David Starkey

Historian and host David Starkey takes a look at the life of Queen Elizabeth I, the most powerful woman in English history.

Hosted by David Starkey, this documentary series examines the history and motives that shaped the most infamous king of England. The series is beautifully researched and offers some new insights into life and times of Henry VIII.

This is the story of English Queen Mary I, otherwise known as Bloody Mary. She was a devoted followed of catholicism, and was set on turning England's faith back to its catholic ways and renounce the newer emerging protestant faith. In an effort to do so however, hundreds of people burned at the stake.