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Thomas Seymour (Tom Cullen) and Katherine Parr (Jessica Raine) in Becoming Elizabeth
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Watch this The best historical movies and TV series streaming now

Ewan Horrocks as Aelfweard and Adrian Schiller as Aethelhelm in The Last Kingdom season 5
Anglo-Saxon

Ælfweard and Æthelstan: were they rivals for the throne of Wessex?

A bloodied Uhtred of Bebbanburg in Seven Kings Must Die
Anglo-Saxon

Seven Kings Must Die ending explained: what next for England?

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Anglo-Saxon

Seven Kings Must Die: the real history behind the Last Kingdom movie

Alexander Dreymon as Uhtred of Bebbanburg in Seven Kings Must Die
Anglo-Saxon

Seven Kings Must Die What to expect from the Last Kingdom movie

HMS Bittern on fire and severely damaged after a German air attack in Namsos fjord, 30 April 1940. Both sides sustained heavy losses in the battle of Norway but the German navy was less able to absorb these than its British foe. (Photo by Topfoto)
Second World War

Narvik in context How battle for Norway in 1940 saved Britain

Conrad Nagel and Dorothy Dalton in movie still from Fool's Paradise, 1921.
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Hollywood in the 1920s: stars, scandals and the end of silent films

A still from American-made war epic All Quiet on the Western Front
20th Century

All Quiet On The Western Front Why its lessons still matter today

Ben Foster as Jan Žižka in 'Medieval' (2022). (Photo by Alamy)
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Jan Žižka: one of history’s greatest military leaders, who was blind but undefeated

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All Quiet on the Western Front film "An ambitious, visceral exploration of life and loss in WW1"

Actor Viola Davis (right) holds a weapon aloft in new feature film The Woman King, inspired by the stories of female warriors in Dahomey
Victorian

The warrior ‘Amazons’ of Dahomey

A scene from the Luttrell Psalter, c1330, gives an idealised insight into everyday life in 14th-century rural England
Medieval

Life as a medieval peasant How accurate are depictions on screen?

Harry Lloyd (Richard III) and Sally Hawkins (Philippa Langley) in The Lost King
Medieval

The Lost King The difficult art of turning a true story into a movie

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Dakota Johnson stars as Anne Elliot in Netflix's 2022 adaptation of Persuasion, the final completed novel by Jane Austen
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Persuasion “The essence and spirit of Austen’s work are fundamentally changed”

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