Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed 'Hotspur'). Henry's son Hal, the Prince of Wales, has thrown over life at court in favour of heavy drinking and petty theft in the company of a debauched elderly knight, Sir John Falstaff. Hal must extricate himself from some legal problems, regain his father's good opinions and help suppress the uprising.

Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, ...

Sir Walter Raleigh overcomes court intrigue to win favor with the Queen in order to get financing fo...

Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788...

In this hour-long documentary, Oxford academic Janina Ramirez tours the country in search of Anglo-S...

Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a reb...

Young William Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, 'Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daugh...

Recreating festivities from Henry VIII's era, Lucy Worsley dresses, eats, drinks, sings and parties ...

Documentary to mark the WI's centenary. Lucy Worsley goes beyond the stereotypes of jam and Jerusale...

The film starts with the veteran thespian Harish Mishra, he is gravely ill. The punishments of a fil...

Half-caste bandit Omkara Shukla abducts his lady love, Dolly Mishra, from her family. Thanks to his ...

Shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria, Viola adopts a male disguise and enters the service of Duke Ors...

Macbeth, loyal to his crime boss, Duncan, is told by witches that he will one day take over. Driven ...

A young Prince is visited by the Ghost of his father and compelled to vengeance - but can he stop th...

The Scottish tragedy 'Macbeth' set in the contemporary underworld of India's commercial capital; two...
Writer Broadcaster and Newsnight arts correspondent Stephen Smith finds out what it took to get ahea...

When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to...

Rosencrantz and Guildensterm, minor characters from the play 'Hamlet', find themselves on the road t...

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

Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir,...