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.

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven wit...

Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersona...

The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along...
Writer Broadcaster and Newsnight arts correspondent Stephen Smith finds out what it took to get ahea...

This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be Ki...

In late 19th-century Sicily, the noble Uzeda family—whose lineage dates back to the ancient viceroys...

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

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

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

In 1520, the notorious and power-hungry Danish King Christian II is determined to seize the Swedish ...
Members of three Commonwealth armies, an Aussie, a Canadian, and a New Zealander meet actor Leslie H...

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

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

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

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

Veronica is brilliant, gifted and beautiful, but the handsome aristocrat she loves, Marco Venier, ca...

Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with t...

Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and B...

When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, ...

The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endle...