Series 1
Series Summary
The first series of Dr David Starkey's history of the British monarchy takes us from Alfred the Great, who helped drag a barely formed England out of the Dark Ages, to Shakespeare's powerful and illustrious hero kings.
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Episodes (6)
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Dr David Starkey begins his history of the British monarchy in the…
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Dr Starkey chronicles the stormy path of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of…
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As the direction of English kingship takes a radical new turn with…
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Profiling the mediaeval superstar, King Henry II of England, whose…
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Dr Starkey looks at a century that saw the reigns of three Edwards:…
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The real story of Shakespeare's kings - Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V…
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