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The Crown(2016-2023)

TV-MA
| Drama
4.1/5 (with 955 votes)

The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.

Directed by Stephen Daldry, Philip Martin, Julian Jarrold - With Claire Foy, Matt Smith, John Lithgow, Vanessa Kirby, Eileen Atkins, Jeremy Northam, ...
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Junior Bake Off(2011-)

TV-G
| 45min per episode | Reality-TV, Kids & Family
3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

A spinoff of 'The Great British Bake Off', this show features children aged 9-13 competing to be ‘Junior Bake Off’ Champion by taking part in a series of Technical Bakes and Showstopper Challenges using their own original recipes

Wolf Hall(2015)

1h per episode | Drama
3.8/5 (with 46 votes)

Following the fact-based historical book of the same name, this drama follows the rise of Cromwell as he becomes Henry the VIII's closest advisor. England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer, and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?

Directed by Peter Kosminsky - With Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Claire Foy, Bernard Hill, Anton Lesser, Mark Gatiss, ...

Harry & Meghan(2022)

TV-MA
| 58min per episode | Documentary
3.1/5 (with 44 votes)

From their courtship to their exit from royal life, Harry and Meghan share their complex journey in their own words in this docuseries.

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The Queen(2009)

50min per episode | Documentary, Drama
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

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.

With Emilia Fox

Spitting Image(1984-)

30min per episode | Comedy

Spitting Image is an award winning British satirical puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. The series was produced by Spitting Image Productions for Central Independent Television over 18 series which aired on the ITV from 1984 to 1996. The series was nominated and won numerous awards during its run including 10 BAFTA Awards, including one for editing in 1989, and even won two Emmy Awards in 1985 and 1986 in the Popular Arts Category. The series featured puppet caricatures of celebrities famous during the 1980s and 1990s, including British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and fellow Tory politicians, American president Ronald Reagan, and the British Royal Family. The Series was the first to caricature the Queen mother.

To Play the King(1993)

50min per episode | Drama, Comedy, War & Politics
4.2/5 (with 23 votes)

Francis Urquhart's survival at the top is threatened by the new king's populist agenda.

Directed by Paul Seed - With Ian Richardson, Michael Kitchen, Kitty Aldridge, Diane Fletcher

The Royal House of Windsor(2017)

TV-14
| 45min per episode | Documentary
3.8/5 (with 6 votes)

Drawing on newly available evidence, this epic series explores the Windsor dynasty's gripping family saga, providing fresh insights into how our royal family have survived four generations of crisis.

Directed by Paul Copeland

Victoria Regina(1964)

50min per episode | Drama

Patricia Routledge gives a career-best performance as Queen Victoria in this 1964 series of plays based on the celebrated collection of dramas by playwright Laurence Housman. Self-willed, obstinate, imperious and passionate... a now-familiar description of one of history's longest-serving female monarchs – but Housman's satirical tribute marked a decisive break with the tradition of the uncritical historical portrait. A Broadway hit deemed too disrespectful for public performance in Britain until the late 1930s, Victoria Regina is a frank portrayal of an extraordinarily complex woman, tracing her development from royal teenager to inconsolable widow at the helm of a vast empire, with all her contradictions, prejudices and unconstitutional behavior.

Royal Wedding Watch(2018-)

TV-PG
| 51min per episode | Documentary

Go behind the headlines with Meredith Vieira for the history, ceremony and traditions shaping the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Experts, commentators and guests join Vieira and U.K. host Matt Baker, while Anita Rani reports from Windsor.

Queen of Oz(2023)

30min per episode | Comedy
4.2/5 (with 5 votes)

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.

Directed by Christiaan Van Vuuren - With Catherine Tate

The Devil's Crown(1978)

55min per episode | Drama
3.8/5 (with 1 vote)

The Devil's Crown was a BBC limited series which dramatised the reigns of three medieval Kings of England: Henry II and his sons Richard the Lionheart and John.

Directed by Alan Cooke - With Brian Cox, Jane Lapotaire, Michael Byrne, John Duttine, Christopher Gable, Paul Spurrier, ...
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The Prince(2021-)

Comedy, Animation

Follow a cartooned 6-year-old Prince George spilling the royal “tea” on his family, followers and the British Monarchy.

The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family(2021)

TV-PG
| 59min per episode | Documentary, Drama
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Part documentary, part historical drama, this series follows the fortunes of the different members of the Boleyn family, ultimately made notorious for daughter Anne’s marriage to Henry VIII and execution.

The Third Reich: The Rise & Fall(2010)

1h 26min per episode | Documentary
3.6/5 (with 9 votes)

An intimate, authentic portrait of Hitler's Germany as recorded by the people who lived it. Never-before-seen home movies, Nazi propaganda films and personal recollections culled from German's diaries, journals and letters provide a rare look inside the darker pages of world history.

The Story of Diana(2017)

1h 23min per episode | Documentary
4.1/5 (with 7 votes)

Princess Diana's life and legacy is explored through interviews with those who knew her best, as well as the world's leading experts on her.

Spying on the Royals(2017)

TV-PG
| 46min per episode | Documentary
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

This 2-part documentary series reveals the truth about King Edward VIII's affair with American divorcée Wallis Simpson, and the espionage operation that accompanied the investigation.

Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley(2020-)

1h per episode | Documentary, War & Politics
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Historian Lucy Worsley debunks popular myths and royal as well as anti-royal propaganda about key events from British royal history including the English Reformation, the attack of the Spanish Armada and Queen Anne's forgotten legacy.

The Queen's Palaces(2011)

TV-PG
| 1h per episode | Documentary
4.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Fiona Bruce fronts this eye-opening new three-part series on the stories behind Britain's official royal residences: Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Queen Victoria's Children(2013-)

Documentary
3.8/5 (with 1 vote)

With Nicholas Rowe, Helen Rappaport, Lucinda Hawksley, Matthew Sweet.

Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal(2018)

59min per episode | Documentary
2.6/5 (with 2 votes)

This two-part series profiles Princess Margaret, whose life and loves reflected the social and sexual revolution that transformed Britain during the 20th century.

Inside the Crown: Secrets of the Royals(2020-)

TV-PG
| 46min per episode | Documentary

Since her glittering coronation, Queen Elizabeth II has become one of the most powerful and respected leaders on Earth and has been on the British throne for 67 years. Historians, royal insiders and the wider family provide fresh insight into who the Queen and her family really are, and how they have navigated the sometimes-turbulent seven decades of her record-breaking reign.

Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History(2013)

1h per episode | Documentary

Lucy Worsley, chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces, explores how the physical and mental health of our past monarchs has shaped the history of the nation.

Britain's Bloodiest Dynasty(2014)

TV-14
| Documentary
3.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Acclaimed historian Dan Jones tells the story of the dynasty who ruled England and much of France during the Middle Ages. More shocking, brutal and exhilarating than Game of Thrones, these events actually happened.

With Dan Jones

The Story of the Royals(2018)

TV-14
| Documentary
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A two-night, four-hour primetime television event documenting the fascinating lives of the British royal family, featuring an extraordinary panel of experts and voices. Explore pivotal moments in the crown’s history beginning with a simple question: How exactly did we get here?

Great Lakes Wild(2014-2015)

TV-G
| Documentary
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Uncover the secrets of the vast Great Lakes region, which extends from the Canadian border to the American Midwest. It's a place of breathtaking natural beauty, with a unique set of challenges threatening its delicate environmental balance.