'Mary Queen of Scots' vertelt het verhaal over het turbulente leven van de charismatische Mary Stuart. Mary werd op haar zestiende Koningin van Frankrijk. Nadat ze op haar achttiende weduwe wordt ontstaat er de druk om te hertrouwen.

Het verhaal van de kruistocht van een vrouw om liefde, het verslaan van vijanden en het behouden van haar positie in de de westelijke wereld. Wanneer de katholieke Mary Stuart, de nicht van de protestantse koningin Elizabeth I, een band schept met Phillip van Spanje voor een hogere positie op de troon, is het Sir Francis Walsingham die de koningin tegen Mary Stuart moet beschermen in een machtsstrijd om de Engelse troon. Elizabeth moet sterk in haar schoenen staan en zelfs bereid zijn een oorlog te beginnen. En terwijl iedereen van haar verwacht dat ze trouwt met een geschikte partij om zo de opvolging veilig te stellen, wordt ze heimelijk verliefd op de avonturier, ontdekker en piraat Walter Raleigh.

In 1554 is Engeland totaal verscheurd door religieuze conflicten. Na de dood van haar katholieke halfzuster 'Bloody' Mary, wordt de jonge protestante Elizabeth tot koningin gekroond.

Het verhaal van Thomas More, die opkwam voor zijn principes en moraal en weerstand bood aan koning Henry VIII en zijn corrupte en dictatoriale regime.

Henry VIII zit met een obsessie van het verwekken van een mannelijke erfgenaam. Het brengt zelfs de mensen in zijn omgeving in gevaar; familie, courtiers, overheidsbedienden, maar vooral de jonge Anne Boleyn. Wat volgt is een intens liefdeverhaal; Engeland zal nooit meer hetzelfde zijn.

Na de dood van Henry VIII kwam een tiener op de troon van Engeland: Edward VI. Zijn nichtje was Lady Jane Grey. Edward was erg ziek en op zijn sterfbed benoemt hij Jane als opvolgster ten laste van Mary Tudor, die een bastaard is en dus een schande voor de troon.

Dit historisch drama schetst de tumultueuze affaire tussen koningin Elizabeth I en de man die koning van Engeland zou worden.

Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young teenage Tom sneaks into the palace garden, he meets the prince. They change clothes with one another before the guards discover them and throw out the prince thinking he's the urchin. No one believes them when they try to tell the truth about which is which. Soon after, the old king dies and the prince will inherit the throne.

Historisch drama, waarin Mary ruzie heeft met Koningin Elizabeth, de Schotse nobelen en haar echtgenoot om haar plaats op de troon en die van haar zoon, James I, veilig te stellen.

The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.

Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of treason, King Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that marriage also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the king picks German-born Anne of Cleves as his bride, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and King Henry continues his string of spouses.

An adaptation of the classic, "The Prince and the Pauper" is the retelling of Edward Tudor and young Thomas Canty, two amazing look-alikes caught up in imperial intrigue and scandal. In fleeing from his violent father, Tom stumbles into the palace courtyard, and is seen by young Prince Edward, who takes him in. Each desiring to see what the other's life is like, the boys impulsively switch identities... little knowing what disaster lies ahead at this fault of thought. And soon Thomas becomes a pawn in the hands of Edward's malicious and greedy uncle, who would have the kingdom for himself.

Een meedogenloze Britse graaf laat een hele groep heksen op de brandstapel gooien en haalt zich de woede op de hals van de gevaarlijke opperheks Oona. Tijdens een geheimzinnige ceremonie roept Oona de legendarische Banshee op en geeft hem de opdracht alle familieleden van de graaf te vermoorden.

The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Jean Simmons portrays young Bess in this rich tapestry of a film that traces the tumultuous, danger-fraught years from Elizabeth's birth to her unexpected ascension to the throne at a mere 25. Charles Laughton reprises his Academy Award®-winning* role as her formidable father Henry VIII. Deborah Kerr plays her last stepmother (and Henry's last of six wives), gentle Catherine Parr. And Simmons' then real-life husband, Stewart Granger, adds heroics as Lord Admiral Thomas Seymour. In a resplendent world of adventure, romance and court intrigue, Young Bess reigns.

A short film depicting the execution of Mary, Queen of the Scots. Mary is brought to the execution block and made to kneel down with her neck over it. The executioner lifts his axe ready to bring it down. After that frame Mary has been replaced by a dummy. The axe comes down and severs the head of the dummy from the body. The executioner picks up the head and shows it around for everyone else to see. One of the first camera tricks to be used in a movie.

Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.

Sir Walter Raleigh overcomes court intrigue to win favor with the Queen in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.

A 1965 BBC adaptation of William Shakespeare's first historical tetralogy (1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI and Richard III), which deals with the conflict between the House of Lancaster and the House of York over the throne of England, a conflict known as the Wars of the Roses. It was based on the 1963 theatre adaptation by John Barton, and directed by Peter Hall for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Henry VIII has just married Marie of Normandy, and is eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately for Henry, she is always eating garlic, and refuses to stop. Deciding to get rid of her in his usual manner, Henry has to find some way of doing it without provoking war with Marie's cousin, the King of France. Perhaps if she had an affair...

In 1553, England’s first Queen, Mary I, takes the throne. The country is on the brink of chaos, and ambitious Cardinal Pole plots to secure control. He has overlooked, however, a humble court jester. The pious, and apparently humorless, queen finds relief in her brilliant slapstick routines and they strike up an unlikely friendship.