Monarchy

Monarchy

NR 2004 · 4 seasons · 17 eps · ★ 7.8 · Documentary

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Monarchy is a Channel 4 British TV series, 2004-2006, by British academic David Starkey, charting the political and ideological history of the English monarchy from the Saxon period to modern times. The show also aired on PBS stations throughout the United States, courtesy of PBS-member station WNET. In Australia, all four seasons were broadcast on ABC1 from May 2005 onwards.

Directed by Rachel Bell

Network: Channel 4

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