The White Queen

TV Series · 7.3 / 10 · 16 Jun 2013 · English

Set against the backdrop of the Wars of the Roses, the series is the story of the women caught up in the protracted conflict for the throne of England.

The Crown

TV Series · 8.2 / 10 · 4 Nov 2016 · English

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.

The Virgin Queen

TV Series · 6.5 / 10 · 22 Jan 2006 · English

The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth's life: from her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror; through her great love affair with Robert Dudley; into her years of triumph over the Armada; and finally her old age and her last, enigmatic relationship with her young protégé, the Earl of Essex.

The Tudors

TV Series · 7.8 / 10 · 1 Apr 2007 · English

The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.

The Spanish Princess

TV Series · 7.5 / 10 · 5 May 2019 · English

The beautiful Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon, navigates the royal lineage of England with an eye on the throne.

Versailles

TV Series · 7.7 / 10 · 16 Nov 2015 · English

The story of a young Louis XIV on his journey to become the most powerful monarch in Europe, from his battles with the fronde through his development into the Sun King. Historical and fictional characters guide us in a world of betrayal and political maneuvering, revealing Versailles in all its glory and brutality.

Reign

TV Series · 8.1 / 10 · 17 Oct 2013 · English

Mary, Queen of Scots, faces political and sexual intrigue in the treacherous world of the French court.

The Last Kingdom

TV Series · 8.3 / 10 · 10 Oct 2015 · English

A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warfare, courage, love, loyalty and our universal search for identity. Combining real historical figures and events with fictional characters, it is the story of how a people combined their strength under one of the most iconic kings of history in order to reclaim their land for themselves and build a place they call home.

Desperate Romantics

TV Series · 7.4 / 10 · 21 Jul 2009 · English

Six-part drama series set in and among the alleys, galleries and flesh-houses of 19th-century industrial London, following the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a vagabond group of English painters, poets and critics.

TURN: Washington's Spies

TV Series · 7.1 / 10 · 6 Apr 2014 · English

The story of New York farmer, Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America’s fight for independence.

Harlots

TV Series · 7.4 / 10 · 27 Mar 2017 · English

Brothel owner, Margaret Wells, struggles to raise her daughters in London during the 18th century.

The Hollow Crown

TV Series · 7.4 / 10 · 30 Jun 2012 · English

A series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.