Raktažodis British History

Filmo „Tamsiausia valanda“ veiksmas žiūrovą nukelia į Antrojo pasaulinio karo pradžią, kuomet į premjero postą įžengęs W. Churchillis turi priimti sunkiausią gyvenimo sprendimą. Tarsi viesulas po Vakarų Europą riedanti nacių armija jau netrukus pasieks Anglijos krantus. Suvokdamas, jog įsiveržimas – neišvengiamas, premjeras susiduria su aibe kliūčių – skeptiškai karo atžvilgiu nusiteikusiu karaliumi, nepasiruošusia visuomene, nesutarimais partijos viduje ir spaudimu eiti į derybas su nacistine Vokietija. Ką sunkiausią britams valandą nuspręs W. Churchillis – pamynus savo įsitikinimus stos į derybas su Hitleriu ar iš paskutiniųjų gins savo šalies piliečių teises ir laisvę? Ar patirdamas partijos ir karaliaus spaudimą vyras sugebės priimti vienintelį teisingą sprendimą, pakeisiantį jo šalies istoriją?

Halas, paklydėlis princas ir Anglijos sosto paveldėtojas, yra karūnuojamas Karaliumi Henriu 5-uoju, po jo tirono tėvo mirties. Dabar jaunasis karalius turi vykdyti rūmų politiką, ieškoti taikos kare, kurį jam paliko tėvas ir kovoti su asmeniniais sentimentais praeičiai.

1940 m. Karališkosios oro pajėgos stoja į žūtbūtinę kovą su Liuftvafės galybe, kad užvaldytų dangų virš Didžiosios Britanijos ir užkirstų kelią nacių invazijai į Didžiąją Britaniją.

Henrikui VIII nusibodo senstanti žmona Kotryna Aragonietė, kuri nesugebėjo pagimdyti jam sūnaus. Jo akys pastebi žavią Aną Bolein, ką tik grįžusią iš viešnagės Prancūzijos karaliaus rūmuose. Gražuolė įsimylėjusi Harį Persį ir nėra lengvas grobis. Jai netinka karaliaus sugulovės, kuria anksčiau buvo jos sesuo, dalia. Kardinolas Volzis pradeda derybas su popiežiumi dėl karaliaus skyrybų. Popiežius griežtai atsisako išskirti Henriką su Kotryna, todėl Henrikas nutraukia ryšius su Romos katalikų bažnyčia ir pasiskelbia anglikonų bažnyčios galva.

A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.

The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.

Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others.

The story of Queen Victoria, who came to the throne at a time of great economic turbulence and resurgent republicanism – and died 64 years later the head of the largest empire the world had ever seen, having revitalised the throne’s public image and become “grandmother of Europe”.

Time Team is a British television series which has been aired on British Channel 4 from 1994. Created by television producer Tim Taylor and presented by actor Tony Robinson, each episode featured a team of specialists carrying out an archaeological dig over a period of three days, with Robinson explaining the process in layman's terms. This team of specialists changed throughout the series' run, although has consistently included professional archaeologists such as Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Francis Pryor and Phil Harding. The sites excavated over the show's run have ranged in date from the Palaeolithic right through to the Second World War.

Camelot is a historical-fantasy-drama television series based on the Arthurian legend, was produced by Graham King, Morgan O'Sullivan and Michael Hirst.

In this blend of historical drama and original source material, the story of this decisive year is remagined, not from the saddles of kings and conquerors, but through the eyes of the ordinary men who fought on their behalf.

In this unique take on British history, Professor Alice Roberts explores Britain's rich and varied past through the stories of individual towns and cities. In each programme Alice studies one key period in history by delving into the secrets of a historic town that encapsulates the era, providing an accurate impression of what life was really like at key moments in our turbulent past. At the climax of each programme, cutting-edge CGI reveals the entire historic town in all its former glory.

The life of an orphan is changed by the providential intervention of a mysterious benefactor.

Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.

The comedian explores the British isles in her vintage camper van, Helen, taking in some dramatic scenery, unspoilt countryside and incredible historic sights along the way.

Investigating the most notorious murders ever to take place on the British railways. The cases start from 1864 with the the first murder on a British railway.

A sweeping epic of good and evil, treachery and intrigue, violence and beauty, a sensuous, spirited story set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles in 12th Century England.

Set in 1936, the show takes viewers, old and new, back to the lavish world of Belgravia, London. A new set of occupants reside at 165 Eaton Place and viewers see how external and internal influences of the tumultuous pre-war period shape and mould the lives of this wealthy family and their servants.‬

Ten celebrities are about to leave their 21st century lives and everything they know behind to become time travellers. Our ten intrepid travellers will crash into six very different eras of British history and have no idea where – or when – they're going. They will spend a day immersed in each era, living, working, dressing and eating as the ‘lower' classes did whilst attempting to follow orders and fulfil a task set by their superiors. Will they be able to survive history and will they be able to leave their smartphones behind?

A poor boy named Tom Canty and Edward, the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well. The Prince and the Pauper, Mark Twain's novel about adventure and intrigue in the court of Henry VIII.

The Indian Doctor is a British television drama set in the summer of 1963. Produced by Rondo Media and Avatar Productions, it was first broadcast on BBC One in 2010. The most recent series began on 27 February 2012 and concluded on 2 March. It is a period comedy drama starring Sanjeev Bhaskar as an Indian doctor who finds work in a South Wales mining village.

Pretenders was a 13 episode British television series produced by Harlech Television in the UK in February 1972 on ITV. Pretenders was filmed in Somerset, England and Wales. The 13-part historical adventure series with a factual background starring Frederick Jaeger as a German mercenary who assists Elam, a boy who believes he is the illegitimate son of The Duke Of Monmouth, who in turn is the illegitimate son of Charles ll, and therefore claims to be rightful heir to the throne. The series followed their various adventures, leading up to the climactic battle of Sedgemoor, the last battle on English soil.

A behind-the-scenes drama and espionage thriller in Cold War-era England that centers on a journalist, a producer, and an anchorman for an investigative news programme.

Aubrey Manning sets out on a journey to study the changing face of Britain's countryside