Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton star in this Academy Award-winning, epic retelling of the life and loves of the Egyptian queen. Desperate to hold onto her throne in the face of Roman expansion, Cleopatra (Taylor) employs all her charms in an attempt to secure an alliance with Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison). When Caesar is subsequently murdered, however, a vulnerable Cleopatra quickly turns her affections to popular Roman general Mark Antony (Burton). But although the relationship initially fares well, it's not long before the once proud general, now emasculated by the queen's charms, is reduced to a shadow of his former self that presages the doomed lovers' ultimate fate.

BBC adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's unfinished novel. The decision of long-time widower Mr Gibson (Bill Paterson) to remarry has several repercussions for his daughter, Molly (Justine Waddell), who resents the arrival of her stepmother (Francesca Annis). However, Molly also acquires a stepsister, Cynthia (Keeley Hawes), with whom she soon forms a close bond. Their relationship is later put to the test, however, when they both set their sights on the same man.

All six episodes from the second season of the ITV drama about a group of Women's Institute members living in a rural Cheshire village during the Second World War.

Beginning in 1940, this series follows the residents of Great Paxford as they deal with the imminent threat of invasion. When the Battle of Britain intensifies, the women find they must heighten their efforts to boost morale and keep spirits high while dealing with the various problems of their personal lives.

Meanwhile, Laura is publicly shamed after news of her affair with a married man, and his subsequent divorce, hits the headlines and Joyce's patriotic reputation is jeopardised when a shocking revelation comes to light.

All six episodes of the ITV drama about a group of Women's Institute members living in a rural Cheshire village during the Second World War.

Following the outbreak of war, the Great Paxford WI faces a crisis of their own when their president Joyce Cameron declares the group should be suspended for the duration of the conflict. When Joyce resigns and takes many members with her the remaining women decide to set up their own opposing faction.

But Joyce soon returns to contest the new leadership battle with Frances Barden. With the group in turmoil, its members face more conflicts of a personal nature as the impact of the war begins to affect the relationships of Great Paxford.

Both instalments of the 2009 Christmas special of the BBC costume drama starring Judi Dench. The two-part episode picks up the story in September 1844, a year since the small Cheshire market town celebrated the wedding of Sophy (Kimberley Nixon) and Dr Harrison (Simon Woods). Miss Matty (Dench) knows only too well that faces will always come and go in Cranford, but for now she is happy that her brother Peter (Nicholas Le Prevost) is home from India and that Martha (Claudie Blakley) is enjoying her newfound motherhood. Meanwhile, Lady Ludlow (Francesca Annis) is awaiting the return of her son Septimus (Rory Kinnear), and young Harry Gregson (Alex Etel) is set to begin his education at Shrewsbury.