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Kings and Queens

2002 · 1 season

A brisk, scholarly stroll through royal intrigue, with silent reenactments and a narrator unpacking centuries of ambition and bloodshed.

Created by
Marion Milne
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Nigel Spivey, Nick Brimble, Sean Francis George
Tagline
Mini-biographies of key British monarchs and how their actions changed history.
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.

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Created by
Marion Milne
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Nigel Spivey, Nick Brimble, Sean Francis George
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • politics
  • betrayal
  • war
  • ambition
Places
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • anthology
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary
Created by
Marion Milne
Starring
Nigel Spivey, Nick Brimble, Sean Francis George, Valentine Pelka, Jacinta Mulcahy, Kate Loustau, Camilla Mathias, Robert Stone
Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes
Network
5
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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