The Prince and the Showgirl

The Prince and the Showgirl 1957

6.33

An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.

1957

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda 1937

7.50

An Englishman who resembles the king of a small European nation gets mixed up in palace intrigue when his look-alike is kidnapped.

1937

A Tribute to Her Majesty the Queen

A Tribute to Her Majesty the Queen 2022

9.50

On the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II, a special documentary featuring contributions from HM King Charles III, her children, public figures, and those who worked with her. With previously unseen archive footage from the Queen's collection.

2022

Charles R: The Making of a Monarch

Charles R: The Making of a Monarch 2023

8.00

This is the story of how a prince became a king, a revealing portrait of our new monarch across the seven decades he spent as heir to the throne. It’s a journey from cradle to crown told almost solely in his own words, from film and television recordings to private home movies and featuring a wealth of material, some of which has never been seen before. As well as drawing on home movies from the Royal Collection, the film-makers were given exclusive access to sequences featuring the prince, shot for the landmark 1969 film Royal Family, including private unseen moments.

2023

Monarch

Monarch 2000

6.00

From double BAFTA nominated Writer and Director John Walsh. Monarch is part fact, part fiction and unfolds around one night when the injured ruler arrives at a manor house closed for the season.

2000

When Knighthood Was in Flower

When Knighthood Was in Flower 1922

5.70

Mary Tudor falls in love with a new arrival to court, Charles Brandon. She convinces her brother King Henry VIII to make him his Captain of the Guard. Meanwhile, Henry is determined to marry her off to the aging King Louis XII of France as part of a peace agreement.

1922

George III: The Genius of the Mad King

George III: The Genius of the Mad King 2017

6.00

After 200 years under lock and key, all the personal papers of one of our most important monarchs are for the first time seeing the light of day. In the first documentary to gain extensive access to the Royal Archives, Robert Hardman sheds fascinating new light on George III, Britain's longest reigning king. George III may be chiefly remembered for his madness, but these private documents reveal a monarch who was a political micromanager and a restless patron of science and the arts, an obsessive traveller who never left southern England yet toured the world in his mind and a man who was driven (sometimes to distraction) by his sense of duty to his family and his country. Featuring Simon Callow and Sian Thomas as the voices of King George and Queen Charlotte.

2017

Queen of Oz

Queen of Oz 2023

7.90

Princess Georgiana is the black sheep of a fictional British Royal Family. A PR disaster, she's spent her spoilt, party-girl life plastered over the tabloids. On the back of her latest scandal her mother, the Queen, makes the unprecedented move of abdicating her Australian throne in favour of her daughter. It is hoped that giving her some real responsibility will finally be the making of her – and if it isn't, at least shipping her off keeps her 10,000 miles away from London.

2023

The Queen

The Queen 2009

7.00

The Queen was a 2009 British drama-documentary showing Queen Elizabeth II at different points during her life. Broadcast on Channel 4 over five consecutive nights from 29 November 2009, the Queen was portrayed by a different actress in each episode. The Queen was portrayed by Emilia Fox, Samantha Bond, Susan Jameson, Barbara Flynn and Diana Quick. Katie McGrath played Princess Margaret in the first episode and Lesley Manville played Margaret Thatcher in the third episode. The series was co-funded by the American Broadcasting Company, the network which aired the series in the US. This reunited Emilia Fox and Katie McGrath who had played sisters in BBC One's Merlin.

2009

Dear America

Dear America 1999

1

Based on the best-selling Scholastic books; Dear America features the rich and spirited stories of young women at various turning points in history.

1999

Victoria & Albert

Victoria & Albert 2001

6.00

Lavish two-part dramatisation of the passionate love story that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's marriage. Two-part drama chronicling the relationship between Queen Victoria and her consort, Prince Albert.

2001