Movies: British history

  • 2019
    The King

    The King (2019)

    The King

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    England, 15th century. Hal, a capricious prince who lives among the populace far from court, is forced by circumstances to reluctantly accept the throne and become Henry V....

    The King
  • 2017
    Darkest Hour

    Darkest Hour (2017)

    Darkest Hour

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    In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire....

    Darkest Hour
  • 1978
    The First Great Train Robbery

    The First Great Train Robbery (1978)

    The First Great Train Robbery

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    In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train....

    The First Great Train Robbery
  • 2020
    Micropubs - The New Local

    Micropubs - The New Local (2020)

    Micropubs - The New Local

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    Inspired by the original micropub craze in Kent, three entrepreneurial Londoners decide to open their very own micropub and revitalise their high streets through a love of real ale, conversation and community spirit....

    Micropubs - The New Local
  • 1969
    Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain (1969)

    Battle of Britain

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    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....

    Battle of Britain
  • 2014
    Torchlighters: The John Wesley Story

    Torchlighters: The John Wesley Story (2014)

    Torchlighters: The John Wesley Story

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    When young John Wesley is miraculously saved from his family’s burning home, his mother is certain that God has a great purpose for the boy's life. John will later refer to himself as a “brand plucked from the burning.” As a man, Wesley tries to live...

    Torchlighters: The John Wesley Story
  • 2002
    The Gathering Storm

    The Gathering Storm (2002)

    The Gathering Storm

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    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....

    The Gathering Storm
  • 2006
    Amazing Grace

    Amazing Grace (2006)

    Amazing Grace

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    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....

    Amazing Grace
  • 1969
    Anne of the Thousand Days

    Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)

    Anne of the Thousand Days

    7.11969HD

    Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn....

    Anne of the Thousand Days
  • 1968
    The Charge of the Light Brigade

    The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)

    The Charge of the Light Brigade

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    During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an infamously reckless strategic debacle against a Russian artillery battery....

    The Charge of the Light Brigade
  • 2018
    Peterloo

    Peterloo (2018)

    Peterloo

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    An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw ...

    Peterloo
  • 2014
    William the Conqueror

    William the Conqueror (2014)

    William the Conqueror

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    England, 11th century. William the Conqueror (ca. 1027-1087) wins the Battle of Hastings (1066), changing the shape of medieval Europe and the course of English history. An account of the life of the extraordinary Norman warrior who became king....

    William the Conqueror
  • 1965
    The Wars of the Roses

    The Wars of the Roses (1965)

    The Wars of the Roses

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    A 1965 BBC adaptation of William Shakespeare's first historical tetralogy (1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI and Richard III), which deals with the conflict between the House of Lancaster and the House of York over the throne of England, a conflict ...

    The Wars of the Roses
  • 1944
    Henry V

    Henry V (1944)

    Henry V

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    In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415....

    Henry V
  • 2016
    Cracking the Shakespeare Code

    Cracking the Shakespeare Code (2016)

    Cracking the Shakespeare Code

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    Norwegian researcher Petter Amundsen claims to have deciphered a secret code hidden in legendary playwright William Shakespeare's works that reveals a map leading to the location of certain treasures. British Shakespearean scholar Robert Crumpton emb...

    Cracking the Shakespeare Code
  • 1948
    Bonnie Prince Charlie

    Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)

    Bonnie Prince Charlie

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    Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose of revolting the Highland chieftains against the German House of Hanover, ruler of Great Britain....

    Bonnie Prince Charlie
  • 2008
    Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

    Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments (2008)

    Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

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    A countdown of the top 40 "Blackadder" moments chosen by cast and crew members, celebrity fans and 15 genuine Blackadders....

    Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
  • 2002
    Bertie and Elizabeth

    Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)

    Bertie and Elizabeth

    5.62002HD

    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 r...

    Bertie and Elizabeth
  • 2014
    Tales from the Royal Wardrobe

    Tales from the Royal Wardrobe (2014)

    Tales from the Royal Wardrobe

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    Today, few people's clothes attract as much attention as the royal family, but this is not a modern-day paparazzi-inspired obsession. Historian Dr. Lucy Worsley, Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, reveals that it has always been this way. Explo...

    Tales from the Royal Wardrobe
  • 2024
    The Lascar

    The Lascar (2024)

    The Lascar

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    At the end of the 18th century, hundreds of Indian sailors, known as lascars, worked amongst European settlers in Aotearoa New Zealand - often under the gruesome working conditions of seal hunting gangs. The story follows a lascar, Dasa, who has bee...

    The Lascar