Landmarks: Tudors and Stuarts
Tudors and Stuarts is a unit of the BBC Schools TV series Landmarks from the 1990s, covering history for primary school pupils.
A mix of documentaries and dramas about key monarchs and events from the Tudor and Stuart periods of English history.
Landmarks produced five new documentaries in 1993 looking at Henry VII, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Charles I and Charles II led by historians including David Starkey.
These were shown alongside popular programmes from earlier series to make a complete unit.
A unit on Life at Sea in the 16th Century was first shown on Now and Then in 1987 and included a programme on the Spanish Armada and two on the ship the Mary Rose, shortly after the wreck had been raised. These were repeated in 1988, then as part of Landmarks in 1990. The two Mary Rose programmes were edited down into a single programme for this Tudors and Stuarts unit in 1993.
A unit on Life in the 17th Century was first shown on The History Trail in 1985, and repeated on Now and Then in 1987 and on Landmarks in 1990. This included a drama-documentary on The Gunpowder Plot, and a sequel Prisoner in the Tower about the conspirators including Guy Fawkes, and these two programmes were also edited down into a single Gunpowder Plot episode for this Tudors and Stuarts unit. Two linked dramas about a family's experiences in the plague and the Great Fire of London originated from the same unit, and were repeated in this Tudors and Stuarts unit with just the opening titles changed.
Episode List
Episodes shown this year, including repeats from earlier series. Newly combined & revised episodes are listed as new.
# | # | Title | Landmarks Broadcast | Original Broadcast |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | (1) | Henry VII | 20 Sep 1993 | - |
2. | (2) | Henry VIII | 27 Sep 1993 | - |
3. | (3) | The 'Mary Rose' | 4 Oct 1993 | - |
4. | (4) | Elizabeth I | 11 Oct 1993 | - |
_ | (5) | The Spanish Armada | 18 Oct 1993 | 17 Feb 1987 |
5. | (6) | The Gunpowder Plot (1993) | 1 Nov 1993 | - |
6. | (7) | Charles I | 8 Nov 1993 | - |
7. | (8) | Charles II | 15 Nov 1993 | - |
_ | (9) | drama Plague! | 22 Nov 1993 | 25 Oct 1985 |
_ | (10) | drama Fire! | 29 Nov 1993 | 15 Nov 1985 |
Broadcasts
Year | Term | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Channel | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1993-94 | Autumn 1993 | Monday, 1:40pm | Thursday, 11:10am | BBC2 | from 20 Sep | |||
1995-96 | Summer 1996 | Monday, 1:20pm | Thursday, 11:35am | BBC2 | from 15 Apr |
Nightschool TV
Also broadcast overnight on BBC2 for block recording as part of Nightschool TV and the Learning Zone:
- 1994-95: Spring 1995 - Tuesday 31st January & Wednesday 1st February 1995 from 2:00am
- 1995-96:
- Autumn 1995 - Tuesday 10th & Wednesday 11th October from 2:00am.
- Spring 1996 - Wednesday 17th & Thursday 18th January 1996 from 2:00am
- 1996-97: Spring 1997 - Tuesday 14th & Wednesday 15th January 1997 from 2:00am
In addition the episodes on Henry VIII and Elizabeth I were broadcast with "audetel", audio description for visually impaired viewers in 1995-96: on Thursday 19th & 26th October 1995 and Thursday 15th & 22nd February 1996, from 2:00am.
Credits
Narrator | Michael Jayston Dr Margaret Rule (The Spanish Armada) |
Presenters | Dr David Starkey (Henry VII & Henry VIII) Clare Gittings (Elizabeth I) |
With | Stephen Player as Charles II |
Music | Peter Howell Roger Limb Michael Sargeant David Chilton Nicholas Russell-Pavier |
Series Producer | Peter M. Evans |
Producer | Nicholas Whines |
Resources
Teacher's Notes
Video Plus Pack
The five newly produced programmes from 1993.
Software
'Time-child' simulation software on Elizabeth I in which players follow Betsy, a house-maid to the Queen. Available for Acorn, Nimbus & PC and later re-released on CD-ROM.
There was also a Junior PinPoint 'datafile' on British Monarchs.
Related programmes
- Primary History: Henry's WivesReplacement unit on Henry VIII made over a decade later.
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