British Empire
by Skavation | created - 5 months ago | updated - 5 months ago | PublicTV shows and films set in and around, and focus on the British Empire.
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1. Black Sails (2014–2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Follows Captain Flint and his pirates twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel "Treasure Island."
Stars: Jessica Parker Kennedy, Toby Stephens, Hannah New, Zach McGowan
Votes: 113,415
2. Jamestown (2017–2019)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, History
A drama about English settlers in America in 1617.
Stars: Naomi Battrick, Max Beesley, Claire Cox, Patsy Ferran
Votes: 5,819
3. Shaka Zulu (1986)
TV-MA | 55 min | Action, Biography, Drama
A historical account on the life of the Zulu King Shaka.
Stars: Edward Fox, Robert Powell, Trevor Howard, Fiona Fullerton
Votes: 3,390
4. Beecham House (2019)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama
A look at the lives of residents living in a Delhi mansion at the cusp of the 19th Century.
Stars: Tom Bateman, Lesley Nicol, Leo Suter, Dakota Blue Richards
Votes: 2,628
5. The Jewel in the Crown (1984)
TV-14 | 56 min | Drama, History, Romance
The sweeping drama about the ruling and ruled classes of WWII India, trying amidst the turmoil to come to terms with the drastic changes taking place around them, knowing that their lives will never be the same again.
Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Geraldine James, Wendy Morgan, Judy Parfitt
Votes: 2,418
6. Ripping Yarns (1976–1979)
TV-PG | 30 min | Adventure, Comedy
This show is a collection of tales that make for "ripping good" television. Sir Michael Palin played a different lead character in each yarn.
Stars: Michael Palin, Charles McKeown, Barbara New, David Griffin
Votes: 1,702
7. The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem (2021– )
TV-MA | 28 min | Drama
A family living through the Ottoman Empire, The British Mandate and Israel's War of Independence. The multi-generational historical melodrama will shoot across the country in Hebrew, English, Ladino and Arabic.
Stars: Swell Ariel Or, Michael Aloni, Hila Saada, Irit Kaplan
Votes: 1,718
8. Sandokan (1976)
286 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Malaysia, the second half of 1800. The English Queen Victoria owns the domain of the eastern lands of Borneo, commanded by Lord James Guillonk, fierce and ruthless conqueror, father of the ... See full summary »
Stars: Kabir Bedi, Adolfo Celi, Philippe Leroy, Mohammed Azad
Votes: 1,600
9. Stories by Rabindranath Tagore (2015)
45 min | Drama
The writings of Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore come to life in this collection of tales set in early-20th-century Bengal.
Stars: Bhanu Uday, Atul Srivastava, Tara-Alisha Berry, Radhika Apte
Votes: 1,489
10. Byomkesh (2017–2023)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Set in 1930s the series is based on the adventures of Byomkesh and his friend and biographer Ajit, who accompanies Bakshi during his investigations.
Stars: Anirban Bhattacharya, Ridhima Ghosh, Subrat Dutta, Suprobhat Das
Votes: 1,375
11. Against the Wind (1978)
617 min | Drama, History, Western
Mary Mulvane, an 18 year old Irish girl, is transported to New South Wales for seven years for doing little else than protecting her own property. She must endure the horror of transport to... See full summary »
Stars: Mary Larkin, Kerry McGuire, Jon English, Warwick Sims
Votes: 946
12. The Far Pavilions (1984)
315 min | Drama, History, Romance
Story of forbidden love in 1800s India set against the revolution for India's freedom from England.
Stars: Ben Cross, Amy Irving, Christopher Lee, Robert Hardy
Votes: 877
13. The Secret River (2015)
Adventure, Drama, History
In 1806, William Thornhill is sentenced to New South Wales for life where he is drawn into a terrifying conflict that will leave a bloody and indelible stain.
Stars: Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Sarah Snook, Lachy Hulme, Tim Minchin
Votes: 676
14. Heat of the Sun (1998)
334 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Set in the 1930s, a former Scotland Yard detective is sent to colonial Kenya to head the new criminal investigation unit.
Stars: Trevor Eve, Susannah Harker, Michael Byrne, Julian Rhind-Tutt
Votes: 657
15. Master of the Game (1984)
413 min | Drama
Elderly Kate Blackwell looks back at her family's life beginning with her Scottish father Jamie McGregor's journey to South Africa to make his fortune in diamonds. The family history is ... See full summary »
Stars: Dyan Cannon, Harry Hamlin, Ian Charleson, Cliff De Young
Votes: 530
16. Hawkeye (1994–1995)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure
The further adventures based on characters created by James Fennimore Cooper. Hawkeye the woodsman meets a brave English woman trying to free her husband from the French. Set during the French and Indian War in the area of the Hudson Valley.
Stars: Lee Horsley, Lynda Carter, Rodney A. Grant, Garwin Sanford
Votes: 521
17. 21 Sarfarosh - Saragarhi 1897 (2018– )
18 min | Action, History, War
A chronicle of the lives and events that led to the brave and epic last stand of the 21 soldiers of the 36th Sikh regiment of the British Indian Army against thousands of Afghani invaders in the September of 1897.
