Historical films

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Thomas Seymour (Tom Cullen) and Katherine Parr (Jessica Raine) in Becoming Elizabeth

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Dakota Johnson stars as Anne Elliot in Netflix's 2022 adaptation of Persuasion, the final completed novel by Jane Austen

Persuasion “The essence and spirit of Austen’s work are fundamentally changed”

Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù as Mr Malcolm and Freida Pinto as Selina Dalton in Mr Malcolm's List

What was on Mr. Malcolm’s List? The real history behind the Regency romance

Helen Mirren as Elizabeth II in 2006 film 'The Queen'

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Jack Lowden as Siegfried Sassoon in Terence Davies’ feature film Benediction.

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Benediction: a case of Sassoon the man v Sassoon the legend

The cast of Downton Abbey in front of Highclere Castle. (Image by Alamy)

The upstairs/downstairs world of Downton Abbey: how true to life is it?

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Alexander Skarsgård stars as Amleth in The Northman (Photo by Aidan Monaghan / © 2021 Focus Features, LLC)

The Northman How the real Viking prince Amleth inspired Shakespeare

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Ben Macintryre is the author of Operation Mincemeat

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A still from James Cameron's 'Titanic'. (Image by Alamy)

How accurate are the most famous films about Titanic?

The Northman stars Alexander Skarsgård as Viking prince Amleth

“You are in their world, not in ours”: How The Northman makes the Viking Age real

The 30th Annual Academy Awards, Los Angeles, 1958. (Ralph Crane/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

13 remarkable moments in the history of the Oscars

LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 1: Lynda Carter stars as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman) on the CBS Television Series

The real Amazons: how the legendary warrior women inspired fighters, feminists and Wonder Woman