Historical DVDs

Julian Fellowes' hit drama Downton Abbey returns with all the regular cast including Dame Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Brendan Coyle, Joanne Froggatt and Dan Stevens. Returning to Downton Abbey in 1916, we see the effects of The First World War on the lives of the Crawley f...

Christmas 1919. Downton Abbey is hosting a lavish Christmas party, yet despite being the season of goodwill, tensions are rife and Bates's arrest has cast a shadow over the festivities. Will he be a condemned man or will he be found innocent in time to dance with his new wife at the annual servan...

Summers span decades. Winters can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. It will stretch from the south, where heat breeds plots, lusts and intrigues; to the vast and savage eastern lands; all the way to the frozen north, where an 800-foot wall of ice protects the kingdom f...

**April 2012 sees the 100th anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic and to mark this tragic centernary, Oscar Winning Writer Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey) & Bafta Winning Producer Nigel Stafford Clark (Bleak House), have teamed up to create an epic mini-series.** Titanic is an extraordinary r...

Based on the novel by Ken Follett and set in 12th Century England in the fictional town of Kingsbridge, this epic story revolves around the building of a cathedral and follows the lives of three men over 40 years as they each deal with politics, war, romance and personal ambition. Special Feature...

The first two series of the award-winning ITV costume drama following the lives and loves of those above and below stairs in a stately home prior to the outbreak of World War One. The Grantham family, long time custodians of Downton Abbey, face a crisis when the heir to the estate dies on the Titani...

Fully restored including a 30 minute retrospective documentary. This BAFTA and Emmy award-winning BBC series ranks as one of the greatest ever television adaptations. Returning to the original negatives the classic drama has now been painstakingly restored frame-by-frame. Colours are now rich and vi...

Set in England in the years leading up to the First World War, Downton Abbey tells the story of a complicated community. The house has been home to the Crawley family for many generations, but it is also where their servants live, and plan, and dream, and they are as fiercely jealous of their rank a...

Twenty seven years into his reign, Henry VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is at the height of his powers. Shortly after the execution of Anne Boleyn he takes a third wife: Jane Seymour (Annabelle Wallis), a woman with inner beauty and noble character whom he clearly loves and who has a calming effect on ...

The return of one of the most loved television series, brought back to life with a fresh cast and sumptuous production values, lifting the curtain on a historical era and the secrets that seethe behind closed doors. It’s 1936, and six years since parlour maid Rose left the Bellamy home, fate brings...

Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons stars in this epic drama series as Rodrigo Borgia, the cunning, manipulative patriarch of The Borgia family who ascends to the highest circles of power within Renaissance-era Italy. The Borgias is a complex, unvarnished portrait of one of history’s most intriguing...

Based on the international bestselling novels by Winston Graham Hailed as a British Gone with the Wind and deemed as one of the most popular British drama series of all time, Poldark demonstrates the enduring appeal of a gripping storyline and unforgettable characters. Returning to Cornwall after t...

Based on Bernard Cornwell’s best selling novels and set during the Napoleonic wars, Sharpe brings to life all the danger, intrigue and romance of one of the bloodiest periods in the history of warfare. Sharpe's Rifles: Portugal 1809, the Peninsular War in the age of Napoleon. A British ser...

**April 2012 sees the 100th anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic and to mark this tragic centernary, Oscar Winning Writer Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey) & Bafta Winning Producer Nigel Stafford Clark (Bleak House), have teamed up to create an epic mini-series.** Titanic is an extraordinary r...

From Emmy-winning writer Terence Winter (The Sopranos) and Executive Producter Martin Scorsese, Boardwalk Empire begins in Atlantic City in 1920. It is the eve of Prohibition, and county treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (Steve Buscemi) is looking to cash in. As the undisputed "Boss" of Atlantic Cit...

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, and special guest Joely Richardson star in the thrilling final season of “The Tudors”, the epic drama about the life, loves, and lusts of England’s most notorious King. King Henry VIII marries his fifth wife, seventeen-year-old Catherine Howard, a mischievous beau...

The incredible tale of the young, powerful, seductive King Henry VIII unfolds in The Tudors, a daring series focusing on the tumultuous early years of the ambitious King’s nearly 40 year reign of England. Bold and passionate about his country and his women, Henry’s obsession with ensu...

While the world is at war, one man fights his own battle on the home front... Its July 1945 and the war in Europe is over. Britain is settling into peacetime, a new Labour government is waiting in the wings and Foyle is itching to retire. Milner is finding his feet as the new Detective Inspector ...

Focusing on the early years of King Henry VIII's reign, The Tudors looks at the colourful personal life and tremendously influential political life of the monarch. King Henry VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) was obsessed with having a male heir, which led to him marrying six times. Rome's decision not to...

