Not Just the Tudors Episodes Available now
How Poets Spoke Truth to Power
How have the pens of poets given rise to courage and resistance?
Dark Side of the Quakers
How religious zeal, fear and desperation drove people to sometimes terrifying acts.
Mother of all Tudors: Lady Margaret Beaufort
Meet one of the most formidable survivors of the Wars of the Roses.
Origins of Free Speech
How has freedom of speech been upheld, from the Middle Ages to the American Revolution?
Henry VIII's Nemesis, Cardinal Pole
Who was the Cardinal who defied Henry VIII?
Tudor True Crime: Who Murdered Lord Darnley?
Was Mary, Queen of Scots involved in the murder of her second husband?
Hans Holbein: New Discoveries
Henry VIII’s commanding gaze, Anne of Cleves’ cautious poise are newly examined.
The Rise of St. Paul's Cathedral
How Wren turned the Great Fire's destruction into a building of timeless beauty?
What if Guy Fawkes had succeeded?
How might England, and the world, be different if the Gunpowder Plot triumphed?
King vs. Emperor: The Battle of Pavia, 1525
One of the most decisive battles of the Renaissance was fought 500 years ago
