Subgenre Sampler
History: 393 Films to Buy & Rent
- Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death (2013)
- Historian Dr Helen Castor examines everyday life for medieval society, from Queens to peasants, and in particular the trials of childbirth in the…
- Physician, The (Der Medicus) (2013)
- Dir. Philipp Stölzl
Feat. Tom Payne, Ben Kingsley, Stellan Skarsgard…
- A historical epic centred on an orphan from an 11th–century English town whose mother died of a mysterious illness, travels to Persia where he…
- Richard III: The King in the Car Park & The Unseen Story (2013)
- Dir. Louise Osmond
Feat. Simon Farnaby
- In the British town of Leicester, archaeologists unearth the skeleton of a man. The man's spine is deformed. His skull shows signs of violent trauma.…
- Secrets of Britain (TV Series) (2013)
- A PBS–produced series that goes behind the scenes to reveal detailed history and contemporary insights about various British landmarks and…
- Spirit of '45, The (2013)
- Dir. Ken Loach
- In this illuminating documentary, Ken Loach movingly celebrates the radical changes during postwar Britain under the new Labour government, which…
- Story of the Jews, The (2013)
- Simon Schama leads this exhaustive five–part documentary series on the Jewish story and experience, from past to present.
- Vikings, The (TV Series) (2013)
- Going beyond their bloodthirsty reputation, Neil Oliver charts the rise of the Vikings, from their prehistoric Scandinavian homelands to a vast…
- Village, The (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. John Simm, Maxine Peake, Juliet Stevenson…
- A gritty riposte to the swell of glossy period dramas, this small scale epic charts the progress of a village of working class characters in early…
- Andrew Marr's History of the World (2012)
- A 'definitive' account of human history, according to acclaimed British journalist Andrew Marr, filtered through the 'big stories' of the last 70,000…
- British, The (2012)
- Britain’s tumultuous history is dramatised in this seven–part BBC series looking at the monarchs, leaders, reformers, inventors, pioneers and…