Λέξη-κλειδί British History

Καθώς η απειλή της ναζιστικής εισβολής πλησιάζει, ο νεοδιόριστος Βρετανός πρωθυπουργός Ουίνστον Τσόρτσιλ συγκεντρώνει ένα έθνος για να αγωνιστεί για την ίδια του την επιβίωση.

Ο ξεροκέφαλος Πρίγκιπας Χαλ αναγκάζεται από γλεντζές να γίνει πολέμαρχος-βασιλιάς ενόψει της μάχης για την Αγγλία και της εχθρικής ατμόσφαιρας εντός κι εκτός του κάστρου.

Το 1940, η Βρετανική Βασιλική Αεροπορία δίνει έναν απελπισμένο αγώνα εναντίον της πανίσχυρης Λουφτβάφε, με έπαθλο τον έλεγχο των αιθέρων της Βρετανίας, εμποδίζοντας έτσι μια απόβαση από τους Γερμανούς.

Ο Έντουαρντ Πιρς, ένας πανέξυπνος διαρρήκτης, συλλαμβάνει μια εξαιρετική ιδέα: να πραγματοποιήσει την πρώτη ληστεία σε κινούμενο τρένο στα χρονικά της ιστορίας. Για να βγάλει εις πέρας όμως το παράτολμο σχέδιό του, θα πρέπει να συνεργαστεί με άλλον ένα διαρρήκτη και την πανέμορφη ερωμένη του. Μια σειρά από απρόοπτα, θα δοκιμάσουν τα νεύρα, τη συνεργασία και τις λωποδυτικές τους ικανότητες.

Εν μέσω του Εκατονταετούς Πολέμου, ο νεαρός βασιλιάς Ερρίκος Ε' της Αγγλίας εκστρατεύει εναντίον της Γαλλίας... και συνειδητοποιεί πως κάθε νίκη έχει αιματηρό τίμημα. Μια μεταφορά του σαιξπηρικού έργου, που προτάθηκε για 4 Όσκαρ.

Η ακαταμάχητη γοητεία της Anne Boleyn σαγηνεύει τον Ερρίκο τον 8ο που αποφασίζει να την παντρευτεί. Η απόφασή του αυτή θα τον οδηγήσει στην βίαιη απομάκρυνση της πρώτης του συζύγου, Αικατερίνης αλλά, και στην σύγκρουσή του με την Καθολική εκκλησία προκειμένου να νομιμοποιήσει το διαζύγιο. Η εμμονή του, όμως, να αποκτήσει τον πολυπόθητο γιο και διάδοχο του θρόνου κυριεύει το μυαλό του και μετατρέπει τον έρωτά του για την Anne σε εφιάλτη.

Η ταινία βασίζεται στην αληθινή ιστορία του William Wilberforce, ηγέτη του κινήματος για την κατάργηση της δουλείας στα τέλη του 18ου αιώνα. Πρόκειται για το χρονικό του αγώνα του εναντίον των περισσοτέρων μελών του Βρετανικού Κοινοβουλίου που θεωρούσαν ότι η διατήρηση του δουλεμπορίου εξασφάλιζε την σταθερότητα της Βρετανικής Αυτοκρατορίας.

Μία ιστορία αγάπης, που μας παρουσιάζει την τρυφερή έγγαμη σχέση του Ουίνστον και της Κλεμεντίν Τσώρτσιλ κατά τη διάρκεια μιας ιδιαίτερα δύσκολης, αν και σχετικά άγνωστης, περιόδου της ζωής τους.

A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.

The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.

In this blend of historical drama and original source material, the story of this decisive year is remagined, not from the saddles of kings and conquerors, but through the eyes of the ordinary men who fought on their behalf.

Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others.

The story of Queen Victoria, who came to the throne at a time of great economic turbulence and resurgent republicanism – and died 64 years later the head of the largest empire the world had ever seen, having revitalised the throne’s public image and become “grandmother of Europe”.

Camelot is a historical-fantasy-drama television series based on the Arthurian legend, was produced by Graham King, Morgan O'Sullivan and Michael Hirst.

A sweeping epic of good and evil, treachery and intrigue, violence and beauty, a sensuous, spirited story set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles in 12th Century England.

Time Team is a British television series which has been aired on British Channel 4 from 1994. Created by television producer Tim Taylor and presented by actor Tony Robinson, each episode featured a team of specialists carrying out an archaeological dig over a period of three days, with Robinson explaining the process in layman's terms. This team of specialists changed throughout the series' run, although has consistently included professional archaeologists such as Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Francis Pryor and Phil Harding. The sites excavated over the show's run have ranged in date from the Palaeolithic right through to the Second World War.

A behind-the-scenes drama and espionage thriller in Cold War-era England that centers on a journalist, a producer, and an anchorman for an investigative news programme.

Follow Sugar into the underbelly of Victorian London seething with vitality, sexuality, ambition and emotion.

The life of an orphan is changed by the providential intervention of a mysterious benefactor.

Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.

The Indian Doctor is a British television drama set in the summer of 1963. Produced by Rondo Media and Avatar Productions, it was first broadcast on BBC One in 2010. The most recent series began on 27 February 2012 and concluded on 2 March. It is a period comedy drama starring Sanjeev Bhaskar as an Indian doctor who finds work in a South Wales mining village.

The fascinating story of the early life of England’s most iconic Queen, Elizabeth Tudor, an orphaned teenager who became embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the English court on her journey to obtain the crown.

This 2-part documentary series reveals the truth about King Edward VIII's affair with American divorcée Wallis Simpson, and the espionage operation that accompanied the investigation.

The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth's life: from her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror; through her great love affair with Robert Dudley; into her years of triumph over the Armada; and finally her old age and her last, enigmatic relationship with her young protégé, the Earl of Essex.

Through dramatic reconstructions and his own passionate narration, Dr. David Starkey, the controversial Tudor historian, profiles the six women who married Henry Vlll.

This series travels the length and breadth of Britain to find out how the Victorians built Britain. It uncovers the incredible and surprising stories behind iconic landmarks; discovers the hidden heroes behind the epic constructions; and finds out how the incredible advances made by the Victorians forged the world we live in today.

Historian Lucy Worsley debunks popular myths and royal as well as anti-royal propaganda about key events from British royal history including the English Reformation, the attack of the Spanish Armada and Queen Anne's forgotten legacy.

A poor boy named Tom Canty and Edward, the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well. The Prince and the Pauper, Mark Twain's novel about adventure and intrigue in the court of Henry VIII.