Monarchy

Take a look at the inner workings of how Japan's ancient monarchy operates and its ancient history.

Explore the royal courts of Europe in the Medieval and Renaissance ages to see what it took to gain wealth and power.

Explore the life of the only female empress in Chinese history: Wu Zetian.

Travel back to the Stuart Age and investigate the rich English history of its time.

Were the princes in the tower killed by Richard the III? Dig into the history of the medieval English monarchy and their thirst for the throne.

Who was the English queen Anne Boleyn and why was she executed? Investigate the full history as we look at The Last Days of Anne Boleyn.

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

Asia's Monarchies is a series of documentaries set to explore some of the greatest asian royal dynasties throughout the ages.

Dynasties is a four-part documentary series taking a look at some of the word's most influential and powerful families across modern times.

Kings and Queens of England is a six-part documentary series chronicling one-thousand years of English monarch history. Starting from the year 1066, the series moves up to our present day English modern monarchy.

Versailles is a three-part historical documentary series chronicling the rise and fall of the French monarchy living in of Europe's most splendid palaces: Versailles.

Historian Thomas Penn explores the history and elusive persona behind the first Tudor monarch, Henry VII, and investigates the Tudor kingdom he created.

Lucy Worsley and Helen Castor tell the real-life stories behind one of the world's grandest buildings, The Real Versailles.

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.