''Monarchy'' is a

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...

British TV series, 2004–2007, by British academic

David Starkey David Robert Starkey (born 3 January 1945) is an English historian and radio and television presenter, with views that he describes as conservative. The only child of Quaker parents, he attended Kendal Grammar School before studying at Cambr ...

charting the political and ideological history of the

English monarchy The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional form of government by which a hereditary sovereign reigns as the head of state of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies (the Bailiwi ...

from the Saxon period to modern times. The show also aired on

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stations throughout the United States, courtesy of PBS-member station

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. In Australia, all four seasons were broadcast on

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from May 2005 onwards.

Episodes

Series 1

Series 2

Series 3

Series 4

External links

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'I'd wake up and think: God, did I really say that?'
by Lynn Barber Sunday 10 October 2004 in ''

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'' "With a new book and TV series to promote, TV history don David Starkey is finally mellowing. So much for the erstwhile rudest man in Britain..." * {{cite book , first=David , last=Starkey , title=The Monarchy of England Volume 1: The Beginnings , publisher=Chatto and Windus , year=2004 , isbn=0-7011-7678-4 Channel 4 original programming Documentary films about British royalty Television series about the history of the United Kingdom Television series about the history of England 2004 British television series debuts 2004 British television series endings