TV, Video & Audio – History Features and Documentaries

The Crimean War; A Clash of Empires: TV Documentary series by UKTV History, (1997): Director, Mick Gold; Exec Producer, George Carry; Narrated by Billie Whitelaw.

Also called The True Story Behind The Charge Of The Light Brigade | Crimean War | TimelineYouTube

Crimean War: A Most Desperate Undertaking

National Army Museum docudrama – DVD: Actors:Robert Hardy, Alan Larsen; Producers:Martin Morgan, Richard Melman; Narrated By:Robert Hardy. (2003) – DVD

In the spring of 1854, British troops and their French allies were sailing east to the Black Sea, to help the Turks fight off Russia’s advances. The British Army that sailed that spring had been described as the finest ever to leave Britain’s shores.
But within months those British troops were dying in scores, falling victim to cholera and dysentery epidemics. The army’s medical support was found to be scandalously inadequate. Battles were mismanaged, leading to infamous blunders like the Charge of the Light Brigade. When winter came, the archaic army support services meant British troops were left frozen and on the brink of starvation.

Thin Red Line – Crimean War – The Battle of Balaclava 1854: a YouTube documentary by The History Chap, UK, (2022) – YouTube

The Charge Of The Light Brigade | Crimean War: a YouTube documentary by The History Chap, UK, (2022) – YouTube

Balaclava 1854 – The Charge of the Light Brigade – an episode in the series The History of Warfare: UK (2005): 55m – Cromwell Productions; Produced by Bob Carruthers; Featuring historian Dr David Chandler; Narrated by Brian Blessed & Robert Powell. – YouTube

The Charge of the Light Brigade/In Our Time: S10/16, BBC Radio 4 discussion, (Jan 10 2008) – Melvyn Bragg & guests. – BBC Sounds/In Our Time

The Crimean War – The Battle of Inkerman 1854: a YouTube documentary by The History Chap, UK, (2022) – YouTube

The Battle of Inkerman: A Britishmuzzleloaders Battle Series, Canada, (2020) – YouTube

Crimean War: ‘The Armchair Historian’ Animated History Documentary – parts 1 & 2, USA (2020) : 23m – Produced and narrated by Griffin Johnsen – YouTube

Florence Nightingale:  (1985, TV movie, English); 2h 19m – directed by Daryl Duke; staring Jaclyn Smith, Claire Bloom, Timothy Dalton, Timothy West. – M4uHDTV

Florence Nightingale:  (2008, British BBC TV docudrama); 59m – directed by Norman Stone, starring Laura Fraser, Michael Pennington, 1h. – M4uHDTV

Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale:The Crimean War and the pioneers of military nursing: (2020, British documentary), 6m – director Eliot Smith – YouTube

Mary Seacole: The Real Angel of the Crimea: (2005, UK Channel 4 docu-drama, in four parts) : 1h – directed by Sonali Fernando; staring Angela Bruce. – YouTube