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- Stephen Hawking gets unprecedented success in the field of physics despite being diagnosed with motor neuron disease at the age of 21. He defeats awful odds as his first wife Jane aids him loyally.
- While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his dastardly sidekick.
- Lucy Worsley gets into bed with our past monarchs to uncover the Tales from the Royal Bedchamber. She reveals that our obsession with royal bedrooms, births and succession is nothing new. In fact, the rise and fall of their magnificent beds reflects the changing fortunes of the monarchy itself.
- Observational documentary series following the oldest regiment in the British Army, the Coldstream Guards - the Queen's Guards - from raw recruits to high ranking officers.
- A retelling of the life of Auguste Escoffier, a chef who invented contemporary gastronomy.
- The gunpowder plot analysed using the confessions of the plotters- a mixture of documentary and reconstruction.
- A selection of stories from award-winning writers presenting fictional accounts from real people existing on the sidelines of real historic events at some of the greatest palaces ever built.
- Historian Lucy Worsley investigates the creation and development of choral evensong, a form of religious music born out of the English Reformation and out of religious compromise.
- Brenda Emmanus explores the art collection of Charles I, much of which is being reunited for a unique exhibition for the first time since his execution. Brenda hears the stories behind the works of art and learns how the collection was sold off by Parliament following Charles' death.
- Art historian Dr Janina Ramirez and angler John Bailey go in search of the origins and ethos of the 18th-century English Landscape movement along a 12-mile stretch of the River Thames.
- Kew Garden home of George III favorite palace, however after 250 years all that remains of this wonderful building is a sundial. The Time team has only three days to survey the remains of the building, and unlock all its buried secrets. But first they have to find the building first
- Anne Boleyn The temptress Anne Boleyn, who charmed the King with her seductive French ways gave him his second daughter, Elizabeth. Henry soon tired of her though and had her beheaded.
- 2001– 49m7.4 (21)TV EpisodeKatherine Howard is perhaps the most tragic of Henry's wives. When she was just 18 years of age, Henry became absolutely besotted with her stunning beauty and unbridled sexuality. Unfortunately for his queen, she found it hard to make do with only Henry's loving which left the King with only one option - to cut off her head. Catherine Parr Possibly the most intelligent and humane of Henry's wives.
- Catherine of Aragon The beautiful Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon, was Henry's first wife and succeeded in giving him a child, Mary. Her fierce yet eventually futile resistance to his efforts to divorce her started the religious revolution that made England a Protestant country.
- 2001– 49m7.6 (20)TV EpisodeJane Seymour The luckless Jane Seymour managed to escape Henry's wrath by giving him his only surviving son, Edward. Unfortunately she died during childbirth. Anne of Cleves The 'Flanders Mare' as she was affectionately known, Anne of Cleves did not please her husband in bed. Somehow though, she earned herself a pay-off guaranteeing her a life of luxury.
- Phil visits Hampton Court Palace, once the home of King Henry VIII, and explores its labyrinth of rooms to discover how it was built and how much it cost to construct.
- Visitors pour through the gates unaware that they are to be joined by Charles and Camilla, who are there to celebrate the Yeoman Warders' anniversary.
- New Yeoman Warder Barry learns the ropes and gets to grips with his first Tower tour. Then everything changes when Coronavirus leads to a national lockdown and the Tower closing its gates for the first time since World War II.
- The Chief Yeoman Warder honours the armed forces with a celebration of the end of WWI. After being hand-reared by ravenmaster Chris, it's time for young George to join the coop.
- The crowds re-enter for the first time since the lockdown. Chief Yeoman Warder Pete welcomes guests as they return after the Tower's longest closure for 75 years. The day begins with a special ceremonial lowering of the drawbridge.
- New Yeoman Warder Barry is grilled on Henry VIII's wives by a young visitor. Chief Curator Tracy researches a notorious Tudor con-woman, who came to a sticky end.
- 2018– 44mTV EpisodeHighlights of past episodes. The 20th century saw the most executions in the Tower's history, all German spies captured in the two world wars. Suffragette Leonora Cohen took aim at the Crown Jewels. The Tower acts as a site of remembrance.
