George III: The Genius of the Mad King

George III: The Genius of the Mad King

60% Match20170h 58m

Documentary

Overview

After 200 years under lock and key, all the personal papers of one of our most important monarchs are for the first time seeing the light of day. In the first documentary to gain extensive access to the Royal Archives, Robert Hardman sheds fascinating new light on George III, Britain's longest reigning king. George III may be chiefly remembered for his madness, but these private documents reveal a monarch who was a political micromanager and a restless patron of science and the arts, an obsessive traveller who never left southern England yet toured the world in his mind and a man who was driven (sometimes to distraction) by his sense of duty to his family and his country. Featuring Simon Callow and Sian Thomas as the voices of King George and Queen Charlotte.

Oprah with Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special
Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy
The Queen: Mother and Monarch
A Tribute to Her Majesty the Queen
Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story
The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II
Secrets of the Royal Servants
Prince Andrew: Banished
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
Cake Bakers & Trouble Makers: Lucy Worsley's 100 Years of the WI
Pavlensky - The Man and the Mighty
Camilla : Maîtresse, épouse, reine consort
Born to be The King
Diana: 7 Days That Shook the Windsors
Edward & Sophie: The Reluctant Royals?
Diana: In Her Own Words
Princess Diana: The Quiet Revolution
Elizabeth: Fashioning a Monarch
When the Queen Spoke to the Nation
Attack! The Battle for New Britain