• 2007
Heroes and Villains

Summary The story of some of the most remembered characters who transformed the world. Produced by the BBC, based in true facts, with the support of modern historians. This documentary tells how Napoleon, Spartacus, Richard Lionhearth, Atila, Shogun and Cortes printed their names in the books of history. View more details

  • 2007

Heroes and Villains

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Kevin Eldon Brian McCardie Rob Brydon Anthony Flanagan

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7.5

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Genres : Drama History Biography Documentary

Release date : Nov 10, 2007

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Summary The story of some of the most remembered characters who transformed the world. Produced by the BBC, based in true facts, with the support of modern historians. This documentary tells how Napoleon, Spartacus, Richard Lionhearth, Atila, Shogun and Cortes printed their names in the books of history. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama History Biography Documentary

Release date : Nov 10, 2007

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Photos

Tom Burke in Napoleon (2007) Bleda in Heroes And Villains - Attila The Hun (BBC) Tom Burke, Rory McCann, Brian McCardie, Steven Waddington, and Anthony Flanagan in Heroes and Villains (2007) Steven Waddington in Heroes and Villains (2007) Johnny Harris and Anthony Flanagan in Spartacus (2008) Silas Carson, Harry Lloyd, Steven Waddington, and Leon Ockenden in Richard the Lionheart (2008) Rob Brydon and Tom Burke in Napoleon (2007) Hiro Kanagawa, James Saito, and Louis Ozawa in Shogun (2008) Brian McCardie and Vineeta Rishi in Cortes (2008) Rory McCann and Gareth Edwards in Attila the Hun (2008) Tom Burke, Rory McCann, Brian McCardie, Steven Waddington, and Anthony Flanagan in Heroes and Villains (2007) Anthony Flanagan in Spartacus (2008) Steven Waddington in Richard the Lionheart (2008)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Nov 10, 2007
Napoleon
The little known story of how Napoleon Bonaparte first emerged from obscurity and entered the national consciousness. A life and death struggle both on and off off the battlefield.
Episode 2 • Feb 12, 2008
Attila the Hun
Attila the Hun. A warrior whose name is a byword for ferocity and terror and whose exploits are the stuff of legend. After murdering his brother, Attila leads the Germanic warrior tribes against the Romans.
Episode 3 • Feb 28, 2008
Spartacus
In Rome 73 BC, Spartacus and his wife are separated by the slave market. Narrated by fellow gladiator Oenameaus, this follows Spartacus as he trains in Capua, fights in the arena, and leads a slave revolt against the great Roman empire.
Episode 4 • Mar 14, 2008
Cortes
In 1521, Hernan Cortes leads his Spanish conquistadors to the shores of Mexico, in search of hidden treasures. To get to these legendary riches, he must overcome the Aztecs, a powerful Indigenous empire with the help of the Tlaxcalans, a tribe who the Aztecs have oppressed and tyrannised for centuries.
Episode 5 • Mar 21, 2008
Richard the Lionheart
During the Third Crusade, Richard the Lionheart leads the fight the Muslim forces under Sultan Saladin Ayubi. Richard's coalition battles to re-take Jerusalem after Saladin captured it from the Crusaders in 1189. The Christian Richard, age 33, faces intrigues back home by his brother Prince John, plus dissension within the Crusader coalition over tactics. The 61-year-old Saladin, a Kurd, must repulse the invaders or be sacked by the Emirs. The two great military leaders' methods differ, with Saladin employing pitched battles and scorched earth tactics, while Richard is a master of sieges.
Episode 6 • Mar 31, 2008
Shogun
The tale of Samurai and their leaders Ieyasu Tokugawa and Mitsunari Ishida who were locked into a power struggle after the death of the Taiko, Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Ieyasu's and Mistunari's actions would develop into one of the biggest rivals in world history as Ieyasu increased his power over Japan, Mitsunari would secretly rally an army of rebels in hopes into overthrow Ieyasu, but it would be the Taiko's Nephew, Hideyaki and his forces who would not only escalate a civil war, but during the battle of Sekigahara the biggest samurai battle in Japanese history, would make a decision that would realize Ieyasu's power over Japan and create his Shogunate.

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