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Clive Hayward

Alun Raglan

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Sasha Yevtushenko

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

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

10/08/2014

BBC Radio 4 - The Stuarts, Charles II, Part One: Through the World in Various Fortune

Mike Walker's epic chronicle considers the young Charles II. With Jamie Parker.

By Mike Walker. When news of Oliver Cromwell's death reaches Brussels, the exiled Charles II plots his return. With Jamie Parker.

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.

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