02: The Marriage Game | Elizabeth R

02: The Marriage Game | Elizabeth R

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 1971 | 1'30'25''

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...

01: The Lion’s Cub | Elizabeth R

01: The Lion’s Cub | Elizabeth R

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 1971 | 1'25'33''

A young Elizabeth lives in dangerous times, leading the Protestant rebellion against her Catholic half-sister Mary and challenging her...

05: The Spanish Armada | Landmarks

05: The Spanish Armada | Landmarks

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 1987 | 19'09''

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...

S07E15: Terrible Tudor Special | Horrible Histories

S07E15: Terrible Tudor Special | Horrible Histories

Early Modern Britain | CBBC | 2018 | 26'38''

Chop, chop, it's the Horrible Histories' Terrible Tudors Special, with everything you need to know about history's most f...

04: War Machyne | What The Tudors Did For Us

04: War Machyne | What The Tudors Did For Us

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2002 | 29'07''

How did England become a military power? Adam Hart-Davis reveals how Henry VIII 's ascension to the throne necessitated inventio...

03: The Goode Lyfe | What The Tudors Did For Us

03: The Goode Lyfe | What The Tudors Did For Us

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2002 | 29'08''

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...

02: The Thynkynge Revolution | What The Tudors Did For Us

02: The Thynkynge Revolution | What The Tudors Did For Us

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2002 | 31'51''

How the invention of the printing press helped convert England to Protestantism, sparked a revolution in scientific...

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

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

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2002 | 32'54''

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

00: The Tudors in Shropshire | Landmarks

00: The Tudors in Shropshire | Landmarks

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 1996 | 19'13''

Mark Evans and a team of children from Corvedale Primary School examine Tudor buildings in Much Wenlock. They visit Brook House Farm...

04: Elizabeth I | Landmarks

04: Elizabeth I | Landmarks

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 1993 | 18'58''

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

03: The ‘Mary Rose’ | Landmarks

03: The ‘Mary Rose’ | Landmarks

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 1993 | 19'06''

This programme tells the story of the excavation and raising of Henry VIII's warship ''The Mary Rose''.

02: Henry VIII | Landmarks

02: Henry VIII | Landmarks

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 1993 | 19'01''

This programme looks at the life of Henry VIII. A history series for 9-11 year olds.

01: Henry VII | Landmarks

01: Henry VII | Landmarks

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 1993 | 18'53''

This programme looks at the life of Henry VII. First episode in history series for 9-11 year olds.

S1E3: Reformation | The Battle for Britain’s Soul

S1E3: Reformation | The Battle for Britain’s Soul

Christianity | BBC Two | 2004 | 59'16''

Rev Peter Owen-Jones discusses the chaotic 30 years that followed Henry VIII's purely political decision to break wit...

S1E3: The Tudor Way | Walking Through History

S1E3: The Tudor Way | Walking Through History

Early Modern Britain | Channel 4 | 2013 | 46'09''

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...

The Tudors: The Beggars are Coming | History 11-13

The Tudors: The Beggars are Coming | History 11-13

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 1986 | 20'29''

What is a parish? How was it organized as the centre of local government during the Tudor period?

Episode 3 | Flight of the Earls

Episode 3 | Flight of the Earls

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2007 | 39'10''

Antaine O' Donnaile retraces the dangerous journey of the Earls through France, Belgium and Switzerland to Rome, a journey which caused a dip...

Episode 2 | Flight of the Earls

Episode 2 | Flight of the Earls

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2007 | 28'24''

Presented by Antaine O Donnaile, the second programme of three looks at the military defeat and eventual surrender of the Irish leader Hugh O...

Episode 1 | Flight of the Earls

Episode 1 | Flight of the Earls

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2007 | 39'24''

Presented by Antaine O' Donnaile, the first programme of three looks at the violent events which led to the Flight, in particular the Battle ...

2: The Heart of England: Living It Up | How We Built Britain

2: The Heart of England: Living It Up | How We Built Britain

Early Modern Britain | BBC One | 2007 | 58'19''

David Dimbleby goes on an architectural tour of Britain, exploring the great country houses of the reign of Eliz...

7: Elizabeth I | Great Britons (2002)

7: Elizabeth I | Great Britons (2002)

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2002 | 58'19''

Michael Portillo champions Elizabeth I, arguing that she fought religious fanaticism, established Britain's tradition of tolerance, and...

Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary

Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2016 | 59'09''

Drama revealing the intimate and ultimately deadly relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots, using the words of the ...

Henry VII: The Winter King

Henry VII: The Winter King

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2013 | 59'03''

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

S2E4: Bloody Mary | Lucy Worsley Investigates

S2E4: Bloody Mary | Lucy Worsley Investigates

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2025 | 58'51''

Does 'Bloody Mary', England’s first crowned queen, deserve her reputation? Lucy Worsley investigates, asking whether Mary shoul...

