Mine is Thomas Becket, the martyred archbishop of Canterbury ... which finds the great Peter O’Toole in one of his two great film performances as King Henry II. (The other is The Lion in ...

The film — which won the Oscar for Best Screenplay ... I commend to you St. Thomas Becket as a testament to the greater meaning of the Christmas season.

Thomas Becket was Archbishop of Canterbury, the most important bishop in England. In 1170, he was brutally murdered in Canterbury Cathedral. Historians have long debated whether his murder was on ...

Henry appointed Thomas Becket as Archbishop of Canterbury in an ... Benefit of clergy was only abolished in 1827. This short film is from the BBC series, The Strange Case of the Law.

Remembering when Hollywood royalty descended on Bamburgh Castle - bringing Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole to film 'Becket'. It was a warm, golden July afternoon in 1963 ...