The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.

The story of Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West stunned the world at the height of the Cold Wa...

A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train rid...

After a shoot-out kills five FBI agents in Kansas City the Bureau target John Dillinger as one of th...

When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, h...

1547. Fernando de Gama, a young "Soldier of Fortune" from Portugal, set sail for the Orient in an ef...

Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with...

Pursued by 2,000 US soldiers and cavalry, Chief Joseph leads his tribe of 800 Nez Perce on a 1,700 m...

This horrific dramatization of the Guyana tragedy traces the steps of Reverend Jim Jones, a highly c...

During the 16th century, as Thailand contends with both a civil war and Burmese invasion, a beautifu...

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

Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized 'autobiogr...

Overburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna takes to caring for a Jewish Holocaust surviv...

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the e...

Danielle, a vibrant young woman, was forced into servitude after the death of her father when she wa...

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

The Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as 'Kundun', which means 'The Presence'. He was forced to escap...

Set during the early part of his reign, Ivan faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closes...

At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to ...

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

In Biblical times, a girl disguises her Jewish origins when the Persian king comes looking for a new...