The Stuarts: A Bloody Reign

James VI of Scotland claimed the throne after the death of Elizabeth I in 1603; Professor Kate Williams studies their legacy through the eyes of an aristocratic Welsh clan.

Prof. Kate Williams studies the reign of King Charles I, who succeeded his father King James I in 1625; the ties between the Wynn family and the ruling Stuarts grows ever closer.

An exiled king returns to London two years after Oliver Cromwell's death in 1658 and is met by huge fanfare; Professor Williams examines the reign of Charles II through the Wynn family's eyes.

The reign of King James II, who ruled for only three years, and how this last Stuart king was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688.