Monarchy
Acts of Union and Disunion. Acts of Union and Disunion: Omnibus, Episode 1. Audio, 58 minutes
Prof Colley explores the British notion of liberty and the place of monarchy.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Beyond Belief. Monarchy. Audio, 30 minutes
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious foundations and function of monarchy.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Long View. Diamond Jubilee Celebrations. Audio, 30 minutes
Jonathan Freedland compares Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee with that of Queen Victoria.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. The Divine Right of Kings. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg discusses the idea that kingly authority derives from God.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
A History of Political Thought. Thomas Hobbes. Audio, 13 minutes
Thomas Hobbes, who believed that life without society is "nasty, brutish, and short."
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
About Face. Queen Noor of Jordan. Audio, 29 minutes
Her Majesty Queen Noor the fourth wife of King Hussein of Jordan
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
About Face. Ex-King Constantine of Hellenes. Audio, 29 minutes
In 1967 King Constantine of Hellenes fled Greece following a coup abolishing a Monarchy.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) Video, 122 minutes
Returning from France to rule Scotland, Mary Stuart gets a grudging welcome.
- AttributionBBC Two
- Available for 20 days