Royalty documentaries
Picturing Elizabeth: Her Life in Pictures
During her reign, The Queen became the most visually represented person in the whole of human history. From stamps and coins to formal portraits, press photos and snapshots, her image became an integral part of our everyday lives. This documentary explores the stories behind some of the most famous and era-defining pictures and shows how they chart the changing relationship with the monarchy.
A Tribute to Her Majesty The Queen
This BBC film looks back at the life of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history, who has died aged 96. Ascending to the throne at the age of 25 in 1953, she enjoyed an extraordinarily long reign and steered the monarchy and the nation through periods of huge social change. This tribute features interviews with her children, public figures and those who served her during her reign.
The Platinum Jubilee Interview: Tina Brown
Award-winning writer and magazine editor Tina Brown has spent decades chronicling the British royal family.
Ahead of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebration, she sits down with the BBC’s Special Correspondent Katty Kay, to discuss her latest book The Palace Papers; the Queen’s impact on Britain’s image both in the UK and abroad; and the challenges faced by the modern royal family.
Diana's Decades
Princess Diana: the thoroughly modern princess who both captured and transformed the spirit of the times she lived in.
This Princess Diana documentary tells the story of how, over three decades, she changed not just the monarchy but the press and the very nature of celebrity as she went from shy fairytale bride to global icon.
Young Victoria
She is now one of the most recognizable monarchs in British Royal history. But Queen Victoria’s path to the throne was by no means easy.
As this BBC royal history documentary reveals, Britain in the 1830s was on the brink of revolution. Victoria was seen as a deterrent to this, but there were those determined to grab power for themselves.
How did Victoria’s scheming mother complicate her ascent?