Following one of the most shocking periods
in British history, a
new historical docu-drama brings to life the dynasty that dragged Britain out
of the dark ages and into the modern world. Ruling the country for over
three hundred years, ruthlessly crushing all competition, The Plantagenet story
is more shocking, more brutal and more astonishing than anything you’ll find in
Game of Thrones.
Presented by acclaimed historian Dan Jones, the Plantagenets combines his scintillating story-telling with drama reconstruction and brings to life a dramatic and bloody time in England’s history.
This is history
like you’ve never seen it before. Dan delivers his extraordinary take on one of
the most visceral and violent chapters in British History. The series begins
with Henry
II, a control freak betrayed by his own wife and children after the murder of
Archbishop Thomas Becket. Episode two reveals the collapse of friendship
between Henry III and Simon de Montfort, spiraling into bloody civil war.
Edward II’s obsession with revenge tears England apart in episode 3. Finally,
episode four tells the story of the boy king tyrant, Richard II, one of the
most vicious and inventive despots in history.
Britain’s Bloodiest
Dynasty: The Plantagenets creates a dramatic history of the period and its protagonists, taking
the audience into the heart of the action of the most successful dynasty in
English history.