Kings and Queens (2002)
Mini-biographies of key British monarchs and how their actions changed history.
| First Air Date: | 2002, June 24 |
| Last Air Date: | 2002, September 9 |
| Status: | Ended |
| Seasons: | 1 |
| Episodes: | 12 |
Overview:
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.