Based on the completely new research for Tracy Borman's new book, these programmes take us behind closed doors during the Tudor Age. The series tells the down-and -dirty, nitty gritty stories of life at court during those tumultuous years: their sex lives, their affairs, childbirth, contraception, health, hygiene, medicine, diet and much more.
Why is it that a history series that’s brought us new nuggets of information about the private lives of the Tudor kings can’t do the same with the Tudor queens? Is it the way that television does history, with kings being men of action while queens’ lives are resolutely personal?
So here we go: Mary’s marriage to Philip of Spain was a political rather than romantic union; her phantom pregnancies were a humiliating failure. And as for Elizabeth, we run through her “erotically charged” love affairs, her cruel treatment of her ladies and her love of tooth-rotting sugar.
And Tracy Borman finally succumbs to her colleague Lucy Worsley’s favourite activity, getting dressed up in full Elizabethan rig. She looks uncomfortable – and it’s not just the corsetry.
There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming provider below.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Young Elizabeth I | Cathy Conneff |
| Attendant to Philip II of Spain | Sean Francis George |
| Elizabeth I | Jo Marriott |
| Elizabeth's Lady | Gabriella Montrose |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Editor | Jamie Louden |
Elizabeth I - The Golden Age
Why is it that a history series that’s brought us new nuggets of information about the private lives of the Tudor kings can’t do the same with the Tudor queens? Is it the way that television does history, with kings being men of action while queens’ lives are resolutely personal?
So here we go: Mary’s marriage to Philip of Spain was a political rather than romantic union; her phantom pregnancies were a humiliating failure. And as for Elizabeth, we run through her “erotically charged” love affairs, her cruel treatment of her ladies and her love of tooth-rotting sugar.
And Tracy Borman finally succumbs to her colleague Lucy Worsley’s favourite activity, getting dressed up in full Elizabethan rig. She looks uncomfortable – and it’s not just the corsetry.
There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming provider below.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Young Elizabeth I | Cathy Conneff |
| Attendant to Philip II of Spain | Sean Francis George |
| Elizabeth I | Jo Marriott |
| Elizabeth's Lady | Gabriella Montrose |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Editor | Jamie Louden |
There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming provider below.
