Scorched Earth

英国王である父の死後、王位を継承したハル。自由気ままな王子が、宮廷の問題や戦争、混乱の時代を経験しながら、国王としてたくましく成長していく姿を描く。

12世紀末、ロビンは十字軍の兵士としてフランスでの戦闘に加わっていた。ある日、イングランドの騎士ロバートの暗殺現場に居合わせた彼はその遺言を受け、ロバートの父に遺品の剣を届けると約束する。やがてノッティンガムの地を踏んだロビンは、ロバートの身代わり役を頼まれる。

第2次世界大戦初期、ナチスドイツによってフランスが陥落寸前にまで追い込まれ、イギリスにも侵略の脅威が迫っていた。連合軍が北フランスの港町ダンケルクの浜辺で窮地に陥る中、就任したばかりの英国首相ウィンストン・チャーチルの手にヨーロッパ中の運命が委ねられることに。ヒトラーとの和平交渉か徹底抗戦か、究極の選択を迫られるチャーチルだった。

A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which led to the siege of Sevastopol and the fierce Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 which climaxed with the heroic, but near-disastrous calvary charge made by the British Light Brigade against a Russian artillery battery in a small valley which resulted in the near-destruction of the brigade due to error of judgement and rash planning on part by the inept British commanders.

General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.

ビクトリア朝の英国。ある怪盗が、走行中の列車から金塊を強奪する綿密な計画を練り上げる。

The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, but his minister urges him to see the cause through.

The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.

シェイクスピア史劇を、ローレンス・オリヴィエの再来ともいわれるケネス・ブラナーが監督・主演で映像化した作品。15世紀前半、百年戦争の最中にあったイギリス・ヘンリー5世の活躍を描く。

A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill during a particularly troubled, though little-known, moment in their lives.

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.

During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who hopes to distance themselves from the irregular practices of the war. The trial does not progress as smoothly as expected by the General Staff, as the defence puts up a strong fight in the courtroom.

Writers and historians including Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory revisit the last days of Anne Boleyn, who in 1536 became the first queen in British history to be executed.

The duke of York, nicknamed Bertie, was born as royal 'spare heir', younger brother to the prince of Wales, and thus expected to spend a relatively private life with his Scottish wife Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon and their daughters, in the shadow of their reigning father, George V, and next that of his elder brother who succeeded to the British throne as Edward VIII. However Edward decides to put his love for a divorced American, Wallis Simpson, above dynastic duty, and ends up abdicating the throne, which now falls to Bertie, who reigns as George VI.

This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament.

How the spirit of unity, which buoyed Britain during the war years, carried through to create a vision of a fairer, united society.

Historian Lucy Worsley restages the 1840 wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Aided by a team of experts, Worsley recreates the most important elements of the ceremony and the celebrations, scouring history books, archives, newspapers and Queen Victoria's diaries for the details. She reveals how every moment was brilliantly stage-managed for maximum effect. Woven into the recreation of the wedding day is the story of Victoria and Albert's courtship and engagement, and its political importance.

A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years.

1526年のある夜、グリニッチ宮殿の舞踏会で、ヘンリー八世は、アン・ブリンの美しい姿をみそめた。正妻カサリンとの間に子供のいないことに不満を感じていたヘンリーは、次第にアンに近づいていった。しかし、愛を告げるヘンリーを、アンは冷たく断った。自分の婚約者を左遷し、姉のメリーを身ごもらしたままに放っているヘンリーを、アンはむしろ憎んでいた。ヘンリーは、あきらめず王妃の侍女として宮廷に召しあげた。

The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.