One of the BBC's exhaustive and typically exemplary adaptations of one of the great Bard's lesser known works performed by pretty much the cream of British theatre. The play, one of Shakespeare's most popular in the 19th Century, focuses on the relationships between Henry, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn and Cardinal Wolsey. To quote "'Tis better to be lowly born Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow". find out more...

A typically exemplary BBC adaptation of one of the great bard's best known plays performed by pretty much the cream of British theatre. find out more...

Anthony Hopkins gives a masterful find out more...

All twelve episodes from the first series of the classic satirical puppet show. No target was safe from the series' gunsights: Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet, the opposition, the Liberals, Ronald Reagan, the Pope and the Royal Family could all find themselves up for a painful ribbing on any given programme. The series was worked around the current week's news stories and featured a number of famous impressionists, including Chris Barrie, Rory Bremner, Phil Cornwell, Steve Coogan, John Culs find out more...

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A typically authentic BBC version, ergo recommended for students of the play. find out more...

A sexy but highly fictionalised account of the early years of Henry VIII's reign, basically the Tudors for the MTV generation. find out more...

A sexy but highly fictionalised account of the early years of Henry VIII's reign, basically the Tudors for the MTV generation. find out more...

A sexy but highly fictionalised account of the early years of Henry VIII's reign, basically the Tudors for the MTV generation. find out more...

The sexed up life of the Tudors continues. find out more...