Kings and Queens (2002)

Mini-biographies of key British monarchs and how their actions changed history.

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.

Kings and Queens

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as Self - Presenter

Camilla Mathias

Camilla Mathias

as Lady in Waiting

as William the Conqueror

Sean Francis George

Sean Francis George

as Edward the First

Valentine Pelka

Valentine Pelka

as Henry the First

Jacinta Mulcahy

Jacinta Mulcahy

as Queen Eleanor

as Catherine Howard

as King George the Third

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Episodes season 1

1x1

William the conqueror 1066 - 1087
1x2

Henry the second 1154 - 1189
1x3

Edward the first 1272 - 1307
1x4

Henry the fifth 1413 - 1422
1x5

Richard the third 1483 - 1485
1x6

Henry the eighth 1509 - 1547
1x7

Elizabeth the first 1558 - 1603
1x8

Charles the first 1625 - 1649
1x9

Charles the second 1660 - 1685
1x10

George the third 1760 - 1820
1x11

Victoria 1837 - 1901
1x12

Elizabeth the second 1952 - present

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