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

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...

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 ...

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

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

6: Mary, Queen of Scots | Historyonics

Nick Knowles asks whether Mary, Queen of Scots, one of history's most famous monarchs, was a manipulator or a martyr.

A Merry Tudor Christmas with Lucy Worsley

Recreating festivities from Henry VIII's era, Lucy Worsley dresses, eats, drinks, sings and parties like it is 500 years ago - disc...

1: The Common People | Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England

Dr. Ian Mortimer undertakes a present-tense journey through the world of Queen Elizabeth the First. This...

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...

S1E7: The Body of the Queen | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Simon Schama examines the long, tangled relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and her cousin Mary, Queen ...

Fireships | Armada: 12 Days to Save England

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

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 ...

S1E4: Gloriana | David Starkey's Elizabeth

After the Armada was defeated Elizabeth I ushered in a golden age in English society. With a flourishing of literature,an age of p...

S1E2: The Virgin Queen | David Starkey's Elizabeth

David Starkey explores the tensions created by Elizabeth I's reluctance to marry,which strained the political and religiou...

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.

3: Endgame | Armada: 12 Days to Save England

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

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...

Dissolution of the monasteries | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Simon Schama discusses Cromwell's dissolution of the monasteries.

Edward and Mary: The Unknown Tudors

The story of two of Henry VIII's most extraordinary children, Mary 1st and Edward VI - England's fundamentalists.

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...

The relationship between Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots and her marriage to Lord Darnley | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Simon Schama discusses Elizabeth and Ma...

04: Elizabeth I | Landmarks

Programme looks at life of Elizabeth I, with visits to Penshurst Place and National Gallery.