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Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Documentaries

Boudica and her revolt have been the subject of numerous documentaries, including:

Warrior Women episode 5, Discovery Channel, hosted by Lucy Lawless
History Bites: "Xena's Evil Sister".
Warrior Queen Boudica (2006), History International Channel
Battlefield Britain (2004) BBC

Fictionalisations

Boudica has been the subject of two feature films, 1928's Boadicea, starring Phyllis Nielson-Terry, and 2003's Boudica (Warrior Queen in the USA), a UK TV film written by Andrew Davies and starring Alex Kingston as Boudica. A new film is planned for release in 2008 entitled Warrior, written by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal, directed by Gavin O'Connor, and produced by Mel Gibson.[23] A British TV series, Warrior Queen, was made by Thames Television in 1978 starring Sian Phillips as Boudica and Nigel Hawthorne as Catus Decianus.

Boudica was a character in an episode of the third season of Xena: Warrior Princess, called The Deliverer, where she was played by Jennifer Ward-Lealand.