
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.
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Air Date: 2004-10-18
In episode one, Dr Starkey begins his history of the British monarchy in the violence and chaos of the dark ages. The...
Air Date: 2004-10-25
In episode two of Monarchy Dr. Starkey chronicles the stormy path of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England, the world's ...
Air Date: 2004-11-01
From the devastation of the initial Norman conquest, through the intrigues and murder of King William II, to the civi...
Air Date: 2004-11-08
In this stirring program, Dr David Starkey profiles a mediaeval superstar, King Henry II of England, whose dominion s...
Air Date: 2004-11-15
In this episode Dr. Starkey explores a century which saw three Edwards reign: father, son and grandson. Edward I took...
Air Date: 2004-11-22
In this final episode, Dr. Starkey takes up the story of Shakespeare's kings: Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V and Henry...