En äventyrare återvänder från en lång utlandsvistelse för att utkräva hämnd för sin pappas död – och ställs mot det mäktiga Ostindiska kompaniet.

South Africa, 1823. The Zulu Empire, headed by King Shaka, a brilliant but ruthless military strategist, begin to encroach on the British colony of Cape Town. A volunteer cadre of explorers, mercenaries and professional soldiers are sent to Zululand to try to make contact with Shaka and assess the real threat of his army.

Under andra världskriget återvänder kapten Charles Ryder till det magnifika engelska godset Brideshead, där han tillbringade mycket tid i sin ungdom.

Det här är berättelsen om hur världen blev totalt omgjord under några årtionden på grund av krig. Detta kan vi nu se tack vare världens största filmarkiv med hundratals timmar med material från krigstiden.

The British Empire in Colour is a major three part series that examines the history and experience of the British Empire, form the perspectives of both the rulers and the ruled. Using original colour archive film - much of which had never previously been seen - together with personal letters and diary extracts helping to capture the many complexities and contradictions of life in the British Empire.

Seven Ages of Britain is a BBC television documentary series which is written and presented by David Dimbleby. The seven part series was first aired on Sunday nights at 9:00pm on BBC One starting on 31 January 2010.

The series covers the history of Britain's greatest art and artefacts over the past 2000 years. Each episode covers a different period in British history. In Australia, all seven episodes aired on ABC1 each Tuesday at 8:30pm from 7 September 2010.

Brittiska imperiet eller Brittiska väldet är den officiella benämningen på Storbritanniens kolonialvälde och maktområden. Det var ett globalt system av kolonier, protektorat och andra territorier som lagts under den brittiska kronan och statsapparaten mellan 1600-talet och 1900-talet.

As a young reporter, David Dimbleby made three Panorama films on Rhodesia between 1967 and 1968, following its Unilateral Declaration of Independence. This three-part series tells the inside story of white Rhodesia's revolt against the British crown and the long battle to bring full democracy to an independent Zimbabwe.

Writer Sathnam Sanghera travels across the country exploring the effects of the British Empire on modern Britain