Lion Television Movies

  • 2024
    Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors

    Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors

    Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors

    6.8392024HD

    Thousands of terracotta warriors guarded the first Chinese emperor's tomb. This is their story, told through archeological evidence and reenactments.

    Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors
  • 2020
    Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb

    Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb

    Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb

    7.3122020HD

    This documentary follows a team of local archaeologists excavating never before explored passageways, shafts, and tombs, piecing together the secrets...

    Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
  • 2014
    The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

    The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

    The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

    6.42014HD

    It's the most extraordinary feat of engineering in history, and one of the most iconic man-made structures on the planet - the Great Wall of China,...

    The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story
  • 2010
    Pompeii: Life and Death in a Roman Town

    Pompeii: Life and Death in a Roman Town

    Pompeii: Life and Death in a Roman Town

    5.52010HD

    The volcanic eruption that ravaged Pompeii in year 79 is one of the most famous in history. It is known how its victims died, but how did they live?...

    Pompeii: Life and Death in a Roman Town
  • 2022
    Being Mum with MND

    Being Mum with MND

    Being Mum with MND

    02022HD

    Documentary following the life of a young woman living with motor neurone disease (MND) as she takes on motherhood and plans her marriage to the man...

    Being Mum with MND
  • 2003
    Lawrence of Arabia: The Battle for the Arab World

    Lawrence of Arabia: The Battle for the Arab World

    Lawrence of Arabia: The Battle for the Arab World

    02003HD

    An exploration into the man behind the film-inspired myth, from both Western and Arab perspectives. Thomas Edward Lawrence, a 24-year-old British...

    Lawrence of Arabia: The Battle for the Arab World
  • 2004
    The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance

    The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance

    The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance

    7.32004HD

    From a small Italian community in 15th-century Florence, the Medici family would rise to rule Europe in many ways. Using charm, patronage, skill,...

    The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
  • 2007
    Consenting Adults

    Consenting Adults

    Consenting Adults

    5.72007HD

    Fifty years ago, a Home Office committee chaired by Wolfenden, then vice-chancellor of Reading University, recommended the decriminalization of...

    Consenting Adults
  • 2010
    Alexandria: The Greatest City

    Alexandria: The Greatest City

    Alexandria: The Greatest City

    82010HD

    Bettany Hughes goes in search of this lost civilisation, revealing the story of a city founded out of the desert by Alexander the Great in 331 BC to...

    Alexandria: The Greatest City
  • 2010
    First Light

    First Light

    First Light

    5.52010HD

    In May 1940, feeling the RAF needs every man to fight to Luftwaffe, Geoffrey 'Boy' Wellum joins at 18, becoming the youngest ever Spitfire pilot....

    First Light
  • 2015
    China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

    China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

    China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

    82015HD

    China - Treasures of the Jade Empire
  • 2018
    RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor

    RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor

    RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor

    4.92018HD

    To celebrate the centenary of the Royal Air Force, Ewan and Colin McGregor take to the skies in some of the world's most iconic planes. These are the...

    RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor
  • 2021
    Saving Venice

    Saving Venice

    Saving Venice

    7.252021HD

    Rising sea levels and sinking land threaten to destroy Venice. Leading scientists and engineers battling the forces of nature to try to save this...

    Saving Venice
  • 2013
    Caligula with Mary Beard

    Caligula with Mary Beard

    Caligula with Mary Beard

    7.62013HD

    What is true and what is false in the hideous stories spread about the controversial figure of the Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus...

    Caligula with Mary Beard
  • 2017
    Secrets of the Forbidden City

    Secrets of the Forbidden City

    Secrets of the Forbidden City

    92017HD

    The Forbidden City is the world’s biggest and most extravagant palace complex ever built. For five centuries, it was the power center of...

    Secrets of the Forbidden City
  • 2008
    Hitler's Britain

    Hitler's Britain

    Hitler's Britain

    62008HD

    A "What if?" alternative history sees Nazi Germany prevailing in the second World War. First the occupiers establish their power bases, before they...

    Hitler's Britain
  • 2009
    Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer

    Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer

    Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer

    6.72009HD

    Cleopatra - the most famous woman in history. We know her as a great queen, a beautiful lover and a political schemer. For 2,000 years almost all...

    Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer
  • 2010
    The Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain

    6.32010HD

    Seventy years on, brothers Colin and Ewan McGregor take viewers through the key moments of the Battle of Britain, when 'the few' of the RAF faced the...

    The Battle of Britain
  • 2011
    Transplant

    Transplant

    Transplant

    02011HD

    TV movie by Nic Blower

    Transplant
  • 2020
    Christmas at Hampton Court

    Christmas at Hampton Court

    Christmas at Hampton Court

    02020HD

    A special one-off programme going behind the scenes of preparations for Christmas at the palace. Shows what it takes to bring the magnificent palace...

    Christmas at Hampton Court