Episode 2 | Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer?

Episode 2 | Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer?

Early Modern Britain | BBC Four | 2009 | 58'24''

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...

Episode 1 | Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer?

Episode 1 | Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer?

Early Modern Britain | BBC Four | 2009 | 59'19''

Jonathan Foyle looks at the palaces, tapestries, music and paintings created in King Henry VIII's name and asks if they compensa...

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

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

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2013 | 59'00''

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

0: Learning Zone | Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

0: Learning Zone | Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2013 | 29'11''

Lucy Worsley presents six films about the mental and physical health of our past monarchs, covering Henry V...

A Merry Tudor Christmas with Lucy Worsley

A Merry Tudor Christmas with Lucy Worsley

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2019 | 59'04''

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

2: Hardwick Hall | Britain’s Best Buildings

2: Hardwick Hall | Britain’s Best Buildings

Early Modern Britain | BBC Parliament | 2017 | 58'50''

This edition visits Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire, one of the most mysterious country houses in Britain. Its great honey-colo...

0: Learning Zone | Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England

0: Learning Zone | Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2013 | 59'01''

Compilation of short films specially made for schools Dr. Ian MORTIMER presents a unique travel guide ...

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

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

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2013 | 58'37''

Dr Ian Mortimer takes viewers on a journey through this golden age of English history. He explores a...

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

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

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2013 | 58'38''

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

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

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

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2013 | 58'43''

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

Episode 4 | The Virgin Queen

Episode 4 | The Virgin Queen

Early Modern Britain | BBC One | 2005 | 59'57''

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...

Episode 3 | The Virgin Queen

Episode 3 | The Virgin Queen

Early Modern Britain | BBC One | 2005 | 58'56''

Now in her forties, Elizabeth considers marriage to the much younger Duke of Anjou. Support for Mary Queen of Scots increases across Catholic Eu...

Episode 2 | The Virgin Queen

Episode 2 | The Virgin Queen

Early Modern Britain | BBC One | 2005 | 59'06''

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 Virgin Queen

The Virgin Queen

Early Modern Britain | BBC One | 2005 | 58'03''

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

3: Jane, Mary and Elizabeth | She-Wolves: England’s Early Queens

3: Jane, Mary and Elizabeth | She-Wolves: England’s Early Queens

Early Modern Britain | BBC Four | 2012 | 58'46''

Helen Castor explores the lives of the Tudor queens Jane, Mary and Elizabeth, and how each struggled w...

4: Peasants’ Revolt to Tudors | Michael Wood’s Story of England

4: Peasants’ Revolt to Tudors | Michael Wood’s Story of England

Early Modern Britain | BBC Four | 2010 | 59'08''

A portrait of one village through the whole of English history. Amazing finds in the school archi...

S1E2: The Spanish Armada | Royal History’s Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

S1E2: The Spanish Armada | Royal History’s Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2020 | 58'56''

Lucy Worsley discovers how the history of the Spanish Armada has been manipulated and mytholo...

Henry VIII’s Enforcer: The Rise and Fall of Thomas Cromwell

Henry VIII’s Enforcer: The Rise and Fall of Thomas Cromwell

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2013 | 58'45''

Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch argues that rather than being a thug, Thomas Cromwell was a principled and pi...

Episode 3 | Elizabeth I’s Secret Agents

Episode 3 | Elizabeth I’s Secret Agents

Crime and Punishment | BBC Two | 2017 | 58'52''

A look at the world's first secret service. England has a new monarch and Robert Cecil exposes the most infamous terrorist thre...

Episode 2 | Elizabeth I’s Secret Agents

Episode 2 | Elizabeth I’s Secret Agents

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2017 | 59'07''

A look at the secret network behind Queen Elizabeth I's 40-year reign and the world's first secret service. An ambitious aristo...

Elizabeth I’s Secret Agents

Elizabeth I’s Secret Agents

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2017 | 58'46''

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...

S2E10: Affairs of the Crown: The Execution of Anne Boleyn | Days That Shook the World

S2E10: Affairs of the Crown: The Execution of Anne Boleyn | Days That Shook the World

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2004 | 30'23''

A British royal scandal: the trial and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn.

Episode 3 | Six Wives with Lucy Worsley

Episode 3 | Six Wives with Lucy Worsley

Early Modern Britain | BBC One | 2016 | 57'09''

Documentary drama series exploring the lives of Henry VIII's wives. Henry annuls his marriage to Anne of Cleves and marries teenager ...

Episode 2 | Six Wives with Lucy Worsley

Episode 2 | Six Wives with Lucy Worsley

Early Modern Britain | BBC One | 2016 | 57'34''

Documentary drama series exploring the lives of Henry VIII's wives. Henry leaves Katherine to marry Anne Boleyn, but rumours start to...