A four-part drama adaptation about the life of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. Based on Shackleton’s own journals. In 1914 Ernest Shackleton chooses to lead a team on their famous journey aboard the Endurance. When the ship is trapped and crushed by pack-ice, Shackleton and five of his men embark on a desperate 800-mile journey from Elephant Island to South Georgia.

Inspired by the historical events of 1666 and with the decadent backdrop of King Charles II’s court,...

At the outbreak of World War I, two teenage boys - one German and one British - defy their parents t...

Great Britain has always been the centre of paranormal activity with more ghost stories per mile tha...

Exiled from his beloved Venice, Giacomo Casanova flees to Paris at the dawn of the Enlightenment in ...

As the life of Charles of Habsburg is told since his arrival to Spain, it can be seen how the heir t...

Follows the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War - New England abolition...

A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warf...

A blood-soaked, medieval epic that tells the story of Wilkin Brattle, a 14th century warrior, whose ...

This historical mini-series documents the reign of Elizabeth I with each episode focusing on one dra...

Set in ancient Israel, The Dovekeepers is based on the true events at Masada in 70 C.E. After being ...
At the start of the Civil War, a prominent Virginia family makes the controversial decision to defen...

Based on real-life experiences, Tenko remains one of the most fondly remembered and acclaimed BBC dr...

Luzon Sukezaemon is a merchant who imports vases from the Philippines. The vases are highly valued a...

The story of the Umayyad dynasty, which wrote an unforgettable history, stretched from the east to t...

The story of a young Louis XIV on his journey to become the most powerful monarch in Europe, from hi...

The trials and tribulations of the Mayflower Pilgrims in the New World; men, women and children who ...

In 18th-century North America, ruthless trappers and entrepreneurs fight to wrest control of the fur...

Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise ...

A sweeping epic of good and evil, treachery and intrigue, violence and beauty, a sensuous, spirited ...

In 1806, William Thornhill is sentenced to New South Wales for life where he is drawn into a terrify...