En Gran Bretaña, Reino Unido se recuperan de la desesperación de la Gran Guerra, las personas sobreviven a como pueden, y las bandas criminales proliferan en una nación sacudida económicamente.

Es justamente aquí donde una familia de gánsteres irlandeses de origen nómada (a veces llamados gitanos o chatarreros) asentada en Birmingham (los Peaky Blinders) justo después de la Primera Guerra Mundial, dirigen un local de apuestas hípicas en la ciudad. Las acciones del ambicioso, respetado, temerario y peligroso jefe de la banda, Thomas Shelby, llaman la atención del Inspector jefe Chester Campbell, un detective de la Real Policía Irlandesa que es enviado por el mismo Winston Churchill desde Belfast donde había sido enviado a limpiar la ciudad del Ejército Republicano Irlandés (IRA), comunistas, pandillas y delincuentes comunes.

Este drama narra las rivalidades políticas y el romance de la reina Isabel II, así como los sucesos que moldearon la segunda mitad del siglo XX.

La historia de la reina Victoria, que llegó al trono en un momento de gran turbulencia económica y resurgimiento del republicanismo, y murió 64 años después como la cabeza del imperio más grande que el mundo jamás haya visto, habiendo revitalizado la imagen pública del trono y convirtiéndose en "abuela de Europa".

Basado en los libros infantiles más vendidos y abundantemente salpicado de tripas, sangre y caca, un grupo de comediantes británicos ofrece una visión anárquica y poco convencional de algunos de los momentos más espantosos y divertidos de la historia, con temas que incluyen la Edad de Piedra, la Edad Media, los egipcios y los romanos, entre otros.

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

Crónica de la leyenda del Rey Arturo que incluye también al mago Merlín, el hada Morgana y la reina Ginebra.

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.

Un drama entre bastidores y un thriller de espionaje en la época de la Guerra Fría en Inglaterra que se centra en un periodista, un productor y un presentador de un programa de noticias de investigación.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

During London's swinging sixties, young Jewish Vivien Epstein follows her lover into danger and when he is caught between life and death, she finds herself going undercover with the fascists, not only for him but for the sake of her country.

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an 8-part 1981 drama serial based on the life of Winston Churchill, and particularly his years in enforced exile from political position during the 1920s and 30s. It was written and directed by Ferdinand Fairfax and Churchill was played by Robert Hardy.

Hardy's brilliant performance as Churchill won critical acclaim and a BAFTA award in 1982. He reprised the role in The Sittaford Mystery, Bomber Harris and War and Remembrance and at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the end of World War II in 1995 when he quoted a number of Churchill's wartime speeches in character.

In this 3-part documentary series, Lucy Worsley travels across Britain and Europe visiting the locations where royal history was made. In palaces and castles and on battlefields she investigates how royal history is a mixture of facts, exaggeration, manipulation and mythology.

Tori Herridge and a team of scientists piece together life stories behind unearthed bones

The Hundred Years’ war between England and France gave us the victories of Crecy and Agincourt, and made the reputations of Edward III and Henry V. It gave France a national heroine in Joan of Arc. But, even now, the jury is out as to its causes and outcome. Was it the final swansong of a redundant knightly class whose only reason for being was to fight? Was it a battle over ever more important territory to the emerging economies of England and France? Or was it the painful birth of two distinct national identities, forged through their long and violent divorce? Dr Janina Ramirez guides us through the stories of kings, great knights, bloody battles and cultural triumphs of this momentous conflict.

In the 1750s London’s perilous streets were run by armed gangs, corrupt night watchmen and thief takers. Then two Westminster magistrates, novelist Henry Fielding and his brother, John, obtained a grant from Parliament allowing them to bring some law and order to the crime-ridden boroughs of Central London.