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First broadcast: Fri 29^th Feb 2008, 21:00 on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: Sun 27^th Sep 2009, 23:55 on BBC HD

Dramatised documentary revealing Spartacus as he really was, a brilliant fighter and leader of a guerrilla band, but a flawed and indecisive human being. Show more

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Spartacus:: Anthony Flanagan
Crixus:: Andrew Tiernan
Oenomaus:: Johnny Harris
Crassus:: Robert Glenister
Lentulus:: Rupert Vansittart
Batiatus:: Mark Wingett
Slave trader:: Jamie Foreman

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Heroes and Villains

Episode 4: The Shogun

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sat 29^th Mar 2008, 21:30 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sun 20^th Sep 2009, 23:55 on BBC HD

Drama-documentary about the Samurai general Tokugawa Ieyasu. He overthrew the governing dynasty of Japan and became the Shogun - the supreme military leader - of Japan. Show more

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Ieyasu:: James Saito
Mitsunari:: Hiro Kanagawa
Hideaki:: Louis Ozawa Changchien

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Episode 3: Attila the Hun

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Wed 13^th Feb 2008, 21:00 on BBC One Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: Sun 13^th Sep 2009, 23:50 on BBC HD

Drama-documentary exploring the myth of the crude Attila. Part genius, part psychopath, Attila is unlike the other Huns, with only a single goal - conquest. Show more

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Attila the Hun:: Rory McCann
Edeco:: Allen Leech
Bleda:: Nicholas Boulton
Zercon:: Big Mick
Vigilas:: Michael Maloney
Chrysaphius:: Ian Barritt
Romulus:: Kevin Eldon
Autius:: Oliver Cotton
Theodosius:: Jonathan Phillips
Maximinus:: Ian Lindsay
Director:: Gareth Edwards
Executive Producer:: Matthew Barrett

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Episode 2: Cortes

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sat 15^th Mar 2008, 21:30 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Mon 7^th Sep 2009, 00:20 on BBC HD

Drama documentary. The Spanish adventurer Hernan Cortes is supposed to have taken the Aztec empire with a few soldiers and 16 horses. Can that be true? Show more

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Hernan Cortes:: Brian McCardie
Dona Marina:: Vineeta Rishi
Pedro de Alvarado:: Andrew Howard
Gonzalo de Sandoval:: Nicholas Shaw
Martin Lopez:: David Maybrick
Velasquez:: Niall Macgregor
Montezuma:: Ramon Tikaram
Antonio De Villafana:: Alec Newman
Executive Producer:: Matthew Barrett

Heroes and Villains

Episode 6: Richard the Lionheart

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sat 22^nd Mar 2008, 22:00 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Mon 12^th Oct 2009, 00:05 on BBC HD

Drama-documentary about Richard the Lionheart. Was he the heroic warrior of Robin Hood? Or was he just a thug who looted the Holy Land? This film suggests that he was neither. Show more

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Richard the Lionheart:: Steven Waddington
Earl of Leicester:: Leon Ockenden
Lucas:: Harry Lloyd
Hugh:: Stuart Wilson
Joan:: Alice Patten
Garnier:: Donald Sumpter
Saladin:: Andy Lucas
Al Aldin:: Silas Carson

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Episode 1: Napoleon

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sun 11^th Nov 2007, 22:40 on BBC One ScotlandLatest broadcast: Sun 30^th Aug 2009, 23:55 on BBC HD

Drama-documentary starring Tom Burke and Rob Brydon telling how Napoleon Bonaparte rose from being a penniless soldier to create an empire, beginning at the siege of Toulon in 1793. Show more

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Napoleon:: Tom Burke
Freron:: Rob Brydon
Carteaux:: Kenneth Cranham
Letizia:: Alice Krige
Paoletta:: Laura Greenwood
Junot:: Alex Lowe
Barras:: Richard McCabe
Catherine:: Gina Bellman
Doppet:: Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Denon:: Darren Queralt
Dugommier:: Anthony Higgins

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