British History Movies
- 2015
Cake Bakers & Trouble Makers: Lucy Worsley's 100 Years of the WI
Cake Bakers & Trouble Makers: Lucy Worsley's 100 Years of the WI02015HD
Documentary to mark the WI's centenary. Lucy Worsley goes beyond the stereotypes of jam and Jerusalem to reveal the surprisingly radical side of this...
- 2014
How To Get Ahead at Medieval Court
How To Get Ahead at Medieval Court02014HD
Writer Broadcaster and Newsnight arts correspondent Stephen Smith finds out what it took to get ahead at the court of Richard II.
- 1977
Here We Come A-Wassailing
Here We Come A-Wassailing01977HD
A documentary on the surviving syncretic pagan midwinter customs of the British Isles, focusing on nine ritual celebrations ranging from the Moray...
- 1996
Moments with Johan
Moments with Johan61996HD
The beautiful gay erotic superstar Johan Paulik is enthusiastically celebrated in this jam-packed compendium of Johan's greatest on-screen...
- 2010
Rosslyn Chapel: A Treasure in Stone
Rosslyn Chapel: A Treasure in Stone02010HD
The exquisite Rosslyn Chapel is a masterpiece in stone. It used to be one of Scotland's best-kept secrets, but it became world-famous when it was...
- 2016
The Spy Who Brought Down Mary, Queen of Scots
The Spy Who Brought Down Mary, Queen of Scots02016HD
- 2008
Clarissa & the King's Cookbook
Clarissa & the King's Cookbook62008HD
Clarissa Dickson Wright tracks down Britain's oldest known cookbook, The Forme of Cury. This 700-year-old scroll was written during the reign of King...
- 2018
Mary Berry's Country House at Christmas
Mary Berry's Country House at Christmas102018HD
Mary Berry visits Harewood House in Yorkshire as it prepares for Christmas on a grand scale, and demonstrates how to make delicious recipes inspired...
- 1950
Land of Tradition
Land of Tradition71950HD
This Traveltalk series short visits an array of locations associated with England's heritage. Included are Runnymede, Windsor, Ascot, Lincoln, Wells,...
- 1970
The Changing Face Of Salford Collection
The Changing Face Of Salford Collection01970HD
Between 1968 and 1970, J M Goodger, a lecturer at the University of Salford, made a film record of the living conditions in the slums of Ordsall,...
- 1945
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey01945HD
The history of Westminster Abbey and a tour of the monuments within it; accompanied by choral music and including footage of the coronation of King...
- 2014
Torchlighters: The John Wesley Story
Torchlighters: The John Wesley Story02014HD
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...
- 2010
Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons
Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons72010HD
In this hour-long documentary, Oxford academic Janina Ramirez tours the country in search of Anglo-Saxon art treasures. Her basic thesis - and it is...
- 2018
Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence
Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence02018HD
Opera based on the story of Edward II and Piers Gaveston. Music by George Benjamin, libretto by Martin Crimp. BBC broadcast of the 2018 premiere at...
- 1970
Ghosts of the Isle of Wight
Ghosts of the Isle of Wight01970HD
This retro documentary, based on the book by world-renowned paranormal expert and author Gaynor Baldwin, explores the haunted history of the Isle of...
- 2019
INFINITY minus Infinity
INFINITY minus Infinity02019HD
INFINITY minus Infinity draws on several inspirations: the modernist verse of the Jamaican poet Una Marson, the alluvial invocations of the...
- 2014
Return of the Black Death
Return of the Black Death52014HD
The black death had devastating effects in centuries past, but what actually caused it and how many lives did it take? The world has not seen a...
- 2000
The 43 Group: The Unfinished War
The 43 Group: The Unfinished War02000HD
The 43 Group was an English anti-fascist group set up by Jewish ex-servicemen in the immediate wake of World War II when, on their return to London,...
- 1954
English History: Earliest Times to 1066
English History: Earliest Times to 106601954HD
Considers how Anglo-Saxon England was built by many different peoples and cultures. Re-enacts important historical events. Shows authentic landmarks...