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{{other uses|Heroes and Villains (disambiguation)}}
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{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Heroes & Villains DVD Cover.jpg
| caption = BBC DVD cover
| genre = [[Drama]]
| creator =
| writer = {{unbulleted list
| [[Clare Saxby]]
| Tony Etchells
| [[Nick Murphy (director)|Nick Murphy]]
| [[James Wood (screenwriter)|James Wood]]
| [[Andrew Grieve]]
| Lyall B. Watson
| Colin Heber-Percy
}}
| director = {{unbulleted list
| Nick Murphy
| Tim Dunn
| Nick Green
| [[Andrew Grieve]]
| [[Gareth Edwards (filmmaker)|Gareth Edwards]]
| Arif Nurmohamed
}}
| creative_director =
| developer =
| starring = {{unbulleted list
| [[James Saito]]
| [[Rory McCann]]
| [[Brian McCardie]]
[[Daragh O'Malley]]
| [[Tom Burke (actor)|Tom Burke]]
| [[Anthony Flanagan]]
| [[Steven Waddington]]
}}
| theme_music_composer =
| opentheme =
| endtheme =
| composer =
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_series = 1
| num_episodes = 6
| executive_producer = Matthew Barrett
| producer = Mark Hedgecoe
| runtime = 60 minutes
| channel =
| first_aired = {{start date|2007|11|11|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2008|3|29|df=y}}
| related = ''[[Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire]]''
}}

'''''Heroes and Villains''''' is a 2007 [[BBC Television]] [[docudrama]] series looking at key moments in the lives and reputations of some of the greatest warriors of history. Each hour-long episode features a different historical figure, including [[Napoleon I of France]], [[Attila the Hun]], [[Spartacus]], [[Hernán Cortés]], [[Richard I of England]], and [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. The statements at the beginning of each episode read: "This film depicts real events and real characters. It is based on the accounts of writers of the time. It has been written with the advice of modern historians." In the United States the show was aired on [[The Military Channel]] and was called '''''Warriors'''''.<ref>[http://military.discovery.com/tv-shows/military-channel-presents/about-warriors.htm The Military Channel – Warriors] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706111302/http://military.discovery.com/tv-shows/military-channel-presents/about-warriors.htm |date=6 July 2013 }}</ref>

==Production==
The series was filmed by BBC Factual department in 720p high definition with the Panasonic DVCPRO HD cameras. The greenscreen scenes were filmed with handheld AG-HVX200 cameras.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reel-world.tv/pdfs/0608.pdf |title=Reel World – Blockbuster TV, p. 20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726192713/http://www.reel-world.tv/pdfs/0608.pdf |archivedate=26 July 2012 }}</ref>

==Episodes==
The numbering of the six episodes that make up the series is debatable due to them being listed differently on different sources. The DVD release has them listed in the order of Spartacus, Attila the Hun, Shogun, Richard the Lionheart, Cortes, and Napoleon; while the BBC website guide has them listed as Napoleon 1/6, Cortes 2/6, Attila the Hun 3/6, Shogun 4/6, Spartacus 5/6, and Richard the Lionheart 6/6.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fmhzs/episodes/2008 BBC.co.uk Heroes and Villains 2008 Broadcasts]</ref> However they are listed here by their [[airdate]] according to the BBC website.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fmhzs BBC.co.uk Heroes and Villains]</ref>

