Anglaterra, segle XIII. Robin Longstride, un magnífic arquer al servei del rei Ricardo Cor de León, torna de les croades a terra santa saquejant poblats mentre lluita contra les tropes franceses. Quan Ricardo mor sota una data francesa, Robin es trasllada a Nottingham amb l'objectiu de complir una promesa que va fer Sir Robert Loxley abans de morir: tornar una espasa al seu pare, Sir Walter Loxley. Allà coneix lady Marion, la seva vídua, una dona amb caràcter. Mentrestant, en un país debilitat per una llarga guerra, regit per Joan, un rei feble i poc eficaç, contra les rebel·lions internes i les amenaces externes maquinades pel pèrfid Godfrey, Robin i els seus homes es deixen portar cap a una aventura més gran: decideixen ajudar a impedir que el país caigui irremeiablement en una sagnant guerra civil, i tornar la glòria a Anglaterra.
England, 15th century. Hal, a capricious prince who lives among the populace far from court, is forced by circumstances to reluctantly accept the throne and become Henry V.
Gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.
La bogeria del rei George (o Les bogeries del rei George, segons algunes traduccions) és una pel·lícula de 1994 dirigida per Nicholas Hytner i adaptada per Alan Bennett a partir de la seva pròpia obra de teatre, La bogeria del rei Jorge. Explica la història del deteriorament en la salut mental del rei George III i el deteriorament en la relació amb el seu fill, el Príncep de Gal·les, i concentra la seva atenció en el període al voltant de la crisi de la Regència del 1788. La medicina moderna ha suggerit que els símptomes del rei eren símptomes de porfíria.
Richard Duke of Gloucester, youngest brother of King Edward IV, will stop at nothing to get the crown. He first convinces the ailing King that the Duke of Clarence, his elder brother, is a threat to the lives of Edward's two young sons. Edward has him imprisoned in the Tower of London; killers in Richard's pay then drown Clarence in a barrel of wine. When news of Clarence's death reaches the King, the subsequent grief and remorse bring about his death. Richard is made Lord Protector, with power to rule England while his nephew (now King Edward V) is still a minor. Before the young king's coronation he has his two nephews conveyed to the Tower, ostensibly for their safekeeping. Richard's accomplice, the Duke of Buckingham, then declares the two boys illegitimate and offers Richard the crown, which after a show of reticence he accepts. After Richard's coronation, he and Buckingham have a falling-out over whether or not to assassinate the two children.
Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is a weak and ineffective king - wasteful in his spending habits, unwise in his choise of chansellors, and detached from his country and its people. When he seizes the land of his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, both the commoners and the barons decide that their king has gone too far...
The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.
Any 1843. Mentre Anglaterra està a la vora de la guerra, el rei Eduard IV està al seu llit de mort. El seu germà Ricardo, duc de Gloucester, incitat per la seva dona, es proposa ocupar el tron, però abans ha d'eliminar tots els que el precedeixen a la línia de successió. Després d'executar personalment diversos assassinats, les víctimes se li apareixen per turmentar-lo.
This documentary tells the story of the man who overcame his own failings for the sake of his nation. When his older brother, Edward VIII, abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson, nervous-mannered successor George "Bertie" VI was plagued with shyness and a speech impediment when speaking to his subjects. An introvert as well as a humble man, events and circumstances resulted in him becoming an inspiration for the British nation during its war with Germany.
Prince Charles' accession to the throne following the Queen's death. When he refuses to sign a controversial bill into law, political chaos ensues: a constitutional crisis, rioting on the streets and a tank in front of Buckingham Palace.
King Henry II (Patrick Stewart) keeps his wife, Eleanor (Glenn Close) locked away in the towers because of her frequent attempts to overthrow him. With Eleanor out of the way he can have his dalliances with his young mistress (Yuliya Vysotskaya). Needless to say the queen is not pleased, although she still has affection for the king. Working through her sons, she plots the king's demise and the rise of her second and preferred son, Richard (Andrew Howard), to the throne. The youngest son, John (Rafe Spall), an overweight buffoon and the only son holding his father's affection is the king's choice after the death of his first son, young Henry. But John is also overly eager for power and is willing to plot his father's demise with middle brother, Geoffrey (John Light) and the young king of France, Phillip (Jonathan Rhys Meyers). Geoffrey, of course sees his younger brother's weakness and sees that route as his path to power. Obviously political and court intrigue ensues
A 1965 BBC adaptation of William Shakespeare's first historical tetralogy (1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI and Richard III), which deals with the conflict between the House of Lancaster and the House of York over the throne of England, a conflict known as the Wars of the Roses. It was based on the 1963 theatre adaptation by John Barton, and directed by Peter Hall for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed 'Hotspur'). Henry's son Hal, the Prince of Wales, has thrown over life at court in favour of heavy drinking and petty theft in the company of a debauched elderly knight, Sir John Falstaff. Hal must extricate himself from some legal problems, regain his father's good opinions and help suppress the uprising.
The death of King Henry the Fourth and the coronation of King Henry the Fifth.
The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
The tangled affairs of George, Prince of Wales, leading to his illegal marriage to commoner Mrs. Fitzherbert. Also portrayed is the conflict between the future George IV and his father George III.
An adaptation of the two parts of Henry IV.
This is the story of how a prince became a king, a revealing portrait of our new monarch across the seven decades he spent as heir to the throne. It’s a journey from cradle to crown told almost solely in his own words, from film and television recordings to private home movies and featuring a wealth of material, some of which has never been seen before. As well as drawing on home movies from the Royal Collection, the film-makers were given exclusive access to sequences featuring the prince, shot for the landmark 1969 film Royal Family, including private unseen moments.