The Queen

A psycho-geographic journey through London and its history, as undertaken by an unseen narrator and his companion, Robinson, at the time of the 1992...

A lavish documentary film of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation in 1953.

This is the story of how a prince became a king, a revealing portrait of our new monarch across the seven decades he spent as heir to the throne....

Kirsty Young, Huw Edwards, Sophie Raworth and Claire Balding are your guides for the historic coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and...

The coronation of King Håkon (Haakon VII) of Norway in 1905.

Long treated with indifference by critics and historians, British silent cinema has only recently undergone the reevaluation it has long deserved,...

How the spirit of unity, which buoyed Britain during the war years, carried through to create a vision of a fairer, united society.

20 year-old Lady Diana Spencer laughed out loud when Prince Charles proposed to her having met her only 12 times. Five months later, she walked up...

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...

Writers and historians including Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory revisit the last days of Anne Boleyn, who in 1536 became the first queen in...

A countdown of the top 40 "Blackadder" moments chosen by cast and crew members, celebrity fans and 15 genuine Blackadders.

Join sociologists Monique and Michel Pinçon-Charlot on their “investigation” of the French aristocracy and gentry. An entertaining...