Britain's Bloodiest Dynasty: The Plantagenets

Season

2014

UK

7.9

Docudrama series with author Dan Jones. It follows the period from control freak king Henry II to the tyrant king Richard II.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Henry II

Historian Dan Jones reveals how the warrior king Henry II founded a dynasty that was to last for 300 years, but how his refusal to relinquish control of any aspect of his empire caused problems with the church and his family.

S1 • E2

Henry III

The history of the Plantagenets continues with the story of king Henry III, his treacherous best friend Simon de Montfort and their bitter struggle for the soul of the nation.

S1 • E3

Edward II

In a complicated political ans social climate, Edward II, grandson of Henry III, faces his greatest opponent - his queen, Isabella of France.

S1 • E4

Richard II

Dan Jones concludes his history of the Plantagenet dynasty with the extraordinary story of Richard II, the boy king who was the hero of the Peasants' Revolt, but who grew up to become one of the most brutal tyrants in English history.