Deep in the heart of the English countryside lies the enchanting village of Gladbury. Legend has it every 25 years an angel visits the village candlemaker and touches a single candle. Whoever lights this candle receives a miracle on Christmas Eve. But in 1890, at the dawn of the electric age, this centuries old legend may come to an end.

The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth's life: from her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror; through her great love affair with Robert Dudley; into her years of triumph over the Armada; and finally her old age and her last, enigmatic relationship with her young protégé, the Earl of Essex.

Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus and unleash hell on earth. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, Perseus and his warriors will only survive if Perseus accepts his power as a god, defies fate and creates his own destiny.

Young and beautiful Lara is loved by three men: a revolutionary, a mogul, and a doctor. Their lives become intertwined with the drama of Russian revolution. Doctor Zhivago is still married when he meets Lara. Their love story is unfolding against the backdrop of revolution which affects the doctor's career, his family, and his love to Lara.

2008 British television serial

2001 miniseries by Uli Edel

Stella, a young Glaswegian girl working as a prostitute in London, heads back to Glasgow with her new boyfriend and attempts to start a new life, but finds it difficult to break free of the cycle of abuse she has become trapped in.
Written by Alexander Lum {[email protected]}

In the brutal trench fighting of the First World War, a British Infantry Company is separated from their regiment after a fierce battle. Attempting to return to their lines, the British soldiers discover what appears to be a bombed out German trench, abandoned except for a few dazed German soldiers. After killing most of the Germans, and taking one prisoner, the British company fortifies to hold the trench until reinforcements can arrive. Soon, however, strange things being to happen as a sense of evil descends on the trench and the British begin turn on each other.

故事梗概：
以纵情声色、奢华无度以及焚烧罗马城和迫害基督徒而臭名昭著。卡里古拉大帝盲目地发动大规模的侵略战争，又残忍地诛杀了妹夫，然后把妹妹阿格利皮纳驱逐到了荒岛上。而妹妹的儿子路修斯则被判给其姑姑收养，整日与奴隶为伍。路修斯曾亲眼目睹父亲被杀的悲惨场面，他的少年生活几乎就是在一次次噩梦中度过。还好在奴隶们中间，路修斯成长成为一名英俊、善良的年轻人，并深深地爱上了一个奴隶的女儿阿科特，许诺不久的将来会带她去雅典生活。
在一次大规模的变乱中，卡里古拉大帝战败并被杀害，取而代之的是克劳迪亚斯大帝。克劳迪亚斯召回了被驱逐的路修斯的母亲、自己的侄女——阿格利皮纳，使得母子二人重新相聚。克劳迪亚斯大帝的皇后荒淫无度，背着丈夫组织淫乱的邪教组织。阿格利皮纳一心要儿子成为帝国统治者，皇后的忤逆行为正好给她提供了机会。她设法除掉了克劳迪亚斯大帝的皇后，并如愿地成为了新的皇后，而路修斯也成了皇帝的养子。为了让路修斯的地位更稳固，母亲逼迫他迎娶过皇帝的女儿奥科特。最终路修斯抵抗不住压力，背叛了自己的爱人。
然而不久之后，当皇帝决定让其亲生子继位之后，阿格利皮纳痛下决心毒死皇帝，修改遗嘱。在母亲的辅佐下，路修斯顺利继位，史称罗马大帝尼禄。路修斯对阿科特念念不忘，向希腊人民许诺会赢取这个女子作为未来的皇后。此举得到罗马人民的欢呼，却得罪了罗马贵族。贵族们召集组织叛军准备推翻尼禄的统治，而路修斯决定先下手为强，暗中调集军队到罗马城下，这一场大变乱在所难免。最后，路修斯不得不以牺牲自己的哥哥布里塔克斯为代价，但从此却陷入了自责中不可自拔。而这种行为也让阿科特离开了他，路修斯从此开始迷失自己，荒淫度日。
阿科特决定回到路修斯身边，帮他走出困境，但是为时已晚。路修斯面临着内忧外困，民众纷纷起义意图推翻这个暴君，最终尼禄大帝孤独地死去。
精彩视点：
电影史上首部演绎罗马帝国最繁荣、昌盛、荒淫、暴政的巨作！由王牌导演保罗·马库斯亲自执导，汉斯·马西森、劳拉·莫瑞蒂、詹姆斯·本特利联袂主演的《罗马大帝》是第一部展现凯撒家族末代皇帝——尼禄传奇人生的影片。影片展示了罗马帝国克劳狄乌斯王朝最后一任皇帝尼禄的纵情声色、奢华无度以及残暴滥杀，在本片中，导演将历史中尼禄不为人知的情、欲、真重塑出来，并将当时宫廷中尔虞我诈的斗争刻画得入木三分，更将丧葬尼禄的罗马大火事件展现得栩栩如生
2007-4月7日 14：46 CCTV-6播出

2006 film

1997 film

Description:
Keeley Hawes narrates this five-part series examining the extraordinary impact that costume and period drama has had on television history over the last 50 years.
1/5. The Greatest Stories Ever Told.
Cynics dismiss the genre as a threadbare parade of bonnets, frilly shirts and cliches, but costume drama is subject to trends, too. Mind you, Jane Austen has ruled the roost for a while now, costume drama is a whimsical beast. It all began with a bow, arrow and foot-tapping jingle in The Adventures of Robin Hood in 1955. Then came adultery in The Forsyte Saga, posttraumatic stress in Upstairs, Downstairs and risque Romans in I Claudius. Part one selects the best of the bunch, while the stars reminisce about their time in togas and stays.
2/5. The Stars. This episode explores how costume dramas created stars out of the leading men and women who appeared in them. Featuring interviews with Sean Bean, Juliet Aubrey, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons, Billie Piper, Dorian Healy and Alex Kingston.
3/5. Affairs Of The Heart. Many of your favorite shows are shown including BBC's Pride and Prejudice from 1995,the Sharpe series, and more recent series like Cranford.
4/5. Picture Perfect. This episode revisits some of the genre's most beautiful and evocative settings--from the Castle Howard of Brideshead Revisited to the Cornwall of Poldark--and reveals the tools which allowed programme makers to recreate the past. Interviews include Anthony Andrews, Simon Williams, Alex Kingston, Barbara Flynn, Bill Paterson, John Hurt, Derek Jacobi, Hans Matheson and Charity Wakefield.
5/5. A Call To Arms. The final part explores the epic and adventurous side of period dramas.

故事发生在19世纪70年代的约克郡，安妮（杰西卡·雷恩 Jessica Raine 饰）的丈夫永远的离开了她和孩子们，依然沉浸在悲痛之中无法自拔的安妮竟然被丈夫的家人们从家里赶了出去，流落街头，带着孩子们，安妮不得不先收拾好心情，坚强起来，因为她明白，自己是孩子们在这个世界上唯一的庇护者了。
搭乘着火车，母子三人来到了一座偏僻的小村落里，在这里，他们遇见了名为拉斐尔（克拉克·彼得斯 Clarke Peters 饰）的铁路官员。拉斐尔曾经也经历过走投无路的境遇，因此一眼就看出安妮是一个被绝望牢牢缠绕的女人。在拉斐尔的帮助之下，安妮在当地拥有了一家小旅馆。