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Lady Jane Grey
Episode 211
On a cold February morning in 1554, Lady Jane Grey was beheaded for high treason. Named by King Edward VI as his successor, Queen Jane had reigned fo…
3 years, 4 months ago
England’s First Ambassador to India: Thomas Roe
Episode 210
When Thomas Roe arrived in India in 1616 as James I's first ambassador to the Mughal Empire, the English barely had a toehold in the subcontinent. Ro…
3 years, 4 months ago
Mary Rose: Henry VIII’s Foreign Crew
Episode 209
In the 16th century, “strangers” was the name used in England for people who were born in territories not controlled by the Tudor monarchy. Thinking …
3 years, 4 months ago
Bess's Hardwick Hall
Episode 208
Hardwick Hall is a triumph of Elizabethan architecture. Built in the late sixteenth century, its halls, corridors and staircases embody the magnifice…
3 years, 4 months ago
John Donne: England’s Greatest Love Poet
Episode 207
John Donne was a scholar of law, a sea adventurer, an MP, a priest, the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral - and perhaps the greatest love poet in the histo…
3 years, 4 months ago
Willoughbyland: England's Lost Colony
Episode 206
When Sir Walter Raleigh set out to South America to find the legendary city of El Dorado, he paved the way for a series of adventurers who would stru…
3 years, 5 months ago
Catherine Howard: Henry VIII's Fifth Wife
Episode 205
Catherine Howard was Queen Consort - and fifth wife - to Henry VIII for just 16 months before he had her executed for treason for committing adultery…
3 years, 5 months ago
Mary, Queen of Scots on Film: Historians’ Verdict
Episode 204
What do you get when you bring together five top historians to debate Mary, Queen of Scots on film? History with the gloves off - our second special …
3 years, 5 months ago
Creator of Don Quixote: Cervantes
Episode 203
In the early 17th century, an aged veteran of Spain's wars against the Ottoman Empire published a book. It was the story of a poor nobleman who delud…
3 years, 5 months ago
How People Died in 16th Century London
Episode 202
In one week in London in September, 1665, no fewer than 47 different causes of death were reported, including consumption, fever, dropsy, being frigh…
3 years, 5 months ago