England, 1645. Den grusomme borgerkrig mellem royalister og parlamentarikere, der hærger landet, skaber en æra af kaos og juridisk vilkårlighed, der giver skruppelløse mænd mulighed for at tjene penge ved at udnytte bøndernes absurde overtro; som Matthew Hopkins, et monster forklædt som mand, der vandrer fra by til by og tilbyder sine tjenester som heksejæger.
I det 17. århundrede satte den ambitiøse landadelsmand Oliver Cromwell sig modigt op mod den politiske undertrykkelse og korruption, der hærgede nationen. Kong Charles I ser sin magt blive undermineret af en undersåt og skynder sig at udfordre sin modstander. Vinderen bliver indehaver af den totale magt, og taberen bliver halshugget.
General Thomas Fairfax og Oliver Cromwell, som fejrer sejren over kong Charles d. 1. i den engelske borgerkrig. De bliver uenige om, hvad der skal ske med den tilfangetagne konge, og strides bittert herom, alt imens en gruppe sammensvorne politikere laver numre bag deres ryg.
På flugt fra slagmarken under den engelske borgerkrig bliver en lille gruppe desertører fanget af en alkymist og tvunget til at hjælpe ham i hans søgen efter en begravet skat i en nærliggende mark. Gruppen bliver hurtigt optaget af interne konflikter, kampe og paranoia. Det går snart op for soldaterne, at skatten kan være noget andet end guld, og langsomt bliver de ofre for frygtindgydende kræfter, der er fanget i marken. Den vanvittige engelske instruktør Ben Wheatley (Sightseers og Kill List) står bag denne sort/hvide, psykedeliske tur ud i magi og vanvid!
Mod slutningen af 1640'ernes 2. engelske borgerkrig forsøger Oliver Cromwell at fange Karl Stuart, men en frygtløs adelsmand kommer den kommende konge til undsætning.
A 1964 British action adventure film from Hammer studios. The Scarlet Blade is set during the english civil war. A cruel Roundhead Colonel is on the trail of royalist sympathisers, but unaware of his daughters royalist sympathies. When she falls into a love triangle with Cavalier Edward Beverly and Roundhead officer Captain Sylvester the stage is set for double crossing and derring do.
An English farmer leads a village uprising against their corrupt landlords.
Three children try to fight against the destruction of a local historic landmark. They are helped by a group of friendly ghosts.
The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians (Roundheads) and Royalists (Cavaliers) over, principally, the manner of England's government. The first (1642–46) and second (1648–49) wars pitted the supporters of King Charles I against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the third (1649–51) saw fighting between supporters of King Charles II and supporters of the Rump Parliament. The war ended with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651. This programme charts the lead up to the war and its outbreak, setting the scene for the following programmes in the series.
During the English Civil War, Lord Forrest attempts to sign up with the Royalist army, but is mistaken for a Roundhead and forced to join their number instead.
The Battle of Naseby was a decisive engagement of the English Civil War, fought on 14 June 1645 between the main Royalist army of King Charles I and the Parliamentarian New Model Army, commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell. It was fought near the village of Naseby in Northamptonshire. Fairfax was ordered to lift his siege of Oxford, the Royalist capital, and engage the King's main army. Eager to bring battle to the Royalists, Fairfax set off in pursuit of the Royalist army, which was heading to recover the north. The King, faced with retreating north with Fairfax close behind, or giving battle, decided to give battle, fearing a loss of morale if his army continued retreating. After hard fighting, the Parliamentarian army all but destroyed the Royalist force, which suffered 6,000 casualties out of 7,400 effectives. Charles had lost the bulk of his army. Within a year, Parliament had won the first civil war.