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Thomas Hardy: Fate, Exclusion and Tragedy 2021
A portrait of the British writer Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), who, although he had radical instincts, hated hypocrisy, was of great poetic brilliance, had a tragic perception of life and a calm outward appearance, was at heart a man of seething and somber darkness.

What Was Virginia Woolf Really Afraid of? 2020
A look back at the troubled life of genius British writer Virginia Woolf (1882-1941).

E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey 2019
A film about the life of A Passage to India author E M Forster, following his huge growth as a writer and the twists and turns of his personal life.

Princess Diana: A Life After Death 2018
A powerful summary of Princess Diana's historical, political and social legacy.

Rudyard Kipling: A Secret Life 2018
Many people know of the death of Rudyard Kipling's son John - but few know of the earlier death of his much loved daughter Josephine. This film reveals the true story behind both of these deaths, creating an evocation of a man who had remarkable gifts - and had to bear great personal tragedy. Combining touching dramatizations of three of Kipling's most important works with distinguished contributions from his leading biographers, this is a truly remarkable portrait of one of the world's greatest writers. In Kipling's bedroom at his house Bateman's to this day are his son's cricket bat and his daughter's portrait.

Kate: The Making of a Modern Queen 2017 star_border 6
A profile of the Duchess of Cambridge, exploring her transformation from a seemingly ordinary young woman to a future monarch and what this means for the royal family.

Wonderland: Gothic 2023
The history of the ever-popular range of varied artistic expressions and styles that in novels, poetry, painting and cinema portrays the strange, emotional and sometimes terrifying human inner life: the so-called Gothic genre, born at the end of the 18th century.

Wonderland: From JM Barrie to JRR Tolkien 2022 star_border 7
An extraordinary variety of writers, who often suffered terrible adversity throughout their lives, created wonderful places full of happiness in which children lived far from the sorrows of adult life.

Hitler: Could He Have Been Stopped? 2022
A series in which historians consider occasions when the Second World War might have been avoided, and the nature of the policy of the appeasement prior to, and in the early stages of, the war.