3: Brave New World | Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England

4: The Battle Against the Spanish Armada | Battlefield Britain

Peter and Dan Snow take a look at the battles that shaped our nation. Drake's unlikely sea victory against the...

1: Elizabeth I | Queens that Changed the World

Elizabeth I pacified a divided nation, and foiled multiple plots against her. English culture flourished under her reign, and ...

1: Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men | Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

Lucy Worsley explores how the health of past monarchs has shaped the nation. She exam...

S1E4: Gloriana | David Starkey's Elizabeth

After the Armada was defeated Elizabeth I ushered in a golden age in English society. With a flourishing of literature,an age of p...

What Caused the Spanish Armada? | Armada: 12 Days to Save England

Dan Snow discusses the foundations of what caused the Spanish Armada.

3: Endgame | Armada: 12 Days to Save England

Newly discovered documents reveal a remarkable web of misunderstandings that stopped the Spanish from invading.

What was life actually like in the court of Elizabeth I? | Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England

Ian Mortimer, journeys back in time to find out what life was really...

1: Day One | Armada: 12 Days to Save England

Anita Dobson stars as Elizabeth I, and Dan Snow tells the story of how England came within a whisker of disaster in summer 1588.

Fireships | Armada: 12 Days to Save England

Dan Snow explores the English use of fireships against the Spanish Armada.

Mary, Queen of Scots plot with Anthony Babbington | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Simon Schama discusses the trap that Francis Walsingham created to catch Mary.

1: The Common People | Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England

Dr. Ian Mortimer undertakes a present-tense journey through the world of Queen Elizabeth the First. This...

Religious reform under Edward VI | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Simon Schama discusses the religious reform under Edward VI.

S1E2: The Virgin Queen | David Starkey's Elizabeth

David Starkey explores the tensions created by Elizabeth I's reluctance to marry,which strained the political and religiou...

01: Seeying the Worlde | What The Tudors Did For Us

The development of scientific instruments gave the Tudors new worlds to explore, both on land and on sea. And did the Eng...

2: The Battle for England | Armada: 12 Days to Save England

Dan Snow relives fierce sea battles and looks behind the scenes in the court of Elizabeth I as the Spanish fleet ...

2: The Rich | Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England

Dr Ian Mortimer navigates his way through the treacherous world of the Elizabethan upper classes, revealing how t...

Dissolution of the monasteries | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Simon Schama discusses Cromwell's dissolution of the monasteries.

Elizabeth I speaks at Tilbury | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Simon Schama discusses the Spanish Armada and the intentions behind Elizabeth's speech at Tilbury.

Elizabeth I's Secret Agents

A look at the world's first secret service. When the pope declares Queen Elizabeth I a heretic, spymaster William Cecil must stop the Catholic as...

Mary, Queen of Scots flees from Scotland to England | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Simon Schama discusses Mary's escape from Lord Bothwell and subsequent imprisonmen...