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- A comprehensive historical survey of the British Isles.
- The 56th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express® closed in spectacular fashion night, with Great Expectations capping off what has been a great 12 days. London Film Festival been in more venues than ever before and increased the audiences by 12%. The 56th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express® showed over 200 features, 100 shorts, hosted 18 Galas, and held an Awards night that awarded Rust and Bone with Best Film. My Brother the Devil's director and screenwriter, Sally El Hosaini was awarded Best British Newcomer, presented in partnership with Swarovski. Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God received Best Documentary and Beasts of the Southern Wild was awarded the Best First Feature.
- In this first episode, Clare Jackson looks at James VI and I's attempts to unite Scotland and England under the umbrella of his crown and persuade his subjects to feel more 'British'.
- Part two argues that the Stuarts, more than any other, were Britain's defining royal family. After Charles I's disastrous attempt to militarily impose political and religious uniformity throughout his kingdoms, both the Stuart dynasty and its three kingdoms fell into an abyss. Charles lost his head and his family fled into exile. In this second episode, Dr Clare Jackson reveals how the unprecedented religious violence of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms shaped the very DNA of British political culture and how the trauma suffered shaped subsequent constitutional crises in the years to come.