- 2018– 44mTV EpisodeCompilation focusing on the men and women who guard the Tower, known as the Beefeaters, revealing how they live and work inside the UK's most famous fortress, and what goes on behind the scenes away from the tours and tourists.
- 2018– 44mTV EpisodeSpecial compilation exploring the Tower of London's reputation as the most terrifying prison in the country, looking back at stories of some of its most famed inmates and their daring escapes.
- 2018– 44mTV EpisodeA special compilation edition exploring the Tower of London's dark and infamous past as a place of terror and execution, and revealing how it got its grisly reputation.
- Josh discovers the reality of a family legend claiming connections to a famous banking family. He also learns of how his ancestors had close connections to royalty.
- The Tower is bringing out the big guns to celebrate the anniversary of the Queen's coronation in 1953. Two new baby ravens, Edgar and Branwen, join the Tower's resident colony.
- Today, The Tower of London is kept pristinely clean, but it has a dirty past as Chief Curator Tracy Borman learns. For centuries all its rubbish was chucked in the River Thames. She joins a team of archaeologists to survey the foreshore.
- Love is in the air as Yeoman Warder Matt Pryme prepares to marry his sweetheart Jo at the Tower of London. While Matt prepares the chapel, Canon Roger Hall chooses his most celebratory vestments. The Tower also welcomes two new recruits.
- From the Henry VIII's accession in 1509 to the last play of Shakespeare's Henry VIII, the Tudors dynasty used reformation, art, seamanship, and propaganda to the most powerful World empire.
- In the 17th century, the people of Britain learnt to question everything. The result was Civil War, in which everyone, including artists, had to take sides. But out of it came a re-invented monarchy, a scientific revolution and, ultimately, the great Cathedral of St Paul's. Highlights include the courtly portraits of Rubens, Van Dyck and Peter Lely, and the fabulous creations of the Royal Society. Programme includes: Charles I's execution shirt and painting of Charles with his head sewn back on (Museum of London); Rubens' Apotheosis of James I (Banqueting House); Van Dyck portraits (Tate Britain); Puritan tracts; Civil War re-enactment; Verney family tomb (Claydon House); Thomason Collection (British Library); portraits of Cromwell (National Portrait Gallery); Grinling Gibbons' golden statue of Charles I (Royal Hospital Chelsea); Peter Lely's Windsor Beauties (Hampton Court); Royal Observatory (Greenwich); Hooke's microscope and Micrographia (Science Museum); Wren's plan for London; St Paul's Cathedral.
- British Empire from 1750 to 1900 from America and India traces the descent from adventure and inspiration into moral bankruptcy as the Empire became a self-serving bureaucratic machine.
- Kate Williams explores some of the more gruesome stories of Windsor Castle history, including the death of Princess Charlotte in 1817.
- A network of tunnels is built by George IV underneath Brighton's Royal Pavilion to shield his appearance from cruel critics; how the Princess Diana statue in Kensington Palace demonstrates the fractured relationship of her sons
- Brighton's Royal Pavilion was built by Prince Regent, George IV in 1787. He took a small beach house and turned it into a flamboyant multi-domino-Saracenic wonder palace.
- Kensington Palace had always been a party palace but a gap in the line of succession made way for foreign import George I of Hanover and his refurbishments.
- London's lost royal palace Whitehall is destroyed, but if you know where to look, it is still possible to find the remnants of what was once the largest palace in Europe.
- Buckingham Palace is known throughout the world as the headquarters of the royal family, and is one of our most recognisable palaces.
- 202245mTV EpisodeThe Coldstream Guards in Windsor at Battalion HQ prepare for the year's most important inspection. They will learn if they're ready for the biggest Royal and ceremonial duties.
- The death of H.R.H. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, begins preparations for the Coldstream Guards' most important ceremonial occasion in decades as they plan the funeral service.
- 25 Platoon have finished training and pass out from Catterick ready to start their new lives in central London, living only metres away from Buckingham Palace.
- Rehearsals for the Queen's Birthday Parade are ramping up, with the more than 300 guardsmen and horses involved.
- It's early spring in Kew Gardens and daffodils, crocuses and magnolia are bringing out the visitors in search of the first colour of the year. We also visit Kew's sister garden at Wakehurst to learn how a coppice hedgerow is created.