", Director: Programmes she has presented include BBC Radio 4's Making History and She-Wolves on BBC Four. No need to rush a review, I’m just curious whether you might have a look at them in the future. Emil Trifonov, Explore the rich lives of some of history's most powerful Royals. She taught history at Cambridge University and is the author of books including Blood and Roses (2005) and She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth (2010). I’ve even had a chuckle once that Mrs. Castor must be the long-lost British cousin of my own country’s Daniela Dvořáková. Documentary focuses on investigating mysteries of burial grounds of William Shakespeare led by noted historian Dr. Helen Castor.
It’s BEYOND worth it. Val Kilmer,
Helen Castor Documentaries Castor was Director of History at Sidney Sussex College (one of the many individual colleges that make up Cambridge University). Richard Dreyfuss, Also you can’t miss the documentaries by Dr Suzannah Lipscomb – especially her Hidden Killers of the Tudor home/Victorian home series, which is fascinating. Ben Proudfoot Helen Castor is a medieval historian and a Bye-Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
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Her website, Démodé Couture, is one of the most well-known online resources for historical costumers. So most monarchs have carefully choreographed every aspect of their wardrobe and, for those who have not, there have sometimes been calamitous consequences.”. | I have a serious girlcrush on Amanda Vickery. Here’s the first episode on YouTube (search for the other episodes). Richard Kinnaird, 60 min All rights reserved. Sophie Elwin-Harris 53 min These shows are all fantastic and I love the ladies as well! Writer and historian Dr Helen Castor explores the life and death of Joan of Arc. Derek Jacobi, 45 min | Cast: Georgia Moffett Michael Feast Helen Castor Genres: Documentaries Dramas Specials History In his record-breaking 72-year reign, France became renowned for its culture and sophistication.
Profile at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. ), you’ll join me in particularly loving the documentaries hosted by these three historians: Helen Castor, Lucy Worsley, and Amanda Vickery. Lucy Worsley and Helen Castor tell the real-life stories behind one of the world's grandest buildings, revealing the Machiavellian world that Louis XIV created and inhabited. Stars: I really liked the way they showed how the clothing styles influenced the movements of the dances—especially the waltz—making it more than just dressing up. Castor has worked extensively for the BBC including presenting Radio 4's Making History and She-Wolves on BBC Four. ", Director:
Our historians meet the real people behind the on-screen characters. On a more on-topic side note, I personally prefer the Helen Castor documentaries the most. They’ve been running, on and off, since 2005. Christopher Kidder-Mostrom, Stars: Ivaylo Dikanski, Andrew Garrod, Helen Ruth Castor FRSL (born 4 August 1968 in Cambridge) is a British historian of the medieval and Tudor period and a BBC broadcaster. Vickery has done both TV and radio documentaries. Documentary, Comedy, Drama, RWANDA & JULIET is a feature-length documentary that follows ivy league professor emeritus Andrew Garrod to Kigali, Rwanda, where he mounts Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet with Rwandan ... See full summary », Director: DISCLAIMER: Frock Flicks claims no credit for images featured on this site unless noted. 93 min | |
| I wanted to see more! In 1988, rising star Kenneth Branagh played the Prince of Denmark for the first time.
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| In addition to Jane Austen movies, BBC historical documentaries are my comfort object (maybe even more so). This programme is not currently available on BBC iPlayer. There are some other documentaries which are also great (if you haven’t seen them already); ‘Suffragettes Forever!’ with Amanda Vickery is a series about the amazing women in the suffragette movement. Kendra has been a fixture in the online costuming world since the late 1990s. Anneika Rose, See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc, Reference To Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet, Reference To Shakespeare's As You Like It, Reference To Shakespeare's The Merchant Of Venice, To Be or Not to Be: Klingons and Shakespeare.
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Episode 3 3 / 3 A victorious Mary decrees that Jane, her husband and her father should be executed. Paul Hiaumet, Not Rated This is a radio series that made me PLOP with happiness.
111 min She’s a professor of early modern history at the University of London and has published two fascinating books: The Gentleman’s Daughter: Women’s Lives in Georgian England (1998) and Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England (2009).
Twenty male inmates in a Kentucky prison form an unlikely Shakespearean acting troupe. Visual content is copyrighted to its respective owners, and inclusion here is under fair use for criticism, comment, and news reporting purposes. Kevin Spacey,
William Marshall | 349 Stars: Worsley is the Joint Chief Curator at the UK’s Historic Royal Palaces (the independent charity looking after the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace State Apartments, the Banqueting House in Whitehall, and Kew Palace), and previously worked with historic homes and English Heritage. Here are my favorites: “In this three part series, historian Amanda Vickery explores how the great British obsession with our homes began 300 years ago.” Here’s a longer review. Partly because they cover stuff I’ve seen more often presented and discussed in contemporary non-fiction, but fairly little in television documentaries. 82 min [9][10], Castor wrote the volume on Elizabeth I for the series Penguin Monarchs, Elizabeth I: A Study in Insecurity, published in 2018. Stars: Could you navigate the complex world of courtly customs & become a confidant of the king?
Robert Whitelock, 88 min Stars: Greg Roach They also talk about how the changing waistlines also affected the positions of the dances over time too! You can also buy it on iTunes. There’s some 7 interconnected shows to cover, with a timespan from the 13th century to 1945. Read about our approach to external linking. Here’s some of my favorites: This one has the most obvious tie in with Frock Flicks: “Today, few people’s clothes attract as much attention as the royal family, but this is not a modern-day Hello magazine-inspired obsession. Stars: Worsley has hosted a ton of fascinating documentaries. |
John Barrymore, Castor's book Blood and Roses (2005) is a biography of the 15th-century Paston family, whose letters are the earliest surviving collection of private correspondence in the English language. Politics, Intrigue & War (post-WW2-present). They’re smart women who know their stuff and are really good at telling stories. Documentary, History. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Here’s the first episode on YouTube, you’ll find the second and third linked on the sidebar (or search for them). Kevin Spacey, Mare Winningham, Not Rated Ignore the “for Girls,” this series was great and NOT aimed at children (I think they were just trying to be cute?).
Sarah Bernhardt, It covers not only the royal mistresses thronging the court, but also ordinary housewives at home, and even female pioneers like the first professional actresses, writers, scientists, and explorers.”. Al Pacino, If you like these two, you should also check out her recent release, Joan of Arc: God’s Warrior (2015). Michael Wood tours the English locations important to William Shakespeare as he explores the playwright and poet's life and work. As Dr. Lucy Worsley reveals, it has always been this way. From Elizabeth I to our present queen, Lucy believes that the royal wardrobe’s significance goes way beyond the cut and colour of the clothing and that royal fashion is, and has always been, regarded as their personal statement to their people.