What was life actually like in the court of Elizabeth I? | 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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

S1E7: The Body of the Queen | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Simon Schama examines the long, tangled relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and her cousin Mary, Queen ...

The Iconic Whitehall Mural | Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer

Jonathan Foyle investigates Hans Holbein's important 'Whitehall Mural'.

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...

A Merry Tudor Christmas with Lucy Worsley

Recreating festivities from Henry VIII's era, Lucy Worsley dresses, eats, drinks, sings and parties like it is 500 years ago - disc...

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

Simon Schama discusses Cromwell's dissolution of the monasteries.

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...

Fireships | Armada: 12 Days to Save England

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

Henry VII: The Winter King

Author Thomas Penn takes an extraordinary journey into the dark and chilling world of the first Tudor, Henry VII. His investigations reveal the ru...

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.

S1E6: Burning Convictions | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Simon Schama tells the story of the Reformation, from Henry VIII's love for Anne Boleyn to Bloody Mary's uns...

Six Wives with Lucy Worsley

Documentary series featuring dramatic reconstruction in which Lucy Worsley delves into the personal lives of Henry VIII's wives, beginning with C...

The Destruction of the Monasteries | Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer

Jonathan Foyle investigates Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries.

The Virgin Queen

The future monarch protests her innocence when she is accused of plotting to kill her half-sister, Queen Mary.

02: The Marriage Game | Elizabeth R

The unmarried young queen is encouraged to find a suitable husband so that she can produce an heir, but she finds that very few suitors i...

04: Elizabeth I | Landmarks

Programme looks at life of Elizabeth I, with visits to Penshurst Place and National Gallery.