"Fit To Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History" (2013) - BBC2 Documentary

[Dman]

"Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History:

Lucy Worsley, chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces, explores how the physical and mental health of our past monarchs has shaped the history of the nation.

BBC Two - Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History, Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men, Dr Lucy Worsley explores the medical history of Henry VIII

Episode 1: Tonight-
Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men
1/3 Lucy Worsley explores the medical histories of the Tudor and Stuart dynasties.

Monday's 8pm UK time.

US Viewers:
http://www.tvpc.com/Channel.php?ChannelID=2525

 

[An Ard Ri]

Looking forward to watching this myself later.

 

[Mariel]

Would like to get it...I'm in the US. Tried your links, did get some sound of an "auction" going on, etc. Local BBC America does not seem to have it scheduled for the evening. I hope there is some way to get it to us later. Thanks

 

[Dman]

Would like to get it...I'm in the US. Tried your links, did get some sound of an "auction" going on, etc. Local BBC America does not seem to have it scheduled for the evening. I hope there is some way to get it to us later. Thanks

I think the series starts at 9pm. The link works but you have to click off the (red X's) on the adverts.

 

[Dman]

Part 2:
Dr Lucy Worsley explores the medical histories of the later Stuarts, from the exile of James II and the succession of William and Mary to the rise of a new dynasty - the Hanoverians.

Tonight at 9pm UK Time.

 

[Skippyboo]

I am also in the US but I downloaded a software call expat shield which will give you a uk IP address so you can watch the bbc and itv show online on their website (you have to plug in a UK postal code for itv) I watched the first 2 episodes of this show this week it was very interesting.

 

[EIIR]

I've been enjoying this one too. Lucy Worsley is actually quite an engaging narrator/presenter. She gives us her own opinion sometimes also, which can differ slightly to the accepted historical narrative.

 

[Dman]

Episode-3:
Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors:

Duration: 1 hour
In the final episode, Dr Lucy Worsley investigates the medical histories and fraught family dynamics of Queen Victoria and her descendants. She begins and ends with two events which challenged the very survival of the crown and revealed how crucial the physical and mental health of the royal family remained: the sudden death of Princess Charlotte in 1817, and the abdication of Edward VIII over a century later.



US Viewers: BBC2- 9PM UK Time-
tvpc.com - BBC 2