Sarah is a passionate woman trapped in a lifeless marriage, into her life wanders Maurice, a young novelist, and together they enter a fevered and sexually dominant affair that is to last five years until Sarah abruptly walks out of his life. A chance encounter with Sarah's husband a few years later rekindles Maurice's obsession and so begins his desperate search for a meaning as to why she left him. The End Of The Affair is a beautiful and powerful tale borne not so much of love as obsession an find out more...

One of the BBC's exhaustive and typically exemplary adaptations of some of the great bard's best known plays and also a number of his lesser known works. All filmed between the late 1970s and early 1980s and performed by pretty much the cream of British theatre. Based round incidents in the Trojan War. find out more...

Impeccably casted BBC production of Tolstoy's classic, possibly one of the BBC's best productions. Set in the Russia of the Napoleonic Wars during the early 1800s, it follows the fortunes of two families, the Rostovs and the Bolkonskys, whose paths become inextricably intertwined. find out more...

Part 2 of the superb BBC adaptation of Tolstoy's epic tale of two Russian families during the upheavals of the Napoleonic Wars. The Russian army is defeated by Napoleon, Rostov comes home and pledges his betrothal to Sonya, and Pierre duels with Dolohov. find out more...

Part four of this excellent, dramatic retelling of Russian history. find out more...

In this installment the background is the stalemate between French and Russian troops in 1812. All the characters find themselves in some way involved, as the French gradually begin to win through. find out more...

Impeccably casted BBC production of Tolstoy's classic, possibly one of the BBC's best productions. Set in the Russia of the Napoleonic Wars during the early 1800s, it follows the fortunes of two families, the Rostovs and the Bolkonskys, whose paths become inextricably intertwined. find out more...

This Russian version of Tolstoys War and peace is more faithful to the novel than the 1956 Hollywood version. More than this it is also the most expensive movie ever made and every rubel shows on screen! With more than 10 000 extras and 300 speaking parts director Sergei Bondarchuk recreates every aspect of Tolstoys classic. Most noticeable are the scenes of Natashas first ball, the battle of Borodino and the burning of Moscow. Bondarchuk rendition is on such a grand scale that you actually b find out more...

Part 2 of the superb BBC adaptation of Tolstoy's epic tale of two Russian families during the upheavals of the Napoleonic Wars. The Russian army is defeated by Napoleon; Rostov comes home and pledges his betrothal to Sonya and Pierre duels with Dolohov. find out more...

The epic continues... find out more...