History on screen

24 BC to 54 AD _{(Rome, Germania, Rhodes, Capri)}

I, CLAUDIUS

This masterpiece is a compelling dramatisation of Suetonius’ The 12 Caesars. With a cast of British legends, it makes you feel like you are there, in ancient Rome, watching the scheming Julio-Claudian family bring their political ambitions to fruition. I cannot recommend it highly enough! I have watched the series at least ten times.

793-±821 _{(Norway, England, Denmark, Russia, Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland)}

VIKINGS

Excellent insight into what life was like during the emergence of the Viking expansion. Licence is taken with the timeline, but the main events and characters depicted are mostly real, just not necessarily as contemporaries. From King Ecbert’s reign to the Rus invasion of Scandinavia.

866-878 _{(England – as smaller kingdoms of Wessex, Bebbanburg, the Danelaw)}

THE LAST KINGDOM

Alfred the Great defends his kingdom from the ‘Great Heathen Army’ of Norse invaders, while a Saxon, Uhtred, toils to regain his family seat in Bebbanburg.

1002-1035 _{(England, Denmark, Russia, Constantinople, Norway, Jomsburg, Greenland)}

VIKINGS VALHALLA

Final actions of Aethelred II (Ethelred the Unready) until the death of Cnut the Great.

±1296-1305 _{(England, France, Scotland)}

BRAVEHEART

The rise and demise of William Wallace, as he defied Edward I ‘Longshanks’.

1413 – 1420 _{(England, France)}

THE KING

The accession and marriage of Henry V, including the battle of Agincourt.

±1413-1420 _{(England, France)}

HENRY V

William Shakespeare’s play brought to life by Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Derek Jacobi.

1461-1485 _(England)

THE WHITE QUEEN

The accession of Edward IV of York, to the reign of Richard III and the battle of Bosworth Field.

1485-1499 _{(England, France)}

THE WHITE PRINCESS

Elizabeth of York is forced to marry Henry VII, joining York and Lancaster into the new House of Tudor. We meet Perkin Warbeck/Richard of Shrewsbury, the younger of the Princes in the Tower – is he the rightful king of England?

±1520-1589 _(France)

THE SERPENT QUEEN

Catherine De Medici’s rise as Queen of France, to her death.