Kultaisessa aikakaudessa kuningatar Elisabet I kohtaa jälleen verenvuodatusta ja petoksia kruununsa tähden. 1500-luvun Euroopan muuttuvan uskonnollisen ja poliittisen ilmapiirin vuoksi Espanjan kuningas Philip II haastaa Elisabetin hallinnon. Hän on päättänyt palauttaa Englannin katolilaisuuden piiriin vahvan meriä dominoivan armadansa avulla.
On vuosi 1585, ja on kulunut miltei kolme vuosikymmentä siitä, kun nuori Elizabeth nousi Englannin valtaistuimelle. Verinen kamppailu Englannin kruunusta on raivonnut taukoamatta, ja nyt Englannin kanaalin toiselta rannalta nousee jälleen uusi vihollinen: Espanjan Filip II on päättänyt liittää saarivaltakunnan katolilaisten vaikutuspiiriin. Elizabethin on tehtävä kaikkensa pysyvänsä Euroopan mahtavimpana kuninkaallisena.
Kaksi kuningatarta kertoo Maria Stuartin myrskyisästä elämästä. 16-vuotiaana Ranskan hallitsijaksi noussutta ja 18-vuotiaana leskeksi jäänyttä Mariaa painostetaan uuteen avioliittoon. Hän palaa synnyinmaahansa Skotlantiin ottaakseen uudelleen haltuunsa hänelle kuuluvan kruunun. Perimänsä vuoksi hänellä on oikeus myös Englannin kuningattaren Elisabeth I:n kruunuun. Kamppaillessaan vallasta ja rakkaudesta kuningattaret tekevät erilaisia valintoja. Petokset, salaliitot ja kapinat vetävät naisia erilleen ja he saavat kokea vallan aiheuttaman katkeran hinnan.
England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer, and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?
The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
The beautiful Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon, navigates the royal lineage of England with an eye on the throne.
Series of television plays written by six different authors. Each play is a lavish dramatization of the trials and tribulations surrounding Henry and his wives. Keith Michell ties the episodes together with his dignified and magnetic performance as the mighty monarch.
The life of Henry VIII of England from the disintegration of his first marriage to an aging Spanish princess until his death following a stroke in 1547, by which time he had married for the sixth time.
The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth's life: from her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror; through her great love affair with Robert Dudley; into her years of triumph over the Armada; and finally her old age and her last, enigmatic relationship with her young protégé, the Earl of Essex.
Through dramatic reconstructions and his own passionate narration, Dr. David Starkey, the controversial Tudor historian, profiles the six women who married Henry Vlll.
In an ambitious and groundbreaking approach to drama and history featuring dramatic reconstruction, historian Lucy Worsley time travels back to the Tudor Court to witness some of the most dramatic moments in the lives of Henry VIII's six wives.
Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold turn the clock back 500 years to the early Tudor period to become tenant farmers on monastery land.
Taking a 'bottom-up' view of history by exploring everyday lives of the nations ordinary people.
Tony Robinson goes for a walk through some of Britain's beautiful and historic landscapes.
Elizabeth is a four-part British documentary about Queen Elizabeth I of England.
On the edge of London stands Hampton Court, one of Britain's biggest palaces and most popular tourist spots, attracting almost a million visitors every year. Spanning 750 acres of grounds, it boasts 1,300 rooms and 23 courtyards...along with a host of secrets and historic stories. This two-part special provides an exclusive and intimate look at life inside the court today for the people keeping Henry VIII's world alive in the modern age, and also explores what life was like in the palace where the private world of the Tudors began.
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb wends her way around the country on the trail of history's most fascinating dynasty.