{{Episode table |background=#E97500 |overall=5 |title=25 |director=15 |writer=18 |aux2=17 |airdate=15 |aux2T=Historical Consultant |episodes={{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = {{va|Napoleon}}
| DirectedBy = Nick Murphy
| WrittenBy = Nick Murphy
| Aux2 = Professor Alan Forrest, [[University of York]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|11|11}}
| ShortSummary = Filmed on location in Malta, this story covers the [[siege of Toulon]]. Beginning in Marseilles on 24 August 1793 and ending on 18 December 1793, it covers his rivalry with Fréron as well as his sister Paoletta's affair with Fréron and his rise through the ranks as they fight the English at "Little Gibraltar." {{Episode cast|hr=n}}
* [[Rob Brydon]] as [[Louis-Marie Stanislas Fréron|Fréron]]
* [[Richard McCabe]] as [[Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras|Barras]]
* [[Tom Burke (actor)|Tom Burke]] as [[Napoleon]]
* [[Laura Greenwood]] as [[Pauline Bonaparte|Paoletta]]
* [[Alice Krige]] as [[Letizia Ramolino|Letizia]]
* [[Alex Lowe (actor)|Alex Lowe]] as [[Jean-Andoche Junot|Junot]]
* [[Kenneth Cranham]] as [[Jean François Carteaux|General Carteaux]]
* [[Gina Bellman]] as Catherine Carteaux
* Darren Queralt as [[Dominique Vivant|Denon]]
* [[Roger Ashton-Griffiths]] as General Doppet
* [[Anthony Higgins (actor)|Anthony Higgins]] as [[Jacques François Dugommier|General Dugommier]]
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}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = {{va|Attila the Hun}}
| DirectedBy = [[Gareth Edwards (filmmaker)|Gareth Edwards]]
| WrittenBy = Tony Etchells
| Aux2 = Dr. [[Peter Heather]], [[University of Oxford]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2008|2|13}}
| ShortSummary = Attila and his brother, Bleda, make a pact with the Western Roman Emperor to leave their lands untouched. This sends them to the Eastern Roman Empire instead and they take the city of Naissus, prompting the eastern emperor to buy them off. They leave with their prize but Attila soon kills his brother and returns. After defeating the emperor's army, Chrysaphius and Vigilas attempt to bribe Edeco in order to kill Attila but he betrays them. Attila then [[Battle of the Catalaunian Plains|attacks]] the western empire because he feels he must, but in doing so he faces Aetius and a coalition of armies belonging to his enemies. {{Episode cast|hr=n}}
* [[Kevin Eldon]] as [[Romulus Augustulus|Romulus]]
* [[Big Mick (actor)|Big Mick]] as [[Zerco]]n
* [[Rory McCann]] as [[Attila the Hun]]
* Nicholas Boulton as [[Bleda]]
* [[Allen Leech]] as [[Edeko|Edeco]]
* [[Michael Maloney]] as Vigilas
* [[Jonathan Phillips (actor)|Jonathan Phillips]] as [[Theodosius II|Theodosius]]
* Ian Barritt as [[Chrysaphius]]
* Ian Lindsay as Maximinus
* [[Oliver Cotton]] as [[Flavius Aetius|Aetius]]
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}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = {{va|Spartacus}}
| DirectedBy = Tim Dunn
| WrittenBy = Colin Heber-Percy & Lyall B. Watson
| Aux2 = Professor Mary Beard, [[University of Cambridge]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2008|2|29}}
| ShortSummary = Spartacus, sold as a [[gladiator]], organizes an escape and the Roman army is soon hunting him and his fellow escaped slaves. He and his men attack the Romans and other slaves soon arrive to join them which causes trouble between those who want revenge and Spartacus who wishes to flee to Gaul. After another attack by the Romans, they head for Gaul. Yet, after facing the Romans again and winning, Spartacus's men convince him to attack rather than flee. The Romans, however, push them to the ocean and a [[Battle of the Siler River|final battle]] ensues. {{Episode cast|hr=n}}
* [[Anthony Flanagan]] as [[Spartacus]]
* Nadia Boussetta as Spartacus's Wife
* [[Jamie Foreman]] as Slave Trader
* [[Mark Wingett]] as [[Lentulus Batiatus|Batiatus]]
* Johnny Harris as [[Oenomaus (rebel slave)|Oenameaus]]
* [[Andrew Tiernan]] as [[Crixus]]
* [[Robert Glenister]] as [[Crassus]]
* [[Rupert Vansittart]] as [[Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus|Lentulus]]
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}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = {{va|Cortes}}
| DirectedBy = [[Andrew Grieve]]
| WrittenBy = Andrew Grieve
| Aux2 = Dr. Caroline Dodds, [[University of Leicester]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2008|3|15}}
| ShortSummary = Cortés and his men arrive in [[Central America]] in 1521 in search of riches. They cross the mountains and soon become allies with the [[Tlaxcalans]]. Once they reach [[Tenochtitlan]], they are invited in but then proceed to insult the Aztec's customs and take their ruler, Moctezuma, hostage. Yet, when it is discovered that Cortés is a criminal, he must leave the city to fight the army that the king has sent after him. When he returns, he finds that a war has started and the [[Fall of Tenochtitlan|battle over Tenochtitlan]] begins. {{Episode cast|hr=n}}
* [[Brian McCardie]] as [[Hernán Cortés]]
* [[Nicholas Shaw]] as Sandoval
* [[Andrew Howard]] as [[Pedro de Alvarado|Alvarado]]
* Niall Macgregor as [[Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar|Velasquez]]
* [[Vineeta Rishi]] as [[La Malinche|Doña Marina]]
* David Maybrick as [[Francisco López de Gómara|Lopez]]
* [[Ramon Tikaram]] as [[Moctezuma II|Moctezuma]]
* [[TJ Ramini]] as [[Cuauhtémoc]]
* [[Alec Newman]] as [[Ángel de Villafañe|Villafana]]
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}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = {{va|Richard the Lionheart}}
| DirectedBy = Nick Green
| WrittenBy = James Wood
| Aux2 = Professor John Gillingham
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2008|3|22}}
| ShortSummary = During the [[Third Crusade]], the crusaders arrive in Jaffa and find it destroyed. Amidst uneasiness in the ranks and an attack that leaves one of his close friends dead, Richard hopes to marry off his sister to Al Adil and create an alliance. However, Al Adil will not agree and the crusaders begin to suffer from a lack of supplies. Finally, Richard decides not to attack Jerusalem and the coalition falls apart. Eventually he must face the decision of protecting his kingdom from his brother or completing his oath to God. In the end, Richard plans to return home but when [[Battle of Jaffa (1192)|Jaffa is assaulted]], he returns to rescue his men. {{Episode cast|hr=n}}
* [[Leon Ockenden]] as [[Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester|Earl of Leicester]]
* [[Harry Lloyd]] as Lucas
* [[Steven Waddington]] as [[Richard the Lionheart]]
* [[Alice Patten]] as Joan
* [[Stuart Wilson (actor)|Stuart Wilson]] as [[Hugh III of Burgundy|Hugh De Burgundy]]
* [[Donald Sumpter]] as [[Garnier de Nablus|Garnier]]
* Andy Lucas as [[Saladin]]
* [[Silas Carson]] as [[Al-Adil|Al Adil]]
* [[Daragh O'Malley]] as William
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}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = {{va|Shogun}}
| DirectedBy = Arif Nurmohamed
| WrittenBy = [[Clare Saxby]]
| Aux2 = Dr. [[Stephen Turnbull (historian)|Stephen Turnbull]], [[University of Leeds]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2008|3|29}}
| ShortSummary = After the Taiko's death in 1598, Ieyasu has his son sent away which upsets Mitsunari. After an attack by Mitsunari, Ieyasu's son, Hidetada, takes his men to find Mitsunari but he escapes. Ieyasu forces Mitsunari into exile and begins to take control of the government. However, when another lord begins to rebel, Ieyasu convinces Hideaki to join him in battle only to have Mitsunari turn him later on. Eventually the two armies meet and the [[Battle of Sekigahara]] begins, with Hideaki unable to choose which side to fight for. He eventually chooses Ieyasu and they win the battle, taking control of Japan. {{Episode cast|hr=n}}
* [[James Saito]] as [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]
* [[Hiro Kanagawa]] as [[Ishida Mitsunari]]
* [[Togo Igawa]] as [[Hideyoshi|The Taiko]]
* Hiroshi Katsuno as [[Torii Mototada|Mototada]]
* [[Yuji Okumoto]] as [[Ii Naomasa|Naomasa]]
* Koh Takeuchi as [[Tokugawa Hidetada|Hidetada]]
* Henry Hayashi as [[Ukita Hideie|Ukita]]
* [[Louis Ozawa Changchien]] as [[Kobayakawa Hideaki|Hideaki]]
* Kohei Mima as [[Matsudaira Tadayoshi|Tadayoshi]]
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}}
}}

