A frivolous young queen who helped provoke the French Revolution? Behind the rumours lay a far more complex woman - one who overcame her early naivety to become tender-hearted and intelligent.
Accused of every kind of deviant sexual practice, she was vilified by the press in their quest to bring down the monarchy. Featuring interviews with Antonia Fraser and Simon Schama , this dramatised documentary follows Marie Antoinette 's journey from the splendours of her childhood to her final hours in a squalid prison cell and the guillotine. Director David Grubin ; Executive producers Fabienne Servan
Schreiber and Carol Sennett