A beautifully rendered historical epic about love and honour, which follows the tortured path of Jinha, his quest to become a master swordsman and his journey to find his true love, Sullie. In the spirit of "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" and "House of Flying Daggers", Bichunmoo is an exquisite martial arts drama. find out more...

Back in 1348 the Black Death was ravaging England and, with superstition rampant, scapegoats were being sought. A young monk has a secret lover whom he advises to retreat to her native woods, but to follow her means abandoning his monastery and betraying God. His opportunity arises with the arrival a band of men (think the Inquisition), who seek out an isolated village near the woods where the locals have supposedly avoided death by following the practices of a necromancer. It is in this villa find out more...

A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate. An early Paul Verhoeven adventure starring Rutger Hauer. find out more...

A weird story, based on legend, about a mother and her daughter-in-law who survived in times of hardship by murdering Samurai and selling their armour to buy rice. A wonderfully strange and visually striking Japanese folk tale, unusual in itself, but also a beautiful and detailed character study. 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...

Robert the Bruce is a hard-hitting historical epic covering the turbulent time after William Wallace's victories depicted in Braveheart. Scotland 1306, Robert the Bruce (Angus MacFadyen: 'Braveheart') crowns himself King and takes the ambition of Scotland's freedom as his own. But he cannot overcome England's power: defeated again and again, his army is scattered and Scotland's nobility abandons him. Hunt find out more...

1.1 Will You Tolerate This? 1.2 Sheriff Got Your Tongue 1.3 Who Shot The Sheriff. find out more...

A merrily we go us happy band. ‘The lads', ‘cause in this Robin Hood that's basically what the boys are, continue to ply their trade against the evil sheriff of Nottingham, in a forest where the seasons are reluctant to acknowledge winter….I want me a place there. Good, foolish, high budget, fun from the Beeb. find out more...

1.4 Parent Hood 1.5 Turk 'Flu. find out more...

A merrily we go us happy band. ‘The lads', ‘cause in this Robin Hood that's basically what the boys are, continue to ply their trade against the evil sheriff of Nottingham, in a forest where the seasons are reluctant to acknowledge winter….I want me a place there. Good, foolish, high budget, fun from the Beeb. find out more...