==Media information==

===DVD release===
The series was released as a two disc set on Region 2 DVD by [[BBC Video]] on 24 March 2008.<ref>[http://www.bbcshop.com/invt/bbcdvd2513 BBCShop.com Heroes and Villains]</ref><ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000YY561K Amazon.com Heroes and Villains]</ref> It was marketed and sold in the United States in April 2009 as "''Warriors''".<ref>{{cite web|title=Warriors|date=28 April 2009|url=https://www.amazon.com/Warriors-Anthony-Flanagan/dp/B001O2UTT0/|publisher=BBC Home Entertainment}}</ref> The USA release included a third disc containing two [[Edward Bazalgette]] documentaries, [[Hannibal (2006 TV film)|Hannibal]] and [[Genghis Khan (documentary)|''Genghis Khan'']].<ref>''Warriors'', disc 3</ref>

===Companion book===
{{cite book
| date = 4 October 2007
| title = Heroes and Villains: Inside the Minds of the Greatest Warriors in History
| last = McLynn
| first = Frank
| publisher = [[BBC Books]] (hardcover)
| isbn = 978-1-84607-240-6
}}<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1846072409 Amazon.com Heroes and Villains: Inside the Minds of the Greatest Warriors in History]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{BBC programme}}
*{{IMDb title|1441589}}

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