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Historical film TV and radio

From binge-worthy period dramas to award-winning documentaries, find out why historical movies, TV and radio programs are more popular than ever, with this series of articles, podcasts and video

Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown, and the real Queen Elizabeth II

Netflix’s The Crown: the real history behind the royal drama

Rufus Kampa as Prince William

The Crown S6: the challenges of telling the story of living royals

Archimedes heat ray sets fire to Roman ship

Archimedes’ greatest inventions and discoveries

Illustatration of the siege of Syracuse, showing Archimedes' cranes used to destroy Roman ships

The siege of Syracuse: how Archimedes took on the Romans

Illustrated portrait of Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes

Why Archimedes was the greatest scientist of the Classical age

Joséphine de Beauharnais

Joséphine de Beauharnais: how Napoleon's muse became empress of France

Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon Bonaparte

Ridley Scott’s Napoleon: how accurate is the movie? The real history explained

David Tennant returns as the Doctor

Ranked: the best historical episodes of Doctor Who

Elizabeth Debicki as Diana, Princess of Wales, accompanied by Rufus Kampa as Prince William and Fflyn Edwards as Prince Harry

“Haunted, in more ways than one”: A historian’s review of The Crown S6, part 1

American civil rights activist Bayard Rustin

Bayard Rustin: the quiet force behind the March on Washington

A black and white photo of the American actress Janet Leigh, with a shadow of a chair on the wall behind her. She is looking forwards and screaming in shock.

Ninety years of horror: nine films that reflect society’s changing anxieties

Horror films: a chilling cultural history

The War of the Operas: new money vs old in The Gilded Age

Ward McAllister, played by Nathan Lane in period drama 'The Gilded Age'

Who is Ward McAllister in The Gilded Age?

Mollie Burkhart.

Who was Mollie Burkhart in Killers of the Flower Moon?

Jesse Plemons as lawman Tom White

Who was Tom White in Killers of the Flower Moon?

Actor Lily Gladstone (left) plays Mollie Burkhart

The real history behind Killers of the Flower Moon: author explains true story of Osage Nation

Disney at 100

The striking, surrealism-influenced Radio Times cover shows the transmitter mast at Alexandra Palace

Radio Times at 100: a "vivid running commentary" on a century of British life

Alicia von Rittberg as Princess Elizabeth in Becoming Elizabeth

Becoming ElizabethThe real history behind the new Tudor drama

Why is Napoleon such a figure of ridicule in cinema?

Ridley’s Scott’s Napoleon trailer: a historian reacts

What should we make of Ridley Scott’s Napoleon?

OppenheimerIs Nolan perpetuating a historical myth?

Oppenheimer: “destroyer of worlds”

Barbenheimer quiz: should you see Barbie or Oppenheimer first, based on your historical knowledge?

How Barbie changed the world

A gear wheel in the Antikythera mechanism, an analogue computer created by ancient Greeks that forms the basis for the Archimedes Dial in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

General History

The real Archimedes Dial? The Antikythera mechanism explained

Indiana Jones

General History

Was there a real Indiana Jones?

A photograph taken during the filming of an ITV documentary to mark the 400th anniversary of the 1605 gunpowder plot. Justin is pictured on the left, with his camera

My life in historyJustin Pollard, historical consultant