‘Barbarians Rising’ tells the story of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire through the eyes of the barbarians that defied it. Primetime worldwide release in June 2016 (UK in August) October films. 8 x 1 hours for…
Four centuries ago, hundreds of innocent people were killed as an obsession to stamp out Satanism swept the British Isles. Dr Suzannah Lipscomb investigates the events of this dark period in British history. www.channel5.com/shows/witches-a-century-of-murder…
History is peppered with people who changed the world, only to become more controversial in death than they were in life. ʻThe Last Days of…ʼ examines and illuminates the stories for six giants of history who suffered violent deaths.…
From the bloodied battlefields a new horror is born. Whilst the Napoleonic wars rage across Europe a noble couple’s coach is hijacked by a desperate British soldier. At gunpoint, the soldier spins an outlandish tale of plagues, conspiracies, and dead…
Acclaimed historian Dan Jones tells the story of the dynasty who ruled England and much of France during the Middle Ages. More shocking, brutal and exhilarating than Game of Thrones, these events actually happened.…
August 1944. A team of British soldiers led by a US Captain are dropped behind enemy lines in France on a mission that could shorten the war. As nothing goes according to plan, commando Sergeant Harry McBain and Captain…
A fascinating exploration of one of the most significant moments in gothic history – the night when Mary Shelley, Lord Byron and their cohorts gathered together at Lake Geneva to tell ghost stories. The night when Frankenstein and the…
Stonehenge is an icon of prehistoric British culture. This series follows a group of international scientists who believe that a state-of-the-art approach is the key to unlocking Stonehenge’s secrets. Emmy nominated in the category of scenic design and…
‘Killers: Behind the Myth’ tells the surprising story of how some of Europe’s most horrific murderers were eventually brought to justice. It’s a story of shocking crimes and bizarrely simple blunders, that takes the audience behind the worn-out stereotype…
‘Nazi Megastructures’ uncovers the hidden remains of Hitler’s most ambitious engineering projects, telling the stories of the geniuses that designed them and revealing how these structures sparked a technological revolution that changed warfare forever.…