{"product_id":"book-i578","title":"Life and Intrigue in Tudor Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSix gripping dramatised documentaries detailing the history of the turbulent Tudor period.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePassion, power, sex and suspicious deaths – the Tudor story is one of drama and dysfunction, and it has kept us enthralled for over 400 years. In these six dramatised documentaries, we take a behind-the-scenes look at Tudor England and get to know the key characters we have grown to love and hate, such as Mary Tudor, Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots. Compiled from contemporary sources by Alison Plowman and featuring first-hand accounts and letters, these thrilling, historically accurate retellings bring this tumultuous era to vivid life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Most Unhappy Lady\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e spans three critical years in the life of Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, and later Queen of England. It begins in 1533, when her father divorces her mother and marries Anne Boleyn. Refusing to accept the validity of Henry’s actions, Mary finds herself facing danger and disgrace…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth's Admiral\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, we follow the events which took place in the immediate aftermath of Henry VIII’s death in 1547 – events which led to the execution of the Lord High Admiral Thomas Seymour and came near to seriously compromising the future of the 15-year-old Princess Elizabeth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKilling at Kirk O’Field\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, set between March 1566 and June 1567, tells the tragic tale of the murder of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary Queen of Scots: a crime that remains one of the most controversial 'whodunnits' of all time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChance or Villainy?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e explores the mysterious death of Amy Robsart in 1560. Her husband, Lord Robert Dudley, was a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I and was rumoured to be having an affair with her – so when Amy was found dead at the foot of a staircase, it seemed that a serious crisis might ensue…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Knot of Secret Might\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, we hear the ill-fated love story of Lady Katherine Grey, sister of the doomed ‘Nine-Day Queen’ Lady Jane Grey. And in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Great Enterprise, 1588\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e we are transported back to sixteenth-century Spain, as Philip II prepares to launch his ‘Invincible Armada’...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong the ensemble casts of these superb docu-dramas are \u003cb\u003eBeryl Calder, Haydn Jones, Marjorie Westbury, Kathleen Helme, Patricia Leventon, Nerys Hughes and Roger Delgado.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCredits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompiled from contemporary sources by Alison Plowden\u003cbr\u003eSpecial thanks to Keith Wickham for Archive material.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Most Unhappy Lady\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Joe Burroughs\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Home Service, 22 Dec 1964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth’s Admiral \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e(A Pattern of Tudors)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Joe Burroughs\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 24 Apr 1968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Killing at Kirk O’Field\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Alison Plowden\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 18 Sep 1969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChance or Villainy?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e (A Pattern of Tudors)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Joe Burroughs\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 4 Feb 1966\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Knot of Secret Might\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Richard Wortley\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 20 Oct 1970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Great Enterprise, 1588 \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e(A Pattern of Tudors)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Joe Burroughs\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 11 Aug 1968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. 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