Julian Wadham

At an archaeological dig in Africa, Father Lankester Merrin has his first encounter with the devil incarnate. Merrin has focused on archeology, rather than spiritual matters and is intrigued when a church buried beneath the sand is excavated. Inside, he finds many signs of devil worship. To a great extent, he has lost his faith and is particularly haunted by events during the Nazi occupation and the impact of his decisions had on his parishioners. When the devil occupies the body of a young patient in the village hospital, Merrin risks his life to save him. (imdb)

Adapted from Michael Ondaatje's acclaimed novel set against the backdrop of World War II, Anthony Mingehlla's Oscar-winning drama stars Ralph Fiennes as a horribly burned pilot who recounts a tale of doomed romance to the nurse tending him (Juliette Binoche). As his story is revealed via flashback, so too are secrets about his identity and the depth of his passion for the woman he loved.

In the place where Evil was born, Father Merrin will finally see its true face. (Warner Bros.)

Acclaimed actor Richard E. Grant's semi-autobiographical "coming-of-age at the end of an age" story is told through the eyes of young Ralph Compton (Hoult). Set during the last gasp of the British Empire in Swaziland, South East Africa, in 1969, the plot focuses on the dysfunctional Compton family whose gradual disintegration mirrors the end of British rule. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

In a seedy bar in a town ravaged by war, mysterious businessman Hunt hires ex-marine D.C. to assemble a crack team of ex-soldiers to protect him on a dangerous journey into no-man's land... (imdb)

Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 17-year-old son after he goes missing during WWI. (imdb)

A Different Loyalty is a 2004 film inspired by the story of British traitor Kim Philby's love affair and marriage to Eleanor Brewer in Beirut and his eventual defection to the Soviet Union. The story takes place in the 1960s and stars Sharon Stone and Rupert Everett. In the film, the characters have fictitious names. (wikipedia.org)

This Masterpiece Theatre production, set at the cusp of the Industrial Revolution, chronicles the life, loves, foibles and politics of the fictional English town of Middlemarch... (imdb)

Leon Hawthorne, is a hard nosed property developer recently widowed and left with an eight year old daughter. He is on his way to a coroner's inquest into the death of one of his company's construction workers when he first encounters the dead man's widow: the exotic, beautiful, but elusive Natalie. When Leon is given the task of tracking her down following an open verdict in court, he becomes a fish out of water as he pursues her and her own eight year old daughter deep into the countryside.

Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him. (imdb)

Black Ops operative Malcolm Gray returns home after a botched mission in Eastern Europe. Holed up in a Brooklyn motel room, he is torn between retribution and personal salvation as he mentally unravels. When the walls close in, his story may be all he can leave behind (imdb)

The year is 1945 and a German scientist is working on a new technology with the power to create an immortal Nazi army. Flash forward to present day, a NATO task force is deployed to Eastern Europe, as a sinister enemy is killing everything in its path. Only Helena, an investigator on the trail of the notorious war-criminal, knows they are facing a zombie army on the march. With the help of Wallace, they team up with a Special Forces Unit to venture behind enemy lines. (imdb)

Docu-drama series combining factual accounts with dramatic reconstructions to tell how Ancient Egypt's treasures were unearthed in the 19th and 20th centuries.

A psychologist who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall finds himself drawn into a mystery that tests the boundaries of fantasy and reality. (imdb)

A ticking-clock thriller following Winston Churchill in the 24 hours before D-Day.

Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim. (imdb)

A historical drama that focuses on a decade-long investigation into events in the Pacific during and after WWII. (imdb)

On the eve of World War I, Agnes Conway manages both the business and the problems of her troubled family. She finds the strength to break class barriers and help her sister Jessie marry a good boy from a family of dockside toughs. Is she strong enough to break them again when Charles Farrier, a gentleman, courts her over his parents' opposition? Agnes faces an added dilemma when she finds her heart divided between Charles and his soldier brother Reginald.

Drama about life at Rugby School in Victorian England. The headmaster is fair but not effective and life is brutal for the young boys because of bullying and its consequences. The acting and character development are good and the roles well cast. It's a good adaptation of the novel and was filmed at The Rugby School. (imdb)