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A series about Henry VIII and his wives, chronicling the ups and downs in his marriages and how they shaped his reign as King and ultimately the face of Britain.

A four part documentary series about the American media.

Made across six months in the run-up to publication of the final book in her Cromwellian trilogy, the celebrated author delves into her past and present, intertwining the themes of the Wolf Hall trilogy with stories from her own life.

Docu-drama starring Lily Cole as a young Elizabeth I, featuring dramatic reconstructions of key moments in her life. Presented by historians Suzannah Lipscomb and Dan Jones.

A dramatization of the last days of the queen. It starts on the 2nd of May 1536 when a unit of the kings guard arrives with a warrant for the arrest of the Queen of England, because of incest, adultery and for conspiring against the king.

ITN News' Sir Trevor McDonald and Julie Etchingham look ahead to the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and go behind the scenes of previous royal weddings, speaking to those involved in organising them.

Carlos DeLuna was arrested in 1983 aged 21 for the murder of Wanda Lopez, and protested his innocence until his execution, declaring that it was another Carlos who committed the crime.

The ten greatest spy movies as analyzed and voted for by the real life spies themselves.

The Earth's population is expected to reach 10 billion people by 2050. The consequences will be catastrophic. Based on Stephen Emmott's hit theater show, Ten Billion is a wake up call to an unprecedented planetary emergency.

Prince William (the Duke of Cambridge) and Prince Harry open up about their mother, the late Diana, Princess of Wales.

Paralysed from the waist down after a car crash, Julie Hill struggles to get used to her disability and to save her marriage. It looks as if her husband will leave her. Then doctors try a revolutionary treatment which feeds electrical impulses to her leg muscles - allowing her to ride a bicycle once again and so go out for bike rides with her family. Her marriage survives and she and her husband end up closer together than before.

Terry Jones hosts this series that looks at the real facts about the Middle Ages and its roots.

Terry Jones challenges the received Roman and Roman Catholic notion of the 'barbarian'.

A fascinating look into the the Aristocracy of Great Britain. Explore the private lives and interpersonal relationships of four individuals striving to preserve their family legacies.

Bradford Riots tells the story of the 2001 riots and their aftermath from the point of view of an Asian family.

Historian Simon Schama explores the enduring and powerful legacy that the Romantics have left on the modern world.

An insight into the life of British poet, Philip Larkin.

The lives and deaths of the heroes and villains who have shaped our world. History is peppered with men and women who changed the world, only to become more controversial in death than they were in life. The Last Days of... examines six giants of history who suffered bloody and brutal deaths, retelling their stories, which are packed with unexpected twists and turns. Each episode features a panel of writers, thinkers and historians who set about exploring the downfall and legacy of these characters. This is history as it should be - compelling, dramatic and highly contested. It makes us question everything we thought we knew about the lives and deaths of the heroes and villains who have shaped our world.

Simon Schama explores the life and times of William Shakespeare to shed a new light on some of the greatest plays ever written.

Twenty-five years after renowned art critic Robert Hughes made The Shock of the New, a landmark television series that examined the key cultural movement of the 20th Century, he returns to look at more recent work and to question whether modern art can still be shocking in its originality and understanding. In an age of media saturation it's perhaps even harder to tell what is good art and what is bad; but Hughes cuts through the marketing and the hype to reveal the art that is vital and will last; the art which defines the times in which we live. In a film which features interviews with David Hockney, Paula Rego, Jeff Koons and Sean Scully, Robert Hughes makes the case that painting, drawing, and the search for beauty matter more than ever before.

A vastly underestimated and much chastised pop rock opera

Dan Cruikshank tours Kinross House in Scotland built by Sir William Bruce. This house changed everything. In the late 17 th century a completely different type of grand house began to appear. This was the first fully classical house in Scotland.

A chronicle of the life of Marilyn Monroe, told through some of her most personal possessions as they are put up for auction.

Robert Hughes argues that Mona Lisa has large influence over the art world because of its 1963 American tour, where the painting was treated like a celebrity on a publicity tour. The art was treated like a commodity. According to Hughes, this event marks the beginning of the degradation of the quality of modern art and the domination of the art market by celebrity artists and wealthy investors, which he describes as a curse. The documentary is polemical with Hughes describing artists such as Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst and Richard Prince as celebrity businessmen, and criticizing museums such as The Louvre and The Guggenheim for marketing themselves as commercial brands. For Hughes, the financialization of the art market changed art's relationship to the world and undermined its critical purpose in contemporary culture.