One of the BBC's exhaustive and typically exemplary adaptations of some of the great bard's best known plays and also 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. Based round incidents in the Trojan War. find out more...

Impeccably casted BBC production of Tolstoy's classic, possibly one of the BBC's best productions. Set in the Russia of the Napoleonic Wars during the early 1800s, it follows the fortunes of two families, the Rostovs and the Bolkonskys, whose paths become inextricably intertwined. find out more...

Part 2 of the superb BBC adaptation of Tolstoy's epic tale of two Russian families during the upheavals of the Napoleonic Wars. The Russian army is defeated by Napoleon, Rostov comes home and pledges his betrothal to Sonya, and Pierre duels with Dolohov. find out more...

Part four of this excellent, dramatic retelling of Russian history. find out more...

In this installment the background is the stalemate between French and Russian troops in 1812. All the characters find themselves in some way involved, as the French gradually begin to win through. find out more...

Impeccably casted BBC production of Tolstoy's classic, possibly one of the BBC's best productions. Set in the Russia of the Napoleonic Wars during the early 1800s, it follows the fortunes of two families, the Rostovs and the Bolkonskys, whose paths become inextricably intertwined. find out more...

Part 2 of the superb BBC adaptation of Tolstoy's epic tale of two Russian families during the upheavals of the Napoleonic Wars. The Russian army is defeated by Napoleon; Rostov comes home and pledges his betrothal to Sonya and Pierre duels with Dolohov. find out more...

The epic continues... find out more...

In this installment the background is the stalemate between French and Russian troops in 1812. All the characters find themselves in some way involved, as the French gradually begin to win through. find out more...