Derek Jacobi

Sir Derek Jacobi stars as crusader-turned-monk Cadfael in this acclaimed mystery series based on the best-selling books by Ellis Peters. Man of the world turned man of the cloth, Brother Cadfael is a rare hero.

From the attack on Pearl Harbor to D-Day, the most pivotal events of World War II come to life in this documentary series featuring colorized footage.

Historical drama series examining the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and Claudius.

Derek Jacobi and Daniel Craig star as artist Francis Bacon and his muse George Dyer in John Maybury’s darkly exquisite biopic.

The real-life pirates of the Caribbean violently plunder the world's riches and form a surprisingly egalitarian republic in this documentary series.

BBC presents Shakespeare's classic tale of betrayal, murder, and revenge. Rodney Bennett's television adaptation of Hamlet stars Derek Jacobi as the most complex of all Shakespeare’s characters. Prince Hamlet is told by his father's ghost that his uncle Claudius has murdered him and married his widow.

In 1973, Gen. Augusto Pinochet overtook Chile in a violent coup. During his 17-year rule, he gained a reputation as one of the world’s most oppressive dictators. This new HBO Film tells the fascinating story of Pinochet’s surprise arrest for crimes against humanity in 1998. Then retired, the 82-year-old former dictator went to Great Britain for a vacation that was to forever change his life—and the prospects for dictators across the globe. Emmy(R)-winning actor Derek Jacobi stars as Pinochet; also with Peter Capaldi, Phyllida Law and Anna Massey. Written and directed by Richard Curson Smith.

Blacklisted by the BBC after ruining Peter Pan, the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society hijack a live production of A Christmas Carol on stage.

And so begins In The Night Garden… a thoroughly modern interpretation of a nursery rhyme picture book that takes children on an imaginative journey to meet a host of wonderfully silly characters living together within a happy and caring community.

Actor Derek Jacobi narrates this portrait of author Graham Greene, a British spy, doubting Catholic and manic-depressive who wrote critically acclaimed best-sellers, including The Quiet American and The Third Man. The documentary weaves Greene’s novels and movies into the story of his life and reveals an extraordinary man who traveled the globe to escape the boredom of ordinary existence.

Through The Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum is a documentary on the collections of books, instruments, and medical anomalies at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Mütter Museum. This short film, commissioned by the College, is the first made by the internationally recognized Quay Brothers in the United States. The coupling of the Quay Brothers' vision with the collections of the Mütter Museum and the College's Historical Medical Library has produced a riveting experience of contemplative set pieces in which the Quays find poetry in the ill-fated, true-life stories of the "ossified man" Harry Eastlack and famed Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker. Adding to the film's visual strength is a powerful musical score by composer Timothy Nelson and a resonant voice over by Derek Jacobi.

Through one man's eyes, Dickens' classic story of Victorian London comes alive in this epic tale of love and injustice. As Arthur Clennam uncovers dark family secrets, he finds both corruption and unexpected hope in society's shadows.

The early life of Roman ruler Julius Caesar as told in three working prisons in South Africa, the UK and Canada. A small group of professional actors is joined by a cast of to tell the story of one of history's foremost personalities.

Set in the 1850's, a humble clerk decides to impersonate a rich man. Through a series of elaborate cons he makes his name and fortune in the city. With Derek Jacobi, Miranda Richardson.

This is the story of 76 men trying to escape from Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp. 3 got home, 73 were captured, 50 of whom were secretly shot on the instructions of Hitler against every rule of War.

The life of Edward de Vere, an Oxford Earl and bisexual traveler in the 1500s, who discovered improv arts and may have written some Shakespeare works.

When lockdown halts a film, cast and crew drift into isolation, confronting love, grief, and the fragile ties that bind them.

In this animated adventure, a timid mouse seeks help from a colony of intelligent rats to save her family, but the rats have their own problems.

Hamlet returns home to learn that his father, the King, has recently died and his mother, Gertrude, has already married his uncle, Claudius.

In the midst of the Hundred Years War, a young and uncertain King Henry V defeats the French but learns that victory takes its toll in bloodshed.