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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

Roots: a necessary portrayal of transatlantic slavery?

Rune Temte as Ubba in 'The Last Kingdom'

Behind the scenes: series one of The Last Kingdom

Percy Fawcett and the lost city of Z: The history behind the film

Getting the history right on '1066: A Year to Conquer England'

Viceroy’s House: the history behind the film

Silence: the history behind Martin Scorsese’s new film

Adrian Turner as Poldark. (Photo by BBC Pictures)

Poldark’s Cornwall: the history behind the hit series

The Aberfan disaster and women who made history

Second World War

Anthropoid: behind the scenes with director Sean Ellis

Aidan Turner as Ross Poldark in the TV series 'Poldark'. (Photo by Adrian Rogers)

Period dramas should not be judged on historical accuracy, say historians

Poldark and historical TV drama

Ripper Street series four: behind the scenes with writer Richard Warlow

Tony Blair asks permission of Queen Elizabeth II to form a government

Elizabeth II and her prime ministers

A prodigy in England: Lucy Worsley on Mozart’s London odyssey

Vikings: an interview with the show’s creator and writer Michael Hirst

Behind the scenes of Suzannah Lipscomb’s 'Hidden Killers of the Post-War Home'

(BBC/Caryn Mandabach Productions Ltd/Tiger Aspect/Robert Viglasky)

Peaky Blinders: behind the scenes with creator Steven Knight

BBC History Magazine

On the Silk Road with Sam Willis

Dan Jones and Suzannah Lipscomb discuss Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves

Dan Jones and Suzannah Lipscomb on 'Henry VIII And His Six Wives'

The Revenant and the real Hugh Glass: how historically accurate is the film?

A portrait of the author Leo Tolstoy on his 80th birthday. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

A brief history of War and Peace

BBC History Magazine

Jaipur Literature Festival: 'thought-provoking and relevant for British history enthusiasts'

Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: an interview about her new BBC series

Suffragette: ‘a moving and inspiring film that must be seen’

Elton John sings Candle in the Wind at Princess Diana’s funeral, September 1997. (© Getty)

The LibraryThe history of Britain’s talent factory

Queen Elizabeth II in a garden with one of her dogs, March 1953. (Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images)

Elizabeth II: the queen who saved the royals

From rations to ready meals: the transformation of the nation’s diet

Selfridges: 7 things you (probably) didn’t know about the department store

Vera Brittain’s Testament of Youth: a ‘staggeringly authentic’ WW1 film says daughter Baroness Shirley Williams