All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Episode 1

    • December 17, 2019
    • BBC Four

    Christmas, 1648. King Charles I is under house arrest following his defeat in the Civil War. Oliver Cromwell is plotting in Parliament. Can they bring their king to trial for treason?

  • S01E02 Episode 2

    • December 18, 2019
    • BBC Four

    Parliament races to build a bulletproof case of treason against King Charles I, as he prepares an unexpected defence that will decide the fate of a nation.

  • S01E03 Episode 3

    • December 19, 2019
    • BBC Four

    Charles I is found guilty of treason. Parliament races to get the king to the scaffold before foreign powers intervene and hurriedly passes an act preventing future succession.