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...
A young Elizabeth lives in dangerous times, leading the Protestant rebellion against her Catholic half-sister Mary and challenging her...
In October 1588, a lone Spanish ship was wrecked off south Devon. In today's programme children from three Devon schools use their own map...
Chop, chop, it's the Horrible Histories' Terrible Tudors Special, with everything you need to know about history's most f...
How did England become a military power? Adam Hart-Davis reveals how Henry VIII 's ascension to the throne necessitated inventio...
Adam Hart-Davis makes marmalade, takes on a champion in the sport of real tennis and learns how to use the first piece of dom...
How the invention of the printing press helped convert England to Protestantism, sparked a revolution in scientific...
The development of scientific instruments gave the Tudors new worlds to explore, both on land and on sea. And did the Eng...
Mark Evans and a team of children from Corvedale Primary School examine Tudor buildings in Much Wenlock. They visit Brook House Farm...
Programme looks at life of Elizabeth I, with visits to Penshurst Place and National Gallery.
This programme tells the story of the excavation and raising of Henry VIII's warship ''The Mary Rose''.
This programme looks at the life of Henry VIII. A history series for 9-11 year olds.
This programme looks at the life of Henry VII. First episode in history series for 9-11 year olds.
Rev Peter Owen-Jones discusses the chaotic 30 years that followed Henry VIII's purely political decision to break wit...
Tony Robinson sets off on a 45 mile hike through the beautiful countryside of the Weald in Kent and the Downs of East Sussex to...
What is a parish? How was it organized as the centre of local government during the Tudor period?
Antaine O' Donnaile retraces the dangerous journey of the Earls through France, Belgium and Switzerland to Rome, a journey which caused a dip...
Presented by Antaine O Donnaile, the second programme of three looks at the military defeat and eventual surrender of the Irish leader Hugh O...
Presented by Antaine O' Donnaile, the first programme of three looks at the violent events which led to the Flight, in particular the Battle ...
David Dimbleby goes on an architectural tour of Britain, exploring the great country houses of the reign of Eliz...
Michael Portillo champions Elizabeth I, arguing that she fought religious fanaticism, established Britain's tradition of tolerance, and...
Drama revealing the intimate and ultimately deadly relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots, using the words of the ...
Author Thomas Penn takes an extraordinary journey into the dark and chilling world of the first Tudor, Henry VII. His investigations reveal the ru...
Does 'Bloody Mary', England’s first crowned queen, deserve her reputation? Lucy Worsley investigates, asking whether Mary shoul...
Jonathan Foyle looks for clues in Henry VIII's art to glimpse what was going on inside the king's head as he faced his darkest d...
Jonathan Foyle looks at the palaces, tapestries, music and paintings created in King Henry VIII's name and asks if they compensa...
Lucy Worsley explores how the health of past monarchs has shaped the nation. She exam...
Lucy Worsley presents six films about the mental and physical health of our past monarchs, covering Henry V...
Recreating festivities from Henry VIII's era, Lucy Worsley dresses, eats, drinks, sings and parties like it is 500 years ago - disc...
This edition visits Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire, one of the most mysterious country houses in Britain. Its great honey-colo...
Compilation of short films specially made for schools Dr. Ian MORTIMER presents a unique travel guide ...
Dr Ian Mortimer takes viewers on a journey through this golden age of English history. He explores a...
Dr Ian Mortimer navigates his way through the treacherous world of the Elizabethan upper classes, revealing...
Dr. Ian Mortimer undertakes a present-tense journey through the world of Queen Elizabeth the First...
It is 1596 and Robert Dudley's stepson the Earl of Essex becomes the ageing Queen's favourite but with her heyday largely forgotten, her judgeme...
Now in her forties, Elizabeth considers marriage to the much younger Duke of Anjou. Support for Mary Queen of Scots increases across Catholic Eu...
Though adored up and down the land, Elizabeth finds herself at odds with her own court. Spurning marriage with a foreign prince she favours Robe...
The future monarch protests her innocence when she is accused of plotting to kill her half-sister, Queen Mary.
Helen Castor explores the lives of the Tudor queens Jane, Mary and Elizabeth, and how each struggled w...
A portrait of one village through the whole of English history. Amazing finds in the school archi...
Lucy Worsley discovers how the history of the Spanish Armada has been manipulated and mytholo...
Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch argues that rather than being a thug, Thomas Cromwell was a principled and pi...
A look at the world's first secret service. England has a new monarch and Robert Cecil exposes the most infamous terrorist thre...
A look at the secret network behind Queen Elizabeth I's 40-year reign and the world's first secret service. An ambitious aristo...
A look at the world's first secret service. When the pope declares Queen Elizabeth I a heretic, spymaster William Cecil must stop the Catho...
A British royal scandal: the trial and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn.
Documentary drama series exploring the lives of Henry VIII's wives. Henry annuls his marriage to Anne of Cleves and marries teenager ...
Documentary drama series exploring the lives of Henry VIII's wives. Henry leaves Katherine to marry Anne Boleyn, but rumours start to...
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