David Starkey

Follow the long journey and complex history of royal succession as England goes from a tiny medieval kingdom to a world empire.

In 1536, Anne Boleyn, the wife of Henry VIII, became the first queen in Britain's history to be executed. The brutal speed of her downfall and the astonishing nature of the charges against her - treason, adultery, even incest - make her story shocking even to this day. The truth behind her brutal death, and who was responsible, has been the subject of fiery debate across six centuries.

Documentary. Lucy Worsley and David Starkey celebrate the 500th anniversary of Britain's finest surviving Tudor building, Hampton Court.