Henry VIII is the most iconic king of English history. Part medieval tyrant, part renaissance prince, he ruled over his people as no king of England had ever done before. He took a country salvaged by his father from the wreck of civil war and set over it a single, sovereign ruler. By the end of his reign the power of the Tudor.
Year 1763, the Seven Years' War is about to end. August III, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, h...
A video polemic, based on Heathcote Williams' investigative poem 'Royal Babylon: The Criminal Record...
This 2000 documentary, "Scorched Earth," tells the story of the destructive policy that was used by ...
Historian Lucy Worsley restages the 1840 wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Aided by a tea...
A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas M...
Clarissa Dickson Wright tracks down Britain's oldest known cookbook, The Forme of Cury. This 700-yea...
The painful story of Ireland and the Irish people, who struggled for centuries to free themselves fr...
To recover a silver lion ornament for singer Emma Bunton Tim travels back to the court of Henry Vlll...
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a definin...
Historian William Dalrymple travels to Hyderabad in India to explore the remarkable 18th-century lov...
Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir,...
Henry VIII has just married Marie of Normandy, and is eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunat...
A 1965 BBC adaptation of William Shakespeare's first historical tetralogy (1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3...
Writers and historians including Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory revisit the last days of Anne Bo...
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of...
The life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in ...
This documentary from BT Sport Films celebrates the life of two-time world champion biker Barry Shee...
From double BAFTA nominated Writer and Director John Walsh. Monarch is part fact, part fiction and u...
During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by t...