Stars: Jashn Kohli, Mohit Raina, Mukul Dev, Alexx O'Nell
Votes: 464
18. The Flame Trees of Thika (1981– )
Not Rated | 50 min | Biography, Drama
Elspeth (Holly Aird) and her unconventional parents decide to settle down in Kenya and begin a coffee plantation. This is a time of discovery for Elspeth, as she encounters the incredible ... See full summary »
Stars: Hayley Mills, David Robb, Holly Aird, Mick Chege
Votes: 454
19. Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982–1983)
60 min | Adventure
Pith-helmeted Buck is a Great White Hunter who here (unlike the real one from the 1940s) works out of the Raffles Hotel bar in Singapore during the 1930s fighting all kinds of bad guys in pre-war Malaya.
Stars: Bruce Boxleitner, Clyde Kusatsu, Ron O'Neal, John A. Zee
Votes: 465
20. The Scarlet Letter (1979)
60 min | Drama
In 17th century Massachusetts, a married woman (whose husband has been absent for years and his whereabouts unknown) has an affair resulting in a child out of wedlock. The puritanical residents of her town condemn her to carry the Scarlet Letter of shame. Then the husband shows up.
Stars: Meg Foster, John Heard, Kevin Conway, Josef Sommer
Votes: 397
21. Gold Diggers (2023– )
25 min | Comedy, Drama
It's 1853, and two ratbag sisters from Sydney travel to the Australian Gold Rush in search of their own treasure: newly rich idiots.
Stars: Claire Lovering, Danielle Walker, Eddie Perfect, Megan Lilly Wilding
Votes: 356
22. The Return of Sandokan (1996)
182 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sandokan is called by his friend Yáñez, now attached to the maharani Surama, to help them against her cousin Raska treacherous plans. Journalist lady Dora and photographer Alfred, on their ... See full summary »
Stars: Kabir Bedi, Mandala Tayde, Mathieu Carrière, Romina Power
Votes: 248
23. For the Term of His Natural Life (1983)
520 min | Adventure, Drama
In 1830's England, a young man from a good but troubled family is unjustly convicted of stealing a watch. He's transported to Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania) where he suffers under the enmity ... See full summary »
Stars: Anthony Perkins, Patrick Macnee, Samantha Eggar, Diane Cilento
Votes: 234
24. The Last of the Mohicans (1971)
344 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Three trappers protect a British colonel's daughters in the midst of the French and Indian War.
Stars: Andrew Crawford, Tim Goodman, Kenneth Ives, John Abineri
Votes: 229
25. Masterpiece Theatre: Lord Mountbatten - The Last Viceroy (1986)
R | 306 min | Biography, Drama
The Story of the last viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten
Stars: Nicol Williamson, Janet Suzman, Ian Richardson, Sam Dastor
Votes: 206
26. Random Passage (2002)
360 min | Drama
This film follows a courageous woman's journey from servitude in England to the harsh life of Outport Newfoundland. Along the way she endures many hardships, including attempted rape and being abandoned by the father of her child.
Stars: Colm Meaney, Aoife McMahon, Deborah Pollitt, Daniel Payne
Votes: 194
27. Rhodes (1996)
Drama
The story of the British 19th-century businessman who became the wealthiest man in the Western world and founded the nation Rhodesia.
Stars: Martin Shaw, Frances Barber, Neil Pearson, Frantz Dobrowsky
Votes: 166
28. Marguerite Volant (1996– )
Drama, History
Nous sommes en 1763. Au terme d'une longue lutte, le roi Louis XV abandonne la Nouvelle-France aux mains des Britanniques par le biais du Traité de Paris. Marguerite Volant, vingt ans, ... See full summary »
Stars: Catherine Sénart, Pascale Bussières, Pierre Curzi, Pascale Montpetit
Votes: 143
29. Rani (2011)
52 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A young noblewoman in 18th century France is falsely convicted for treason and exiled to India. Using her whit and her body, she avoids going under despite numerous threats.
Stars: Mylène Jampanoï, Pascal Demolon, Rémi Bichet, Jean-Hugues Anglade
Votes: 129
30. War of 1812 (1999– )
60 min | Drama, War
A docudrama covering events from 1812 to 1815, plus the recent repatriation of remains from Fort Erie to the United States.
Stars: Terence McKenna, Raoul Max Trujillo, Nigel Bennett, Richard Clarkin
Votes: 109
31. Thanks (1999)
30 min | Comedy
A comedic view of the settling of America by the Puritans.
Stars: Tim Dutton, Kirsten Nelson, Jim Rash, Cloris Leachman
Votes: 88
32. Sara Dane (1982)
Not Rated | 250 min | Drama, History, Romance
The lavish, passionate story of a beautiful convict girl, Sara Dane who is transported from England to Australia for a crime she did not commit. She struggle for freedom and independence against almost impossible odds.
Stars: Juliet Jordan, Harold Hopkins, Brenton Whittle, Barry Quin
Votes: 82
33. Emma: Queen of the South Seas (1988)
193 min | Drama
This two episode TV Mini Series is based on the story of Emma Eliza Coe, who in the second half of the nineteenth century she was known as the "Queen of the South Seas". Being the daughter ... See full summary »
Stars: Rebecca Rigg, Henk Johannes, Alfred Bell, Barbara Carrera
Votes: 82
34. Adventurer (1986–1987)
30 min | Action, Drama
Jack Vincent, an aristocrat forced by circumstances to become a smuggler, is caught and transported on the IIMS Success to a penal colony on Norfolk Island, off the New Zealand coast. ... See full summary »
Stars: Oliver Tobias, Marshall Napier, Peter Hambleton, Temuera Morrison
Votes: 37
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