01: Seeying the Worlde | What The Tudors Did For Us

4: The Battle Against the Spanish Armada | Battlefield Britain

Peter and Dan Snow take a look at the battles that shaped our nation. Drake's unlikely sea victory against the...

What Caused the Spanish Armada? | Armada: 12 Days to Save England

Dan Snow discusses the foundations of what caused the Spanish Armada.

Elizabeth I's Secret Agents

A look at the world's first secret service. When the pope declares Queen Elizabeth I a heretic, spymaster William Cecil must stop the Catholic as...

Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary

Drama revealing the intimate and ultimately deadly relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots, using the words of the ...

1: Elizabeth I | Queens that Changed the World

Elizabeth I pacified a divided nation, and foiled multiple plots against her. English culture flourished under her reign, and ...

1: Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men | Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

Lucy Worsley explores how the health of past monarchs has shaped the nation. She exam...

3: Brave New World | Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England

Dr Ian Mortimer takes viewers on a journey through this golden age of English history. He explores a new s...

Fireships | Armada: 12 Days to Save England

Dan Snow explores the English use of fireships against the Spanish Armada.

1: Day One | Armada: 12 Days to Save England

Anita Dobson stars as Elizabeth I, and Dan Snow tells the story of how England came within a whisker of disaster in summer 1588.

Religious reform under Mary I | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Simon Schama discusses the religious reform under Queen Mary I.

S1E1: From the Prison to the Palace | David Starkey's Elizabeth

In this first episode David Starkey examines Elizabeth I's life before her coronation. If her reign was full ...

0: Learning Zone | Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England

Compilation of short films specially made for schools Dr. Ian MORTIMER presents a unique travel guide to the...

Episode 2 | Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer?

Jonathan Foyle looks for clues in Henry VIII's art to glimpse what was going on inside the king's head as he faced his darkest d...

Religious reform under Edward VI | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Simon Schama discusses the religious reform under Edward VI.

S1E6: Burning Convictions | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Simon Schama tells the story of the Reformation, from Henry VIII's love for Anne Boleyn to Bloody Mary's uns...

2: The Battle for England | Armada: 12 Days to Save England

Dan Snow relives fierce sea battles and looks behind the scenes in the court of Elizabeth I as the Spanish fleet ...

3: Endgame | Armada: 12 Days to Save England

Newly discovered documents reveal a remarkable web of misunderstandings that stopped the Spanish from invading.

4: Learning Zone | Armada: 12 Days to Save England

Aboard a yacht on the seas of the battle, sailor and historian Dan Snow describes the key characters, weapons and stories ...

7: Elizabeth I | Great Britons (2002)

Michael Portillo champions Elizabeth I, arguing that she fought religious fanaticism, established Britain's tradition of tolerance, and...

S2E4: Bloody Mary | Lucy Worsley Investigates

Does 'Bloody Mary', England’s first crowned queen, deserve her reputation? Lucy Worsley investigates, asking whether Mary shoul...