Verão de 1935. É o dia mais quente do ano mas, apesar da canícula, a família Tallis vive tranquilamente na sua mansão vitoriana. A pequena Briony já descobriu a sua vocação, quer ser romancista. Mas quando do alto dos seus 13 anos surpreende a irmã, Cecília, a despir as suas roupas e a mergulhar na fonte do jardim junto do filho do caseiro, Robbie, a sua reação ingénua face aos desejos dos adultos vai provocar uma tragédia. Robbie e Cecília ultrapassam uma fronteira que nunca tinham ousado ultrapassar e tornam-se vítimas da imaginação prodigiosa de Briony. No final desse dia, a vida dos três terá mudado para sempre.
When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British government attempts to regain control by setting up border controls and cutting off services to the area.
Catrin Cole é uma argumentista contratada pelo Ministério Britânico de Informação para trazer uma perspetiva feminina aos filmes de guerra produzidos por este organismo. O seu presente trabalho é um drama inspirado nas histórias de heroísmo civil durante a retirada de Dunquerque. Com o Blitz de 1940 a abater-se sobre Londres e um marido que olha com condescendência para os seus esforços profissionais, Catrin encontra apoio no guionista principal do filme, Tom Buckley. Durante as filmagens em Devon, Catrin vai ganhando confiança e o respeito dos seus pares, incluindo o do arrogante ator Ambrose Hillard, cuja popularidade já viu melhores dias.
On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix's obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his own jealousy and arranges to have her followed.
Clive Candy V.C. lutou na Guerra dos Boers (África do Sul) e na Primeira Guerra Mundial. Ele ainda acredita que pode vencer qualquer luta com honra e mantendo uma "Conduta Cavalheiresca". Ele têm um velho amigo alemão para mostrar o quanto as regras foram alteradas quando lutando contra os nazistas. Seguimos este senhor delicioso através de sua vida e da busca de seus diversos ideais.
Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, um jovem rapaz foi convocado e, com cada vez mais sentido de presságio, realiza o seu treino militar pronto para o dia D.
Em Londres, durante a II Guerra Mundial, George, de nove anos, é evacuado para o campo pela mãe Rita para escapar aos bombardeamentos. George, de forma desafiante e determinada, tenta regressar a casa e à família através de uma viagem épica e perigosa, enquanto Rita procura por ele.
The duke of York, nicknamed Bertie, was born as royal 'spare heir', younger brother to the prince of Wales, and thus expected to spend a relatively private life with his Scottish wife Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon and their daughters, in the shadow of their reigning father, George V, and next that of his elder brother who succeeded to the British throne as Edward VIII. However Edward decides to put his love for a divorced American, Wallis Simpson, above dynastic duty, and ends up abdicating the throne, which now falls to Bertie, who reigns as George VI.
In 1918, an English family is terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in WWII free the monster. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman ex-servant, and assuming the identity of a scientist who has just escaped from a concentration camp, he starts out on a plan to get revenge upon the family.
During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a book. Sarah is married, but she and Maurice eventually give in to their mutual attraction, leading to an affair that lasts several months. Maurice's jealousy, along with the bombing of London by the Germans, seemingly leads to the end of their relationship. However, the reasons are later revealed to be more complex.
Four Londoners are inseparably linked by their wartime experiences. In a time when the barriers of sexuality and social convention have been broken down, they enjoy a freedom never experienced before.
An English charwoman, believing herself protected by a magic eye amulet, travels to Nazi Germany to personally assassinate Adolf Hitler.
Winston Churchill, one of the most revered men of the twentieth century. Adolf Hitler, one of the most hated leaders in contemporary history. Between 1940 and 1945, these two enormously contradictory personalities faced each other in both politics and war. A clash of giants whose story begins in the trenches of the World War I and ends with the debacle of the World War II.
An American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening days of WWII. After a shrapnel wound and loss of her baby she returns to America. War weary, he is forced to do a story about war orphans, where he meets Margaret.
After suffering a head injury during the Blitz, John Loder, a theatre actor comes to believe himself to be the Brighton Strangler, the murderer he was playing onstage.
Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.
Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII.
London, England, World War II. During a bombing, several people are trapped in the basement of a building where the air will run out in only ninety minutes…
A tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the darkest days of the London Blitz.
“As the German blitz raids reach their 39th day further air raids are to be expected at anytime…” At BBC broadcasting House, Bruce Belfrage and the rest of the staff are preparing the nightly news for millions of anxious listeners, but when the building suffers a direct hit they must pull together to face a terrible choice. Inspired by a true story.