‘She-Wolves: England’s Early Queens’ presented by Helen Castor concludes tonight on BBC4 at 9pm.
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The third episode, ‘Jane, Mary and Elizabeth’ starts in ‘1553 when, for the first time, all the contenders for the English crown were female.’ (Radio Times website)
Helen Castor ‘explores how each woman struggled in turn with wearing a crown that was made for a male head.’ (BBC4)
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The Radio Times describes ‘She-Wolves: England’s Early Queens’ as a ‘brief but sparkling series’ and Saturday Review (The Times) says in episode 3, ‘the stories may be well-trodden, in fact and fiction, but Castor’s thoughtful and clear analysis makes them feel fresh.’ (p 21, Saturday Review)
Part 3 – Jane, Mary and Elizabeth will be repeated:
BBC 4
Thursday 22 March – 3.35am
Sunday 25 March – 8pm
Monday 26 March – 3am
BBC HD
Tuesday 27 March – 7pm
You can read more about this episode at:
Radio Times – She-Wolves: England’s Early Queens – Part 3 – Jane, Mary and Elizabeth
Guardian – TV Highlights 21/03/2012
Sources
Saturday Review (The Times), 17 March 2012
Radio Times – She-Wolves: England’s Early Queens
BBC4 – She-Wolves: England’s Early Queens
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