Monarchy
Living with the Gods. Ruling with the Gods. Audio, 14 minutes
Neil MacGregor on ruling with a mandate from the gods - from the UK to Benin to China.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Drama on 3. Richard II. Audio, 134 minutes
When Shakespeare's Richard II banishes Bolingbroke he brings about his own downfall.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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Profile. Sir Christopher Geidt. Audio, 13 minutes
Mark Coles profiles Sir Christopher Geidt, private secretary to the Queen.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Royal Activist. Audio, 30 minutes
Elinor Goodman asks if Prince Charles's campaigning will bring a new style of monarchy.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Acts of Union and Disunion. Monarchy. Audio, 15 minutes
Linda Colley explores the patchwork of different kingdoms that existed throughout Britain.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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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
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Beyond Belief. Monarchy. Audio, 30 minutes
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious foundations and function of monarchy.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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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
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Good King George. Audio, 30 minutes
Simon Heffer re-evaluates the reign of George V.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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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
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A Royal Recovery. Audio, 45 minutes
How the monarchy recovered after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Thistle and the Rose. Audio, 30 minutes
The correspondence between James VI of Scotland and Elizabeth I.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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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
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About Face. Queen Noor of Jordan. Audio, 29 minutes
Her Majesty Queen Noor the fourth wife of King Hussein of Jordan
- AttributionBBC World Service
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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
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