David Starkey
Biography: David Robert Starkey MA, PhD, D.Litt., CBE, FSA, FRHistS is an English constitutional historian and a radio and television presenter. Born the only child of Quaker parents, he attended Kendal Grammar School before studying at Cambridge through a scholarship.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 03, 1945
Deathday: N/A
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Britain's Tudor Treasure: A Night at Hampton Court
2015-01-10
Britain's Tudor Treasure: A Night at Hampton Court
Overview: Lucy Worsley and David Starkey celebrate the 500th anniversary of Britain's finest surviving Tudor building, Hampton Court. As Henry VIII's pleasure palace, Hampton Court was a showcase for royal magnificence and ceremony - and the most important event of all was the christening of Henry's long-awaited son, Prince Edward, on October 15th, 1537. Lucy and David explore how Tudor art, architecture and ritual came together for this momentous occasion. Drawing on historical records and with the help of a team of experts, they recreate key elements of the christening ceremony - including a magnificent set piece procession through Hampton Court involving nearly 100 people in full Tudor costume.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-10
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David Starkey's Magna Carta
2015-01-26
David Starkey's Magna Carta
Overview: David Starkey looks at the origins of Magna Carta, the document that has underpinned British liberties since it was created in 1215 to check the abuses of King John.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-26
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Richard III: The Princes in the Tower
2015-03-21
Richard III: The Princes in the Tower
Overview: It's one of the darkest murder mysteries in British history: did Richard III really kill his nephews in order to make himself king? Is he the greatest villain in English history, or the victim of centuries of grotesquely unfair Tudor propaganda? On the eve of Richard's reburial at Leicester Cathedral, this drama documentary assembles a stellar cast of experts, including David Starkey and Philippa Gregory, to examine all the available evidence. As it plays out the possibilities and tests the competing theories, it endeavors to get to the bottom, once and for all, of what really happened to the princes in the Tower. Is this a tale of naked ambition, cold pragmatism and bloody murder?
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-21
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The Last Days of Anne Boleyn
2013-05-23
The Last Days of Anne Boleyn
Overview: Writers and historians including Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory revisit the last days of Anne Boleyn, who in 1536 became the first queen in British history to be executed.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-23
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Reformation: Europe's Holy War
2017-10-03
Reformation: Europe's Holy War
Overview: Historian David Starkey tells the story of the Protestant Reformation and how it transformed the face of modern Europe, unleashing fundamentalism, terror and religious violence.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-03
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Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery
2012-01-26
Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery
Overview: In 2009 metal-detecting enthusiast Terry Herbert discovered the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon treasure in the UK. Dan Snow travels across the old Kingdom of Mercia to unravel the secrets of the Staffordshire Hoard.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-26
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The Trial of Richard III
1984-11-04
The Trial of Richard III
Overview: A modern trial by jury at the Old Bailey of one of the most famous events in English history. Conducted on the afternoon and evening of 21st February, 1984, it was held almost 500 years after the death of the last of the Plantagenet Kings, King Richard III, on Bosworth Field, the last of the English monarchs to die in battle. The charges are that King Richard III did, in or about the month of August, 1483, in the Tower of London, murder Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, and Prince Richard, Duke of York. Presiding over the case is Lord Elwyn-Jones, the former Lord Chancellor, and he is ably supported by two of Britain’s leading criminal Queen’s Counsels. A fascinating trial which presents evidence which offers the viewer the opportunity to join the jury in weighing the evidence and reaching his or her own verdict before discovering that of the television jury.
Genres: Documentary History Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-04
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