Adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic visual style to the Bard's original stage play. The story concerns Marc Antony's attempts to rule Rome while maintaining a relationship with the queen of Egypt (Hildegarde Neil), which began while Antony was still married. Now he is being forced to marry the sister of his Roman co-leader, and soon the conflict leads to war.

In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...

Rome chafes under the rule of the Emperor Domitian and his Egyptian mistress, Artamne. A mysterious ...

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of ...

Two thousand years ago, at the dawn of the first century, the ancient world was ruled by Rome. Throu...

A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betray...

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. A...

Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a reb...

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

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

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who pred...

The devious general Cethegus plays the Byzantine and Gothic forces against each other for his own ga...

Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an...

After his young lover, Gitone, leaves him for another man, Encolpio decides to kill himself, but a s...

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lyg...
Caravaggio's tortured life, his murder and the journey of his soul.

Terry Jones' Barbarians is a 4-part TV documentary series first broadcast on BBC 2 in 2006. It was w...

Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. S...

Macbeth, loyal to his crime boss, Duncan, is told by witches that he will one day take over. Driven ...

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

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar ...