There are various ways to look at the great epics of cinema and the stories they tell. While most fans like to consider some of the best war movies as historical epics, other fans like to keep the ...

Epics like The Last Emperor and Gladiator showcase the genre's full might, presenting absorbing depictions of the past on an ...

A lengthy historical saga from the 1960s has been hailed as 'epic' and a 'love story without equal', and now it's available on BBC iPlayer. El Cid is a film loosely based on the life of the ...

Are you ready for the historical drama of the year? A thousand years ago, a new King of England was crowned, triggering a series of events that would change the course of English and European history ...

An epic historical drama depicting the heights of the Roman Empire has been hailed as "one of the greatest TV shows of all time". Rome, a co-production between the BBC and HBO, ran for two seasons ...