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Charles II, Part Two: The Long Lease of Pleasant Days

By Mike Walker, with Pip Torrens and James Fleet. Charles II's feud with parliamentary reformers and his audacious plot to confound them and secure the throne for his brother.

By Mike Walker

Charles II fathered over a dozen illegitimate children, yet his wife Queen Catherine was unable to produce an heir. Mike Walker's sweeping epic sees Charles fending off the claims of his eldest son Monmouth and the plots against his increasingly unpopular Catholic wife and brother. All this while juggling an often tempestuous love life.

Directors: Sasha Yevtushenko & Marc Beeby.

58 minutes

Last on

Sat 23 Aug 2014 21:00

Credits

Role Contributor
Charles II Pip Torrens
James James Fleet
Ashley-Cooper Ken Bones
Halifax Clive Hayward
Monmouth Alex Waldmann
Louise Olivia Ross
Barbara Stephanie Racine
Titus Oates Matthew Watson
Catherine Elaine Claxton
Speaker David Cann
Doctor Damian Lynch
Priest Michael Bertenshaw
Huntsman Mark Edel-Hunt
Director Sasha Yevtushenko
Director Marc Beeby
Writer Mike Walker

Broadcasts

  • Sun 17 Aug 2014 15:00
  • Sat 23 Aug 2014 21:00

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