Henry VIII is the most iconic king of English history. Part medieval tyrant, part renaissance prince, he ruled over his people as no king of England had ever done before. He took a country salvaged by his father from the wreck of civil war and set over it a single, sovereign ruler. By the end of his reign the power of the Tudor.

Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. ...
Writer Broadcaster and Newsnight arts correspondent Stephen Smith finds out what it took to get ahea...

In this hour-long documentary, Oxford academic Janina Ramirez tours the country in search of Anglo-S...

From double BAFTA nominated Writer and Director John Walsh. Monarch is part fact, part fiction and u...
The history of Westminster Abbey and a tour of the monuments within it; accompanied by choral music ...

Documentary to mark the WI's centenary. Lucy Worsley goes beyond the stereotypes of jam and Jerusale...

Recreating festivities from Henry VIII's era, Lucy Worsley dresses, eats, drinks, sings and parties ...

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for contro...

The 43 Group was an English anti-fascist group set up by Jewish ex-servicemen in the immediate wake ...

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A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas M...

1402. Queen Margrete I has gathered the Nordic kingdoms in a union, ruled through her adopted son, E...

Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir,...

In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the co...
A short biography of life of St Thomas More. Contains clips from the 1966 feature film "A Man For A...

Melvyn Bragg explores the dramatic story of William Tyndale and his mission to translate the Bible i...

This retro documentary, based on the book by world-renowned paranormal expert and author Gaynor Bald...

In County Durham, England, 1984, a talented young dancer, Billy Elliot, stumbles out of the boxing r...

England, 15th century. Hal, a capricious prince who lives among the populace far from court, is forc...

Mary Beard is on a mission to uncover the real Julius Caesar, and to challenge public perception, ex...