The first half of an exhaustive and lush dramatisation of Napoleon Bonaparte, from ambitious Corsican soldier at the end of the 18th Century, to his imprisonment on the Island of St Helena by the British, less than twenty years later. If anything "Napoleon" is almost overly dramatic, but it's still an enthralling look at the great man, both publicly and privately, his military achievements, and the turning of a divided France into the most powerful nation in the Western world. find out more...

The second half of an exhaustive and lush dramatisation of Napoleon Bonaparte, from ambitious Corsican soldier at the end of the 18th Century, to his imprisonment on the Island of St Helena by the British, less than twenty years later. If anything "Napoleon" is almost overly dramatic, but it's still an enthralling look at the great man, both publicly and privately, his military achievements, and the turning of a divided France into the most powerful nation in the Western world. 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...