Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "picts"

1. Centurion (2010)

R | 97 min | Action, Drama, History

A splinter group of Roman soldiers fight for their lives behind enemy lines after their legion is devastated in a guerrilla attack.

Director: Neil Marshall | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, Olga Kurylenko, Andreas Wisniewski

Votes: 86,407 | Gross: $7.89M

2. Total War: Attila (2015 Video Game)

Action, History, War

The player has an opportunity to become a witness and participant in the colossal fall of the Roman Empire.

Directors: Gaspar Janos, Iskender Bingol | Stars: Pano Masti, Manolis Emmanouel

Votes: 297

3. Pict's Sword

Action, Adventure, History | Pre-production

The story of beautiful Viking female-warrior Solveig and her bloodthirsty revenge against murderer of her family - Earl Erik "Blood Axe".

Director: Rick McLeod | Stars: Silvia Spross, Thomas Raft, Martin Nuza, Olga Kalicka

4. Time Team (1994– )
Episode: Wemyss, Fife (2005)

Not Rated | Documentary, History

Jonathan's Cave, Sloping Cave and Well Cave at Wemyss have had continuous use since Pictish times. They dig through many layers of occupation. Is there a passageway between Well cave and MacDuff castle above?

Director: Michael Douglas | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Carenza Lewis

Votes: 21

5. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode: Headless Romans (2007)

TV-PG | Documentary, History, War

What happened to the 30 Romans whose decapitated bodies were found buried in York, the town from which in the 3rd century A.D. the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus and his sons Caracalla and Geta led a brutal campaign against the Scots.

Director: Ian Potts | Stars: Joey Ansah, Liev Schreiber

Votes: 19

6. Barbarians II (2007– )
Episode: Saxons (2007)

Documentary, History

This program tells the story of the Saxons conquest of England only to loose to the Vikings during the internal conflicts between Saxon warlords and finally to drive out the Vikings to regain the south of Britain.

Director: Nick Gardner | Stars: Bob Boving, Kelley Wickham-Crowley

Votes: 16

7. Secret Scotland (2019–2020)
Episode: Fife and the East (2020)

44 min | Documentary

Susan visits Falkland Palace, a former haven for Scottish royalty and tries her hand at real tennis. She then explores Wemyss Caves, home to the largest group of ancient Pictish rock carvings in the world.

Director: Steven Parsons | Star: Susan Calman

Votes: 10

8. Kings and Generals (2017– )
Episode: Ancient Celts: Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain (2021)

21 min | Documentary, Animation, History

By the time the Romans withdrew from Britain, Celtic culture, which had once dominated Europe, was limited to the British Isles. As the Celtic tribes battled for dominance the Britons ... See full summary »

Director: Nolan Karimov | Star: Officially Devin

9. The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode: Why did Soldiers Fight in Colorful Uniforms? (2018)

7 min | Documentary, Animation

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Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen

10. TopTenz (2010– )
Episode: Top 10 Fascinating Facts About the Anglo-Saxons (2016)

Documentary

The Anglo-Saxons were Germanic invaders who conquered what would become England apparently massacring the indigenous Britons and were then forced to defend the land from invading Vikings.

Star: Simon Whistler

11. History with Hilbert (2016– )
Episode: The Old North: British Celtic Kingdoms in the North of England (Hen Ogledd) (2018)

22 min | Documentary, Animation, History

Here is an introduction to the peoples of Hen Ogledd (the Old North) which included modern Scotland except for the far north Irish colonies and the kingdom of the Picts and extended into modern England down to Manchester.

Star: Hilbert Vinkenoog

12. Knowledgia (2019– )
Episode: How was England formed? (2021)

10 min | Documentary, Animation, History

When the Roman's withdrew from the region of Great Britian that would become England they left a power vacuum that Germanic and Viking invaders were happy to fill. The Anglo Saxons ... See full summary »

Star: Callum Janes