The Best Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Entertainment
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- DirectorCristina TrebbiStarsNathan EnglishVictor GarberAndrew C. IsenbergThe Old and New World in 1491, and the biological conquest after their collision.
- DirectorRoger ChristianStarsTony VogelJames GibbJohn YoungA knight finds his village destroyed and abandoned. He tries to track the attackers down and avenge his family, but almost drowns. A maiden, prisoner of Black Knight, saves him, so he vows to free her, even though she warns him not to.
- DirectorElaine BassSaul BassStarsJohn AbbottNoah HathawayDavid ComfortA child has only an 8 day life-span to complete a mysterious journey from the dim cave-dwelling society where he is born to a final gateway, the object of folklore. The abstract learning-games taught to the child bear an eerie resemblance to mammoth tasks and obstacles that hinder him in his journey. Can he complete the quest before his 8 days are up, and what lies at the end of this arcane sunless world? The gray, stagnating civilization place all their hope in a future they cannot comprehend and learned tasks whose meaning they no longer understand.
- StarsBrian BlessedThis film is one in a series of programs that takes a look at some of the most decisive military battles in the history of the world.
- This documentary is part of a series that describes wars, battles, and revolutions that were turning points in Western history.
- This documentary is part of a series that describes wars, battles, and revolutions that were turning points in Western history.
- This documentary is part of a series that describes wars, battles, and revolutions that were turning points in Western history.
- This documentary is part of a series that describes wars, battles, and revolutions that were turning points in Western history.
- This documentary is part of a series that describes wars, battles, and revolutions that were turning points in Western history.
- This documentary is part of a series that describes wars, battles, and revolutions that were turning points in Western history.
- DirectorDouglas W. Phillips
- DirectorDoug CampbellStarsDarren McGavinMichael Todd BehrensDoug GuibordA CBS primetime docudrama special, hosted by Darren McGavin, discussing ancient mysteries surrounding the Pyramids of Eqypt, Nostradamus, the Bermuda Triangle and the Shroud of Turin.
- StarsDavid Bryan JacksonMark HamillCharles FosterLearn about 11 different historical mysteries that so many are fascinated by. Learn the difference between Myth and what really happened.
- StarsJoseph CampbellBill MoyersGeorge LucasMythologist Joseph Campbell presents his ideas about comparative mythology and the ongoing role of myth in human society.
- StarsBekim FehmiuCarlo AlighieroLeonard SteckelOdysseus' journey told in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. After fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus spends years trying to return home to Itaka.
- DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsEverett McGillRon PerlmanNicholas KadiThis story takes place in prehistoric time when three tribesmen search for a new fire source.
- DirectorCarol HughesDavid HughesStarsPeter ElliottMichael GambonBrian AbrahamsA million years ago in Africa, the last of the Australopithecines is on flight from the humans, who killed the rest of his clan. Alone, seeking others of his kind, he traverses steppes, deserts and mountains until he reaches the coast. But there are already humans, there.
- DirectorMichael ChapmanStarsDaryl HannahPamela ReedJames RemarA young Cro-Magnon woman is raised by Neanderthals.
- DirectorChris GormlieStarsJessica RawsonColin RenfrewRichard RudgleyThe common thread that joined all great ancient powers was the need to trade. This episode of Secrets of Ancient Empires explains how trade was carried out across continents long before a single road was constructed. Nor was it only raw materials that were common currency,the program reveals how luxury items such as honey, jewelry and opium were bought and sold across the world via a complex network of trade routes.
- DirectorPaul PissanosStarsDavid BowlesRoy DotriceBrian BlessedThrough the eyes of the Narrator and ancient Philosophers of the time, we are taken on a dramatic journey through history; recounting the incredible and exciting dramas, ceremonies, games, and chariot races of the Ancient Greek OLYMPIAD; the Olympic Games of the 5th Century BC.
- StarsChristopher BurstallKenneth DoverFreddie JonesSeries of programmes looking at the significance of the Ancient Greek civilisation for the cultures which grew up in its wake. The series uses documentary footage shot in the Adriatic and and reconstruction of Greek drama.
- DirectorPaul PissanosTEMPLE OF POSEIDON - The history of the temple from Ancient Times to the present day. The god Poseidon, the construction of the temple, the statues, the fortress, the Propylon, the Barracks, the citizens' houses, the Naval Shipyard, the shrine of Athena... all enclosed within the manners and customs of the era.
- StarsPeter CoyoteJared DiamondPBS documentary explores Jared Diamond's theory on technology disparity caused by guns, steel, and germs' impact.
- StarsKenneth ClarkIan RichardsonRonald LaceySir Kenneth Clarke walks through the ages exploring the glorious rise of civilization in Western man.