A THOUSAND YEARS OF ROYALTY

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  • Secrets Of The Royal Doctors

    An intimate look at royal life; from births to deaths & everything in between. No-one gets closer to the royals than their doctors!

  • Game of Crowns: The Tudors

    From the real life stories that inspired Game of Thrones, delve into a world of dynasties, blood feuds and civil war, where brother battles brother, uncle kills nephew, and cousin executes cousin in the race to decide who wears the bloodstained crown of England.

  • Royal Autopsy

    1 season

    Royal Autopsy investigates the cause of death of two of Britain’s most famous monarchs: King Charles II and Queen Elizabeth I, in an entirely new and realistic way. Professor Alice Roberts will bring together a blend of historical and medical expertise and by using contemporaneous accounts and do...

  • The Man Who Killed Richard III

    Evidence reveals Sir Rhys ap Thomas of Wales may have dealt the fatal blow to England's King Richard III that paved the way for the Tudor monarchy.

  • Royal Upstairs Downstairs

    1 season

    Chef Rosemary Shrager and antiques expert Tim Wonnacott travel to the stately homes visited by Queen Victoria as written about in her diaries.

  • Secrets of the Castle

    1 season

    The team takes part in the medieval construction project at Guédelon Castle in Treigny, France. During their stay there, they reveal what kind of skills and crafts were needed to build a castle in the 13th century, by using the techniques, tools and materials of the era.

  • Monarchy
    3 seasons

    Monarchy

    3 seasons

    British academic David Starkey charts the political and ideological history of the English monarchy from the Saxon period to modern times

  • Inside the Tower of London: Season 3

    1 season

    A look at the history of the Tower of London, a castle located on the north bank of the River Thames. It was built by William the Conqueror and was used as a prison from 1100 until 1952 with Anne Boleyn one of its most famous and tragic prisoners.

  • Secrets Of The Royal Jewels

    The dazzling stories behind the world's most famous collection of precious stones, from the crown jewels to Diana's sparkling accessories, and Kate's favourite tiara.

  • Thomas Cromwell: A Very Modern Tudor

    1 season

    Tracy Borman investigates the rise of Thomas Cromwell, from the son of a Putney blacksmith to Henry VIII's right-hand man, and his eventual downfall.

  • Hampton Court: Behind Closed Doors

    1 season

    An intimate look behind the scenes of King Henry VIII's favourite palace and country retreat on the Thames. This Tudor jewel receives over a million visitors a year.

  • Her Majesty's Prime Ministers: John Major

    As a school dropout, the teenage John Major could simply never have dreamt that he would one day become a powerful political leader and get elected as Britain's Prime Minister. Major became Her Majesty's ninth Prime Minister.

  • The Rise and Fall of Versailles

    1 season

    A three-part study of the opulent French royal palace through the tumultuous and ultimately tragic reigns of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI.

  • Queen Victoria: In Her Own Words

    1 season

    Queen Victoria's journals reveal how she struggled to reconcile her different roles as monarch, wife and passionate lover, and mother to a growing brood of children.

  • Inside the Tower of London: Season 4

    1 season

    A look at the history of the Tower of London, a castle located on the north bank of the River Thames. It was built by William the Conqueror and was used as a prison from 1100 until 1952 with Anne Boleyn one of its most famous and tragic prisoners.

  • Queen Mary

    Did Queen Mary, wife of George V do more to save the monarchy than any member of the Royal family?
    Grandmother to the current Queen, her influence may have been largely forgotten but her impact on Britain has been undeniable.

  • King George VI: Brother, Husband, King

    George VI: An unlikely King whose closest family relationships shaped him: from a brutal father to a brother whose actions forced George onto a throne that he never wanted.

  • The Real Windsors

    1 season

    Filmed as the reign of Britain's longest serving monarch draws to a close, this inside story on the state of the world's most famous dynasty asks: what next for the monarchy?

  • England's Forgotten Queen: The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey

    1 season

    Jane was just a teenager when she ruled England for 9 days in 1553. As her Protestant supporters quickly abandoned her in favour of the Catholic Mary, she was convicted of high treason and executed together with her teenage husband, Lord Guildford Dudley, less than a month later.

  • Caligula

    How true are the extraordinary stories told about Caligula: The Tyrant of Rome?

  • Charles I: To Kill A King

    1 season

    A momentous event in history, the trial and execution of King Charles I, an act that changed politics and power in England forever.

  • Charles I: The Downfall of a King

    1 season

    Historian Lisa Hilton discovers how, in just fifty tempestuous days, Charles I's rule collapsed, laying the foundations for civil war, the loss of royal power and, ultimately, the king's head.

  • Julius Caesar Revealed

    Julius Caesar is the most famous Roman of them all: brutal conqueror, dictator and victim of a gruesome assassination on the Ides of March 44 BC.

  • Henry VIII: Man, Monarch, Monster

    1 season

    This sumptuous 3 part documentary series reveals Henry VIII like never before.
    What was it about Henry's personality that has made him Britain's most infamous King?