The Best King We Never Had

2: Queen Anne | Queens that Changed the World

Queen Anne took the throne in 1702. As the last Stuart monarch and the first queen of Great Britain, she united Scotland and En...

2: Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians | Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

Lucy Worsley explores how the health of monarchs has shaped the nation. She looks at th...

2: The Glorious Revolution | British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Lucy explores how British history is a concoction of fibs. She debunks the 'Glorious Revolution...

5: Marlborough | Great Britons (1990)

Military historian Corelli Barnett presents a program on John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, covering his military career and pers...

Boyne | War Walks

Richard Holmes visits the site of the Battle of the Boyne, the defeat of James II by William III in 1690, and shows how the battle could have been over bef...

James II | Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

The birth of James II's son triggered a Protestant coup from William of Orange.

Restoration | The Supersizers

Restaurant critic Giles Coren and writer and performer Sue Perkins try the food of Restoration Britain in the 1660s, a time of fire and plague.

S1E3: Queen Anne and the Union | Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Lucy Worsley explores how Queen Anne's legacy has been marred by historical fibs.

S2E4: Grand Heist: The Theft of the Crown Jewels | Days That Shook the World

The theft of the Crown Jewels on May 9, 1671.

The Great Plague

The Great Plague of 1665 killed 100,000 Londoners - one in three of the people living in the city. While kept diaries have provided terrifying testaments to...

Was the Glorious Revolution glorious? | The Battle for Britain's Soul

A discussion about how the Glorious Revolution had a number of unexpected consequences