Set during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, a young and shy midshipman, rises through the ranks to become an admiral.

In 1860s France, Étienne Lantier, an unemployed railway worker, is clever but uneducated with a dangerous temper. Forced to take a...

Count Alexander Rostov finds himself going from riches to rags following the Russian revolution. A Soviet tribunal banishes him to the attic room of...

A historical exploration about the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and the preserved Roman city it left behind.

In 1829, a recently widowed Englishman brings his children to New South Wales to claim land and begin a new life, only to find it already occupied....

Two families - De Lutrelles and McFarlanes. They both live in the same house, but 130 years apart in time. De Lutrelle's: father Gervaise, mother...

The life of the remarkable man who passed away after an extraordinary 26 year reign, and whose papal odyssey encompassed more than 120 countries and...

Follows the private lives of seven British PMs who lived at Number 10 Downing Street between the 1780s and the 1920s: William Pitt the Younger, the...

Exploring the rise and fall of one of the most famous faces on British television in the 60s and 70s: Noele Gordon (or Nolly to her friends).

The film tells the life story of the famous Russian scientist, researcher, traveler and pioneer Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay. The film shows the most...

Protected and pampered as a child, Kashibai rises to the challenge and proves to be an able administrator when her husband Peshwa Bajirao sets out to...

The 19th-century tale of love, murder and revenge as men and women travel across the world to make their fortunes on the wild West Coast of New...

The dramatic and inspirational story of a young pitcher who becomes the first woman to play Major League Baseball.

An anthology series centered around people who believe themselves to be the modern-day descendants of the Romanov family.

The life stories of history's greatest minds. From their days as young adults to their final years we see their discoveries, loves, relationships,...

After Neurosurgeon Maggie Sullivan’s personal and professional life are thrown into turmoil she returns home to Sullivan’s Crossing....

Through Julia Child’s life and her singular joie de vivre, the series explores a pivotal time in American history – the emergence of...

The journey of a book smart teen whose life is forever transformed when he moves from the streets of west Philadelphia to live with his relatives in...

A biography series based on the life of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, the brilliant, beautiful and talented Southern Belle who becomes the original flapper...

A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody...

In the Yorkshire Dales in the 1870s, the shantytown of Jericho is the home of a community that will live, thrive and die in the shadow of the viaduct...

A young aspiring writer discovers secrets about her family's past when she finds herself mysteriously being pulled back and forth in time to a 19th...

A basketball prodigy must navigate a maze of pressure if he's going to overcome the odds against him and learn what it truly means to have swagger.