Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is a weak and ineffective king - wasteful in his spending habits, unwise in his choise of chansellors, and detached from his country and its people. When he seizes the land of his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, both the commoners and the barons decide that their king has gone too far...

Cut-out animated parody of Hamlet by pioneering British animator Anson Dyer.

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects hi...

Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an...

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

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

In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a mov...

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for contro...

Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed s...

Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788...
Members of three Commonwealth armies, an Aussie, a Canadian, and a New Zealander meet actor Leslie H...

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 ...

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who pred...

The Scottish tragedy 'Macbeth' set in the contemporary underworld of India's commercial capital; two...

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

To mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Janina Ramirez tells the story of three books that...

The evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in th...

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

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

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