cinematografica.

Enrico VIII ripudia la moglie Caterina d'Aragona per sposare Anna Bolena. Stancatosi anche di lei, che non riesce a dargli un maschio, lascia che venga decapitata, benché la donna neghi fermamente l'accusa di adulterio mossa a suo carico.

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.

In this blend of historical drama and original source material, the story of this decisive year is remagined, not from the saddles of kings and conquerors, but through the eyes of the ordinary men who fought on their behalf.

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 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.

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”.

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.

Camelot is a historical-fantasy-drama television series based on the Arthurian legend, was produced by Graham King, Morgan O'Sullivan and Michael Hirst.

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.

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

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.

Follow Sugar into the underbelly of Victorian London seething with vitality, sexuality, ambition and emotion.

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.

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.

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

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.‬

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.

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.

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

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.