The fourth series of Blackadder sees him as a Captain in the trenches of World War One, with Baldrick as his dogsbody. In "Captain Cook" Blackadder volunteers to be a war artist. In "Corporal Punishment" he faces the death squad after killing a pigeon. In "Major Star" he has to put on a Music Hall show. In "Private Plane" he volunteers to be trained as a pilot by Rik Mayall. In "General Hospital" he has to uncover a spy in the wardrooms. In "Goodbyeee" the final big push is looming too close find out more...

A warrior and not a politician, Coriolanus found the citizens of Rome turning against him. As he sought to wreak his anger on the city, it was left to his mother to prevent a bloody battle. A compelling study of family, loyalty, war and politics, and an acclaimed production well-served by an experienced cast. Being from the BBC stable it can be relied on as a top notch and faithful version of the play. find out more...

Summer 1863; the Confederacy pushed north into Pennsylvania and Union divisions converged to face them, the two great armies would clash at Gettysburg, one of the bloodiest, some 50,000 lives were lost, battles in US history and a turning point in the Civil War. For three days, through such legendary actions as Little Round Top and Pickett's Charge, the fate of "one nation, indivisible" hung in the balance. An epic recreation, superbly shot, with a wealth of Hollywood talent, a supporting cast o find out more...

The series (11 episodes) tells the story of the village of Schabbach, on the Hunsrueck in Germany through the years 1919-1982. The central character is Maria, at the beginning a teenage girl, by the end an elderly matriarch, and her family who, like the rest of the German people, live through the crises of 1920s, Nazism and eventual rebirth following WWII. Heimat is a superb cinematic chronicle of social and political change, beautifully shot and breathtaking in its depth and scope. The honesty find out more...

The series (11 episodes) tells the story of the village of Schabbach, on the Hunsrueck in Germany through the years 1919-1982. The central character is Maria, at the beginning a teenage girl, by the end an elderly matriarch, and her family who, like the rest of the German people, live through the crises of 1920s, Nazism and eventual rebirth following WWII. Heimat is a superb cinematic chronicle of social and political change, beautifully shot and breathtaking in its depth and scope. The honesty find out more...

One of the BBC's typically exemplary adaptation of one of the great Bard's works performed by pretty much the cream of British theatre. It is the first in the cycle of four plays often referred to as "The Wars of the Roses". find out more...

One of the BBC's typically exemplary adaptation of one of the great Bard's works performed by pretty much the cream of British theatre. It is the third in the cycle of four plays often referred to as "The Wars of the Roses". find out more...

One of the BBC's typically exemplary adaptation of one of the great Bard's works performed by pretty much the cream of British theatre. It is the second in the cycle of four plays often referred to as "The Wars of the Roses". find out more...

The BBC's exhaustive and typically exemplary adaptations of some of the great bard's best known plays and a number of his lesser known works. All filmed between the late 1970s and early 1980s and performed by pretty much the cream of British theatre. find out more...

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