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As Alfred the Great defends his kingdom from Norse invaders, Uhtred born a Saxon but raised by Vikings seeks to claim his ancestral birthright

Sir Francis Hamilton, ambassador of King Charles II, sails from England to Jamaica where he has to sign a peace treaty with France On the way to the Carribean his ship is attacked by a band of pirates, headed by the dreadfully re

Two female friends become sexual rivals at maturity

A historical epic inspired by the true events that happened in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries

A down to earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic

Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II

After the downfall of Cardinal Wolsey, his secretary, Thomas Cromwell, finds himself amongst the treachery and intrigue of King Henry VIIIs court and soon becomes a close advisor to the King, a role fraught with danger

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood

A dramatic series about the reign and marriages of King Henry VIII

After he is bought by the owner of a Roman gladiator school and trained as a gladiator, a slave leads a rebellion of slaves and gladiators into revolt against Rome

The story of Sir Nicholas Nicky Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued Jewish children from the Nazis

Science and mythology and how they are the same thing

A look into the Los Angeles punk rock scene, that was largely ignored by the rock music press of the time

Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son

King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel

A charismatic fisherman struggling with debt A troubled woman wrestling with demons A gifted accountant ostracised from his family and people In this ground breaking first season of The Chosen see how Jesus reaches each of these a

A mysterious pendant sparks a quest to shed light on an astronomical truth even if it would mean Earth shaking revolution

DArtagnan is forced to join forces with Milady to save Constance, who was kidnapped before his eyes But as war is declared and Athos, Porthos and Aramis have already joined the front, a secret from the past shatters old alliances

Austria in the 18th century Forests surround villages Killing a baby gets a woman sentenced to death Agnes readies for married life with her beloved But her mind and heart grow heavy A gloomy path alone, evil thoughts arising

A chronicle of the decade long hunt for al Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S E A L s Team 6 in May 2011

Jewish brothers in Nazi occupied Eastern Europe escape into the Belarussian forests, where they join Russian resistance fighters, and endeavor to build a village, in order to protect themselves and about one thousand Jewish non comba

The life stories of historys greatest minds From their days as young adults to their final years we see their discoveries, loves, relationships, causes, flaws and genius

In December 1914, an unofficial Christmas truce on the Western Front allows soldiers from opposing sides of the First World War to gain insight into each others way of life

Several months after the U S entry into World War II, an inexperienced U S Navy commander must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by a German submarine wolf pack

Set in the summer of 1957, with Enzo Ferraris auto empire in crisis, the ex racer turned entrepreneur pushes himself and his drivers to the edge as they launch into the Mille Miglia, a treacherous 1,000 mile race across Italy

Set in 1930s Ukraine, as Stalin advances the ambitions of communists in the Kremlin, young artist Yuri battles to save his lover Natalka from the Holodomor, the death by starvation program that ultimately killed millions of Ukrainian

The rise and love life of a young Queen Charlotte

The story of American photographer Lee Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II

160 elite U S soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily armed Somalis

Dramatized reconstruction of real life air disasters, along with interviews with aviation experts and eyewitnesses

In Spring 1945 in Gyeongseong, during Japanese rule over Korea, two young adults confront a strange creature born of greed, and battle against it for survival

In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery

The life of the Russian Empress Ekaterina II Catherine the Great, a German born princess who came to Russia as bride for the young Peter III, chosen by his aunt Elisabeth, and who, once she came into power, transformed the Russian

Follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth IIs reign and the events that shaped the second half of the twentieth century

An examination of the infamous pornographic film Deep Throat 1972, covering aspects from the films creation to its cultural impact

A splinter group of Roman soldiers fight for their lives behind enemy lines after their legion is devastated in a guerrilla attack