The Stuarts in Exile - Season 1 - Eps 1: Game Of Crowns
In 1715, the Old Pretender James Francis Stuart launched one of British history's most audacious and longest running rebellions to reclaim his throne from the Hanoverian king George I.
About The Stuarts in Exile
Title: The Stuarts in Exile
First Air Date: 2015-10-23
Last Air Date: 2015-10-30
Status: Ended
Rating: 0/10 (from 0 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 2
Network: BBC Two
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: BBC
Synopsis
Dr Clare Jackson tells the story of The Stuarts in Exile and sheds new light on the political, military and cultural threat the Jacobite's posed to the embryonic British state. Although the '15' ultimately failed, it crystallised the stark choice facing those living in early 18th-century Britain. Are you for the Stuarts or are you for Hanoverian's?
Cast
Clare Jackson
Self - Presenter
