Kings and Queens
Mini-biographies of key British monarchs and how their actions changed history.
The twelve episodes of this BBC series cover a millennium of English monarchy and portray lives of twelve important English monarchs and how each of them impacted the history: William the Conqueror, Henry II, Edward I, Henry V , Richard III, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Charles I, Charles II, George III, Victoria, and to the present Queen Elizabeth II. Each 23-minute episode is filmed on location, with historian Nigel Spivey providing the narration describing bloodshed, lust and political intrigue. Actors provide mute dramatization.
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Details
- Status
- Ended
- First air date
- June 24, 2002
- Last air date
- September 9, 2002
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 12
- Network
- 5
- Original language
- EN
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