PLEASE can anyone help, I'm not sure if it was a film or just a program on TV .It was about a group of jewish people who were running away from the roman army they find a haven on top of a mountain but the romans find them so as not to be taken they all kill themselves the title was one word a name but that's all I can remember . Ithink it was a true story.

Masada,

And yes it was a true story:

http://wikitravel.org/en/Masada

Thank you Scott ,Now I just need to locate how to buy it, I think I will try eBay .Thank you once again.

If you haven't found a copy yet Amazon have it listed at $97.50 for the DVD & $39.95 for the VHS. (They are out of stock for the export version for region 1 DVD / NTSC video).