Breaker Morant: The Retrial (2013): Part 02

Introduction Breaker Morant: The Retrial explores the origins and the character of Harry ‘The Breaker’ Morant, the Englishman who became an Australian legend. Refer to Breaker Morant (1980). Outline Bush balladeer Breaker Morant was executed for following orders during the Boer War. Was he a victim of the cruelty and criminality at the heart of… Read More

Breaker Morant: The Retrial (2013): Part 01

Introduction Breaker Morant: The Retrial explores the origins and the character of Harry ‘The Breaker’ Morant, the Englishman who became an Australian legend. Refer to Breaker Morant (1980). Outline Bush balladeer Breaker Morant was executed for following orders during the Boer War. Was he a victim of the cruelty and criminality at the heart of… Read More

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006): S01E06 – The Fall of Rome

Introduction Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire is a 2006 BBC One docudrama series, with each episode looking at a different key turning point in the history of the Roman Empire. This docudrama focuses on the Latin western half of the Roman Empire. Not to be confused with Rome: The Rise and… Read More

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006): S01E05 – Constantine

Introduction Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire is a 2006 BBC One docudrama series, with each episode looking at a different key turning point in the history of the Roman Empire. This docudrama focuses on the Latin western half of the Roman Empire. Not to be confused with Rome: The Rise and… Read More

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006): S01E04 – Revolution

Introduction Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire is a 2006 BBC One docudrama series, with each episode looking at a different key turning point in the history of the Roman Empire. This docudrama focuses on the Latin western half of the Roman Empire. Not to be confused with Rome: The Rise and… Read More

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006): S01E03 – Rebellion

Introduction Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire is a 2006 BBC One docudrama series, with each episode looking at a different key turning point in the history of the Roman Empire. This docudrama focuses on the Latin western half of the Roman Empire. Not to be confused with Rome: The Rise and… Read More

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006): S01E02 – Nero

Introduction Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire is a 2006 BBC One docudrama series, with each episode looking at a different key turning point in the history of the Roman Empire. This docudrama focuses on the Latin western half of the Roman Empire. Not to be confused with Rome: The Rise and… Read More

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006): S01E01 – Caesar

Introduction Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire is a 2006 BBC One docudrama series, with each episode looking at a different key turning point in the history of the Roman Empire. This docudrama focuses on the Latin western half of the Roman Empire. Not to be confused with Rome: The Rise and… Read More

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire Documentary Series Overview (2006)

Introduction Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire is a 2006 BBC One docudrama series, with each episode looking at a different key turning point in the history of the Roman Empire. This docudrama focuses on the Latin western half of the Roman Empire. Not to be confused with Rome: The Rise and… Read More

Mussolini & I (1985)

Introduction Mussolini and I (alternatively titled Mussolini: The Decline and Fall of Il Duce) is a 1985 made-for-television docudrama film directed by Alberto Negrin. It chronicles the strained relationship between Italy’s fascist dictator Benito Mussolini and his son-in-law and foreign minister, Count Galeazzo Ciano, based on Ciano’s diaries. Made in English as an Italian-French-German-Swiss-Spanish-US co-production,… Read More