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Kings and Queens

Kings and Queens

Mini-biographies of key British monarchs and how their actions changed history.

2002 · 1 season · 12 eps · ★ 9.0 · Documentary

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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.

Directed by Marion Milne

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