Duke of Wellington - BBC2 - now

The Duke of Wellington's victory over Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815 made him a towering figure in history, for both his achievements and for embodying the stiff-upper-lip notion of Britishness. This drama documentary focuses on the complexities of the man, drawing on his own correspondence to tell his story through his own words, and using the memoirs and diaries of those who knew him best. Richard E Grant plays Wellington in a series of dramatic reconstructions, creating an intimate portrait of a man who was, in turns, a general, a politician, a lover and an outsider