Sir Walter Raleigh overcomes court intrigue to win favor with the Queen in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...

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

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

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

Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and so...

The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the E...

The film concerns the life of King Naresuan, who liberated the Siamese from the control of Burma. Bo...

The film is a historic parable about the topicality of revolution. 1514. The peasants' uprising is o...

Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with D...

A 16th-century Spanish overlord hires Thomas Stanswood (Stuart Granger) to protect his, less than ea...

The tragic fate of Juana I of Castille, Queen of Spain, madly in love to an unfaithful husband, Feli...

The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak ...
Writer Broadcaster and Newsnight arts correspondent Stephen Smith finds out what it took to get ahea...

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

Henry VIII has just married Marie of Normandy, and is eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunat...

The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along...

Kingdom of Joseon, ancient Korea. A usurper has conquered the throne. His ministers are being system...

Set in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defe...

Admiral Yi Sun-sin faces a tough challenge when he is forced to defend his nation with just 13 battl...

A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a M...