List of episodes of the series «Private Lives of the Monarchs»

Queen Victoria

• Episode number: 1
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  We explore two of the most important relationships in her private life - with her husband Prince Albert, with whom things may not have been quite as they seemed; and her eldest son Edward, who she came to utterly despise.

Louis XIV

• Episode number: 2
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  The Palace of Versailles pays testimony to Louis XIV, the self-styled Sun King, who ruled at the height of French power for an incredible 72 years. He had a very open 'secret' second marriage, as well as very infrequent bathing practices.

Charles II

• Episode number: 3
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  Hampton Court and Whitehall Palace provide the backdrops for a man besotted by sensuality who presided over a court obsessed by sex. A 24-hour 'pox doctor' was constantly on call.

Mad King George

• Episode number: 4
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  We see how a handsome and popular young man with exquisite manners, a witty conversationalist, the first gentleman of England, indeed, turned into a bloated, boorish and bullying monster who hated his son.

Henry VIII

• Episode number: 5
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  It turns out that Henry VIII was a bit of a prude, and shocked by the worldliness of Anne Boleyn; he had decent table manners, contrary to his image. The king's life eventually had to be adapted to accommodate his ever-increasing weight.