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Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Series about Britain's railways. How the railways changed culinary tastes in London, as rapid transport enabled people to enjoy food from across the nation. Show more

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Series 2

Episode 3: Queen Elizabeth I

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 2 months

Using archive film, Vanessa Collingridge examines the life of Elizabeth Tudor - her upbringing, her conflicts with her enemies and her greatest victory against the Spanish Armada. Show more

Blackadder

Blackadder II

Episode 4: Money

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Sitcom set in Tudor England. Edmund is in trouble when he is visited by a debt-collecting bishop armed with a red-hot poker.

Contributors

Blackadder:
Rowan Atkinson
Baldrick:
Tony Robinson
Lord Percy:
Tim McInnerny
Queen Elizabeth I:
Miranda Richardson
Lord Melchett:
Stephen Fry
Bishop of Bath and Wells:
Ronald Lacey
Producer:
John Lloyd
Writer:
Ben Elton

Blackadder

Blackadder II

Episode 5: Beer

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Comedy series set in Tudor England. There are problems in the Blackadder household due to an embarrassing incident with a turnip, an ostrich feather and a puritanical fat aunt.

Contributors

Prince Edmund:
Rowan Atkinson
Baldrick:
Tony Robinson
Queen Elizabeth I of England:
Miranda Richardson
Lord Melchett:
Stephen Fry
Lord Percy:
Tim McInnerny
Producer:
John Lloyd
Writer:
Ben Elton

Blackadder

Blackadder II

Episode 6: Chains

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Classic historical comedy. The evil Prince Ludwig kidnaps both Blackadder and Lord Melchett. Is our hero doomed, or does Baldrick have a cunning plan? Show more

Contributors

Lord Edmund Blackadder:
Rowan Atkinson
Baldrick:
Tony Robinson
Lord Percy:
Tim McInnerny
Queen Elizabeth I:
Miranda Richardson
Lord Melchett:
Stephen Fry
Prince Ludwig:
Hugh Laurie
Producer:
John Lloyd
Writer:
Ben Elton

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