This is History: A Dynasty to Die For

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  • 33 minutes 57 seconds
    Season 4 | 10. Dead Queens

    Margaret of Norway is a six-year-old child who has just found out she’s the only surviving heir to the throne of Scotland. She’s summoned to make the crossing from Norway, where Edward I intends to marry her to his son. He sees Margaret as the key to his Scottish takeover, but events soon take a turn no one could have predicted. 


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    Written and presented by Dan Jones


    Producer and Story Editor - Georgia Mills

    Executive Producer - Louisa Field

    Production Manager - Jen Mistri 

    Composer -  Matt Acheson 

    Sound Design and Mixing - Chris O'Shaughnessy

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    23 April 2024, 4:00 am
  • 31 minutes 25 seconds
    Season 4 | 9. Blood Money

    Edward I puts his plan of a united Britain into motion, building some of the most magnificent castles the world had ever seen. These castles could secure his legacy, but they are eye-wateringly expensive. Edward’s debts, alongside a near-death experience, sends him and Mediaeval England into one of its darkest chapters. 


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    Written and presented by Dan Jones


    Producer and Story Editor - Georgia Mills

    Executive Producer - Louisa Field

    Production Manager - Jen Mistri 

    Composer -  Matt Acheson 

    Sound Design and Mixing - Chris O'Shaughnessy


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    16 April 2024, 4:00 am
  • 29 minutes 35 seconds
    Season 4 | 8. A New Arthur

    Edward I is the new king of England, but he has ambitions far beyond that. He wants to be like his idol, the legendary King Arthur, and that means uniting all of Britain under the Plantagenet banner. His first target is Wales, but the people there have no intention of bending to Edward’s will. 


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    Written and presented by Dan Jones


    Producer and Story Editor - Georgia Mills

    Executive Producer - Louisa Field

    Production Manager - Jen Mistri 

    Composer -  Matt Acheson 

    Sound Design and Mixing - Chris O'Shaughnessy



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    9 April 2024, 4:00 am
  • 32 minutes 36 seconds
    Season 4 | 7. Edward Strikes Back

    Prince Edward has escaped the clutches of Simon de Montfort, and is determined to wreak revenge on him for humiliating his family. The two sides reassemble for a second battle, but this time they’re taking no prisoners. 


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    Written and presented by Dan Jones


    Producer and Story Editor - Georgia Mills

    Executive Producer - Louisa Field

    Production Manager - Jen Mistri 

    Composer -  Matt Acheson 

    Sound Design and Mixing - Chris O'Shaughnessy


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    2 April 2024, 4:00 am
  • 27 minutes 55 seconds
    Season 4 | 6. The Battle of Lewes

    When Queen Eleanor makes a move to restore Plantagenet power, the barons launch into all out war. Simon de Montfort assembles a small but powerful army to take on Henry and his family on a hillside in Southern England. The future of the entire Plantagenet dynasty hangs in the balance. 


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    Written and presented by Dan Jones

    Producer and Story Editor - Georgia Mills

    Executive Producer - Louisa Field

    Production Manager - Jen Mistri

    Composer -  Matt Acheson

    Sound Design and Mixing - Chris O'Shaughnessy 


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    26 March 2024, 5:00 am
  • 30 minutes 10 seconds
    Season 4 | 5. The Magnificent Seven

    Crusading fever is in the air again, and Henry III decides it’s his turn to give it a try. This is only the beginning of a series of calamitous royal decisions, including a hair-brained scheme to conquer Sicily. Soon, his barons, led by Simon de Montfort, have had enough. They decide to take matters into their own hands and march on Westminster. 


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    Written and presented by Dan Jones


    Producer and Story Editor - Georgia Mills

    Executive Producer - Louisa Field

    Production Manager - Jen Mistri 

    Composer -  Matt Acheson 

    Sound Design and Mixing - Chris O'Shaughnessy

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    19 March 2024, 5:00 am
  • 27 minutes 11 seconds
    Season 4 | 4. Simon Says

    Henry III decides to reclaim the lost Plantagenet lands in France. He, his brother Richard and Simon de Montfort head out on an ill-fated campaign against the powerful French King, Louis IX. What goes down between Simon and Henry in France will set them, and all of England, hurtling towards war, death and destruction. 


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    Production Manager - Jen Mistri 

    Composer -  Matt Acheson 

    Sound Design and Mixing - Chris O'Shaughnessy

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    12 March 2024, 5:00 am
  • 29 minutes 14 seconds
    Season 4 | 3. The In-Laws

    Henry III’s mild and agreeable nature attracts all sorts of ambitious hangers-on and manipulators into the royal court. The most dangerous of these is a pious nobleman called Simon de Montfort. Simon easily charms the King, worming his way right into both Henry’s inner-circle and even his family. 


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    Executive Producer - Louisa Field

    Production Manager - Jen Mistri 

    Composer -  Matt Acheson 

    Sound Design and Mixing - Chris O'Shaughnessy


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    5 March 2024, 5:00 am
  • 32 minutes 47 seconds
    Season 4 | 2. Brothers in Arms

    Henry III’s younger brother Richard returns from victory abroad and is rewarded with a wealthy area of English land. There’s just one problem: Henry has already granted key pieces of that land to someone else. This insult sends a furious Richard down the well-trodden path to family rebellion and civil war, while Henry desperately tries to stop things from spiralling out of control. 


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    Written and presented by Dan Jones


    Producer and Story Editor - Georgia Mills

    Executive  Producer - Louisa Field

    Production Manager - Jen Mistri 

    Composer -  Matt Acheson 

    Sound Design and Mixing - Chris O'Shaughnessy



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    27 February 2024, 5:00 am
  • 30 minutes 46 seconds
    Season 4 | 1. A Simple Man

    What happens when you make a nine-year-old boy king of England? It turns out, it’s a recipe for unscrupulous advisers and a king unlike any the nation has ever known.


    Henry III is the opposite of his cruel father: he is compassionate and pious, but he’s also indecisive and easily manipulated. When trouble brews in Plantagenet lands in France, Henry’s brother, the wily and calculating Richard, is sent to assert the Plantagenet authority. It’s a decision that Henry and his advisors will come to sorely regret. . 


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    Written and presented by Dan Jones


    Producer and Story Editor - Georgia Mills

    Executive  Producer - Louisa Field

    Production Manager - Jen Mistri 

    Composer -  Matt Acheson 

    Sound Design and Mixing - Chris O'Shaughnessy 


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    20 February 2024, 5:00 am
  • 2 minutes 20 seconds
    Introducing… Season 4 of a Dynasty to Die For

    Power, greed, religion and sex: historian Dan Jones brings the drama of mediaeval history alive through compelling stories, larger-than-life characters and vivid scenes. 


    Season 4 tells the story of two kings, Henry and Edward, who are desperately trying to save their dynasty. Their conflicting personalities will be put to the ultimate test as an old friend, Simon de Montfort, and his growing powerbase threaten to destroy the Plantagenets for good. 


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    13 February 2024, 5:00 am
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