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Bloody Tales of the Tower: Lady Jane Grey

Posted on 19th July 2012 by Tamise

I have finally got round to writing up the episode from the ‘Bloody Tales of the Tower’ series which featured Lady Jane and was shown on the National Geographic channel in April. Bloody Tales of the Tower: Executions The second … Continue reading →

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She-Wolves: England’s Early Queens – Part 3 – Helen Castor

Posted on 21st March 2012 by Tamise

‘She-Wolves: England’s Early Queens’ presented by Helen Castor concludes tonight on BBC4 at 9pm. (c)Playdead TV The third episode, ‘Jane, Mary and Elizabeth’ starts in ‘1553 when, for the first time, all the contenders for the English crown were female.’ … Continue reading →

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She-Wolves: England’s Early Queens – Part 2 – Helen Castor

Posted on 14th March 2012 by Tamise

‘She-Wolves: England’s Early Queens’ presented by Helen Castor continues on BBC4 tonight at 9pm. In part two, ‘…she tells the remarkably similar life stories of two French queens, Isabella and Margaret, both of whom were betrothed, 137 years apart, to … Continue reading →

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Tower of London – TV series with Suzannah Lipscomb

Posted on 12th January 2012 by Tamise

Historian Suzannah Lipscomb (@sixteenthCgirl), (author of ‘1536: The Year That Changed Henry VIII’ and ‘A Visitor’s Companion to Tudor England’ which will be published in March), has co-presented with Joe Crowley, a TV series about the Tower of London. To … Continue reading →

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BBC1 Drama – Wars of the Roses

Posted on 12th January 2012 by Tamise

The Guardian reports that the BBC are to make a series about the Wars of the Roses which will be based on the best selling The Cousin’s War novels by Phillipa Gregory. BBC1 to screen War of the Roses epic

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