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Genius of the Ancient World Genius of the Ancient World (2014)
Historian Bettany Hughes takes a tour through the ancient world and examines the works of three key philosophers, Socrates, Confucious and Buddha.
Great Fire, The (TV Mini-series)Great Fire, The (TV Mini-series) (2014)
Dir. Jon Jones
Feat. Andrew Buchan, Charles Dance, Jack Huston
Vivid dramatisation of The Great Fire of London that details the stories of a city and its people in crisis..
PompeiiPompeii (2014)
Dir. Paul Anderson
Feat. Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne Moss, Emily Browning
This inglorious disaster epic from the 'other' Paul Anderson imagines the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in tandem with a hoary Ancient Roman melodrama.
Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch UnveiledQueen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled (2014)
A.N. Wilson guides the viewer through revealing look at the life of Queen Victoria, told through a selection of the Monarch's correspondences..
12 Years a Slave12 Years a Slave (2013) Aro Favourite
Dir. Steve McQueen
Feat. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Paul Giamatti
Steve McQueen (HUNGER, SHAME) directs this powerful historical drama of a free black man from upstate New York who is abducted and sold into slavery.
Beyond the EdgeBeyond the Edge (2013) Recommended
Dir. Leanne Pooley
Feat. Chad Moffitt, Sonam Sherpa
Thrilling, definitive docu–drama on Sir Edmund Hillary's historic 1953 scaling of Everest with sherpa Tenzing Norgay.
Bonnie and Clyde (TV Mini-Series)Bonnie and Clyde (TV Mini-Series) (2013)
Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Emile Hirsch, Holliday Grainger, Sarah Hyland
The legend of depression era outlaws Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker is given the full treatment in this evocative History Channel drama.
Butler, TheButler, The (2013)
Dir. Lee Daniels
Feat. Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Mariah Carey
A stagy but sincere history of post–war Black America from the point of view of a White House servant (played by Forest Whitaker). It works as…
Da Vinci's Demons (TV Series)Da Vinci's Demons (TV Series) (2013)
Feat. Tom Riley
A lavishly produced historical fantasy which imagines Leonardo da Vinci's life as an artist, inventor and genius. Season One: eight episodes…
German Doctor, TheGerman Doctor, The (2013)
Dir. Lucía Puenzo
Feat. Àlex Brendemühl, Natalia Oreiro
Chilling domestic thriller centred on the Argentine family who lived unknowingly with Josef Mengele, the notorious Auschwitz physician, after he fled…

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