Set on England's south coast, Foyle's War stars Michael Kitchen as the no-nonsense Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle, who fights his own battles on the home front while war rages in Europe. Episodes: Invasion Bad Blood Bleak Midwinter Casualties of War

From the makers of Midsomer Murders comes a first rate television drama as seen on the ABC. Set in spring and summer 1940- World War II has just begun and England looks all but doomed in the face of an inevitable German invasion. Still, someone has to fight crime on the home front and who better tha...

Adapted from Olivia Manning's highly regarded autobiographical novels Fortunes of War is a landmark production featuring two of the most respected leads on screen Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet) and Oscar winner Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility) as a newly married couple surviving the pressures of a wo...

The year is 52 B.C. Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people; epicenter of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowin...

Sean Bean is back as the award-winning adventure hero, Sharpe. Two years after the Duke of Wellington crushes Napoleon at Waterloo, there is news from India of a local Maharaja, who is threatening British interests there. Wellington sends Sharpe to investigate on what turns out to be his most danger...

From the makers of Midsomer Murders comes a first rate television drama as seen on the ABC. Set in spring and summer 1940- World War II has just begun and England looks all but doomed in the face of an inevitable German invasion. Still, someone has to fight crime on the home front and who better tha...

From the creators of Midsomer Murders, a gripping wartime drama starring Michael Kitchen. Set on England's south coast, Foyle's War: The Complete Third Season stars Michael Kitchen as the no-nonsense Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle, who fights his own battles on the home front whil...

Sharpe's Regiment: Told his battalion is to be split up due to lack of recruits at home, Sharpe and Harper return to England to investigate. What should have been a simple query turns politically explosive as they come nearer to exposing profiteering on the home front that could jeopardize the Well...

As World War II rages over Europe, Detective Chief Superintendent Foyle fights his own battle against murder, mystery and betrayal on the south coast of England. Although the beautiful countryside seems far from the glory of The Front, Foyle's battle is an ordinary struggle against everyday evil in ...

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, and special guest Joely Richardson star in the thrilling final season of “The Tudors”, the epic drama about the life, loves, and lusts of England’s most notorious King. King Henry VIII marries his fifth wife, seventeen-year-old Catherine Howard, a mischievous beau...

Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting, The Full Monty) leads a stellar line-up of international superstars in this brilliant and powerful, multi-award winning miniseries. Through the birth of the Nazi Party, the failed Beer Hall Putsch, his time in Prison, the writing of Mein Kampf, and his eventual rise...

A generation before the Melbourne Gangland Wars, an even bigger crime wave rocked Australia. Hard drugs hit Australia like a tsunami. Drug money flooded the underworld. With the new money came a new breed of hard men and beautiful women. This is their story…  

This Emmy Award winning powerful adaptation of John Jakes' best-seller tells the story of the turbulent events and emotions that ignited the Civil War. In the tradition of "Gone With The Wind", this glorious epic focuses on the lives of two families who are geographically and ideologically...

James Onedin (Peter Gilmore) is a determined young skipper from Liverpool who's got his sights set on more than the rough seas ahead. In a bid to compete with his former shipping magnate boss, he buys the Charlotte Rose, marries the ship's owner and sets sail on more profitable routes. With the comp...

Having it all would cost her everything. But for Mildred Pierce (Emmy Award & Golden Globe winner Kate Winslet) , success was worth the price. As a struggling single mother in Depression-era Los Angeles, Mildred is determined to fulfill the demands of her eldest daughter Veda (Evan Rachel Wood), sur...

The Adventure continues in Series 2 as we watch our hero Merlin continue to fulfil his destiny to protect Prince Arthur battling deadly assassins magical monsters and the most powerful sorcerers Camelot has ever seen. All the while Merlin must work harder than ever to conceal his growing magical pow...

The Adventures of Merlin is the exciting, ambitious and action-packed new drama which sees the myths, monsters and legends revitalised and given a modern twist. The story starts with the young Merlin leaving home for the first time and arriving in Camelot; a Kingdom where magic is banned. Throughout...

Featuring a stellar cast, this revealing one-hour, eight-part drama spotlights one of America’s most legendary families The Kennedys, as they have never been seen before. The Emmy award winning mini-series chronicles their lives as well as many of the tragedies they have endured in a dramatised styl...

A compelling portrayal of the life and death of Christ (Robert Powell) traced from birth, through his childhood pilgrimage, his baptism by John the Baptist (Michael York), the miracles, and culminating with his crucifixion and resurrection. Four years in the making, this powerful epic has been criti...

The two-part saga Return to Cranford opens to a struggling Cranford, a traditional English village that in autumn 1844 is airing the conflicts that accompany progress. Miss Matty Jenkyns (Judi Dench), after having closed her business in the last series, is happily babysitting the child of he...

Best known for its life-affirming lessons and heartwarming adventures, Little House on the Prairie made its TV debut in 1974 and significantly altered the landscape of television. Loyal fans will relive these exciting and touching adventures, while new viewers will discover the Ingalls unconquer...