The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son, Edward, is on his deathbed. Anxious to keep England true to the Reformation, a scheming minister John Dudley marries off his son, Guildford to Lady Jane Grey, whom he places on the throne after Edward dies. At first hostile to each other, Guildford and Jane fall in love, but they cannot withstand the course of power which will lead to their ultimate downfall.

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...
In 1553, England’s first Queen, Mary I, takes the throne. The country is on the brink of chaos, and ...

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Pari...

A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas M...

Summer 1890. In order to make some money to feed his family, Anton Chekhov, modest physician, wrote ...

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

A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Agu...

Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of mo...

Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic pr...

At the turn of the sixteenth century, Michelangelo (Mark Frankel), Raphael (Andrea Prodan), and Leon...

The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adven...

A group of historians and archaeologists prepare a Tudor feast as it would have been over 400 years ...

Tells the story of the legendary 16th century naval captain Mohammed, a brave warrior and merchant s...

Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offer...

Story of the early life of genius and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman.

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a ...

The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Pr...

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