Synopsis
Dr Ian Mortimer navigates his way through the treacherous world of the Elizabethan upper classes, revealing how those who have the most also have the most to lose.
- Programme: Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England
- Episode: 2: The Rich
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2013
- History
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