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Elizabeth: Our Queen

Rating:3.3 of 5Total number of episodes:12Last broadcast:06/04/2019 at 21:10
April 2019

4. Tragedy & Triumph

4.0 17 x
The break-up of her children's marriages took their toll.
March 2019

3. Crown in Crisis

3.0 13 x
In the 1990s, Elizabeth faced her most challenging decade.
55:00

Season 1, Episode 8: Happy and Glorious

4.0 42 x
As Elizabeth moved into the 2010s, there was a new confidence in her reign as she used her 60 years of experience to reconcile old adversaries and celebrate her Diamond Jubilee.
55:00

Season 1, Episode 7: Reinventing the Royals

3.0 42 x
At the turn of the millennium, the break-up of her children's marriages and the deaths of Diana, Margaret and the Queen Mother took their toll on Elizabeth. But she emerged from the tragedies as a more relaxed and accessible monarch.
55:00

Season 1, Episode 6: The Crown in Crisis

3.0 83 x
In the 90s, Elizabeth faced the most challenging decade of her reign, including her famous 'annus horribilis', during which three of her children's marriages failed, and fire destroyed much of Windsor Castle.
1:05:00

Season 1, Episode 5: Strong and Steady

3.0 45 x
Through the 70s and 80s, Elizabeth was thrilled to see her sons married, but also faced a strained relationship with her first female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher. Though the two women worked hard to present a united front, they were dogged by press rumours of trouble between them.
February 2018
1:00:00

Season 1, Episode 4: The Crown Under Attack

3.0 38 x
In the 70s, the Queen faced both a hostile nation who questioned the royal family's wealth, and scandal within as Margaret divorced and Charles sought a bride.
1:00:00

Season 1, Episode 3: Modernising the Monarchy

4.0 30 x
The 50s and 60s brought plenty of challenges, as Elizabeth tried to bring the royal family's image into the modern age. She made use of technology to get closer to her people via her first televised Christmas message, befriended Labour PM Harold Wilson, and invited the BBC into Buckingham Palace.
55:00

Season 1, Episode 2: Pomp and Circumstance

3.0 33 x
As she learned the ropes of monarchy, Elizabeth faced many tough decisions, including how to modernise the British Empire, manage a critically ill prime minister, and balance her royal duties with her family.
1:00:00

Season 1, Episode 2: Pomp and Circumstance

3.0 44 x
As she learned the ropes of monarchy, Elizabeth faced many tough decisions, including how to modernise the British Empire, manage a critically ill prime minister, and balance her royal duties with her family.
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