David Starkey

Biography

David Robert Starkey MA, PhD, D.Litt., CBE, FSA, FRHistS is an English constitutional historian and a radio and television presenter. Born the only child of Quaker parents, he attended Kendal Grammar School before studying at Cambridge through a scholarship.

Known for

5.9
Question Time
1979
7.8
Monarchy
2004
6.0
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
2001
The Queen at 80
The Queen at 80
2006
Jamie's Dream School
2011
10.0
The Last Days of Anne Boleyn
2013
6.3
Elizabeth
2000
The Big Story
The Big Story
1993
10.0
Henry VIII: The Mind of a Tyrant
2009
The Trial of Richard III
1984
8.3
David Starkey's Magna Carta
2015
David Starkey's Music and Monarchy
2013
8.0
Reformation: Europe's Holy War
2017
The Churchills
2012
Richard III: The Princes in the Tower
2015
Britain's Tudor Treasure: A Night at Hampton Court
2015
9.0
Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery
2012