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The Stuarts

Charles II, Part One: Through the World in Various Fortune

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Mike Walker

Charting the early life of Charles II, as a young boy in the court of his father and during the Civil War, his life in exile during the interregnum, and later his failed attempts to regain the crown. When news finally reaches him of Oliver Cromwell's death, Charles plots his return once more.

Directors: Marc Beeby & Sasha Yevtushenko. Show less

Contributors

Charles:
Jamie Parker
Kenelm Digby:
Paul Hilton
Young Charles:
Adam Thomas Wright
General Monck:
Alun Raglan
Secretary:
Matthew Watson
Colonel:
David Cann
Director:
Marc Beeby

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