United Kingdom History

Tony Robinson’s History of Britain – S1, Ep1 – The Tudors

The Tudors How a knacker became an executioner, and how clothes were made. Finding Henry’s sunken ship the Mary Rose.[…]

War in the Arctic In World War II the Russians were fighting along a 2,000-mile line that extended from the[…]

A royal affair could be a dangerous liaison. Anne Boleyn flirted with Henry VIII and lost her head. England’s Princess[…]

Richard II Tyranny: Last in the part-dramatised history series with Dan Jones. Richard II was the boy king who stopped[…]

Edward II In a complicated political ans social climate, Edward II, grandson of Henry III, faces his greatest opponent –[…]

Henry III, grandson of Henry II, faces a rebellion led by his once friend Earl Simon de Montfort, who wants[…]

Iron Curtain The Soviet Union dominates Eastern Europe. Churchill warns about the consequences. Stalin insists that the governments of the[…]

Glory Elizabeth I ushered in England’s age of glory, yet sacrificed herself in the bargain. Louis XIV gave Europe its[…]

Law and Disorder In trying to bring justice to England, Henry II brought about one of history’s most infamous murders.[…]

Assassins Good King Wenceslas unfortunately had a wicked brother. The ingenious killers of England’s Edward II left no trace of[…]