Monarchy

Series 4 Episode 1 David Starkey's Monarchy: The Windsors (74 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 10PM Monday 29 Dec 2008 More4

Dr David Starkey concludes his epic story of our monarchy with a special programme on the history of the House of Windsor.

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Series 3 Episode 5 Survival (49 mins) [S]

The execution of King Louis XVI of France in 1793 was a moment of crisis for the British monarchy.

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Series 3 Episode 4 Empire (49 mins) [S]

In 1714, an obscure German Prince was crowned King George I of Great Britain, signalling the beginning of a new political era.

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Series 3 Episode 3 Rule Britannia (49 mins) [S]

David Starkey tells the stories of the reigns of William and Mary and Queen Anne, examining not only their achievements and weaknesses, but also those of other key players.

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Series 3 Episode 2 The Glorious Revolution (49 mins) [S]

In the second programme of the series Dr Starkey tells the gripping story of the English revolution of 1688.

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Series 3 Episode 1 The Return of the King (48 mins) [S]

The remarkable story of King Charles II, who secured the restoration of the English monarchy in 1660.

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Series 2 Episode 5 Oliver Cromwell the King Killer (49 mins) [S]

In the final programme in the series, David Starkey explores the transition from monarchy to republic and tells the story of how a country killed a king.

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Series 2 Episode 4 The Stuart Succession (49 mins) [S]

In a stunning piece of argument, David Starkey charts the transition of the monarchy from Tudor glory to abject Stuart weakness and Civil War.

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Series 2 Episode 3 The Children of Henry VIII (49 mins) [S]

David Starkey's landmark history of the British monarchy continues with the story of the children of Henry VIII; Edward, Mary and Elizabeth.

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Series 2 Episode 2 Henry VIII King and Emperor (50 mins) [S]

This episode examines the remarkable reign of Henry VIII, which led to the dissolution of the monasteries and placed near tyrannical powers in the hands of the King.

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Series 2 Episode 1 Tudors and Stuarts (49 mins) [S]

This episode starts in the dark days of the War of the Roses and moves on to Henry Tudor, who becomes one of England's most hated monarchs.

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Series 1 Episode 6 Death of a Dynasty (50 mins) [S]

The real story of Shakespeare's kings - Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V and Henry VI.

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Series 1 Episode 5 A United Kingdom (49 mins) [S]

Dr Starkey looks at a century that saw the reigns of three Edwards: father, son and grandson. Edward I took the image and might of the English monarchy to new heights.

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Series 1 Episode 4 Dynasty (49 mins) [S]

Profiling the mediaeval superstar, King Henry II of England, whose dominion stretched from the moors of Scotland to the foothills of the Pyrenees.

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Series 1 Episode 3 Conquest (49 mins) [S]

As the direction of English kingship takes a radical new turn with the invasion and imposition of Norman history, Dr Starkey follows the fortunes of both the invaders and the invaded.

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Series 1 Episode 2 Aengla Land (50 mins) [S]

Dr Starkey chronicles the stormy path of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England, the world's first nation state

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Series 1 Episode 1 A Nation State (50 mins) [S]

Dr David Starkey begins his history of the British monarchy in the violence and chaos of the Dark Ages, telling the dramatic story of the creation of England and the triumph of an English…

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