Lucy Worsley gets into bed with our past monarchs to uncover the Tales from the Royal Bedchamber. She reveals that our obsession with royal bedrooms, births and succession is nothing new. In fact, the rise and fall of their magnificent beds reflects the changing fortunes of the monarchy itself.
The history of Westminster Abbey and a tour of the monuments within it; accompanied by choral music ...

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

In 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne...

The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Pr...

The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endle...

Before she became royalty, Diana Frances Spencer led a simpler life as a child of an aristocratic fa...

Between 1968 and 1970, J M Goodger, a lecturer at the University of Salford, made a film record of t...

Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788...

After 200 years under lock and key, all the personal papers of one of our most important monarchs ar...

The beautiful gay erotic superstar Johan Paulik is enthusiastically celebrated in this jam-packed co...

Henry VIII has just married Marie of Normandy, and is eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunat...

In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the co...

In 17th-century Transylvania, an impulsive young ruler's hunger for glory sows chaos as neighboring ...

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

King Henry II keeps his wife Eleanor locked away in the towers because of her frequent attempts to o...

A documentary special that provides a rare view into the real Charles behind the headlines… told in ...

During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by t...

A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill durin...

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

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