Elizabeth: Our Queen
“A look at Elizabeth II's life”
This eight-part series interviews the Queen's Prime Ministers, members of the Royal Household and closest friends, to build a uniquely personal picture of Elizabeth, the woman, the mother, the Queen.
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This eight-part series interviews the Queen's Prime Ministers, members of the Royal Household and closest friends, to build a uniquely personal picture of Elizabeth, the woman, the mother, the Queen.
- Ep 1
1.Queen in Waiting
06-02-201860mThe first instalment charts her birth in April 1926, which protocol dictated had to be attended by the Home Secretary, and her childhood years, which included her first meeting wit...
- Ep 2
2.Pomp and Circumstance
13-02-201860mFirst-person testimony from royal friends and eye-witnesses, and archive footage tells the story of the Queen's first decade on the throne. As she learned the ropes of monarchy, El...
- Ep 3
3.Modernising the Monarchy
20-02-201860mA look at Elizabeth II's life in the 1950s and 1960s, how she tried to make the monarchy more accessible, and the lesson she learned from the 1966 Aberfan disaster. William Heselti...
- Ep 4
4.The Crown Under Attack
27-02-201860mUsing testimony from royal friends and eye-witnesses and archive footage, this episode reaches the 1970s and explores how the Queen faced both a hostile nation and scandal within h...
- Ep 5
5.Strong and Steady
06-03-201860mThrough the 1970s and 1980s, Elizabeth was thrilled to see her sons married, but also faced a strained relationship with her first female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Though...
- Ep 6
6.The Crown in Crisis
13-03-201860mExamining the monarch's troubled 1990s years, including 1992, which saw the collapse of three of her children's marriages, and the fire which destroyed much of Windsor Castle. Plus...
- Ep 7
7.Reinventing the Royals
20-03-201860mA look at Elizabeth II's life since 2000, an era when she lost her sister and mother, but also enjoyed happier times, including her Golden Jubilee, and the wedding of Prince Charle...
- Ep 8
8.Happy and Glorious
27-03-201860mA look at Elizabeth II's life since the start of the decade, including her historic state visit to the Republic of Ireland in 2011, and the celebrations for her Diamond Jubilee yea...
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