David Starkey

David Starkey

Birthday: 1945-01-03

Place of Birth: Kendal, England, UK

Biography: David Robert Starkey MA, PhD, D.Litt., CBE, FSA, FRHistS is an English constitutional historian and a radio and television presenter. Born the only child of Quaker parents, he attended Kendal Grammar School before studying at Cambridge through a scholarship.

Movies

Britain's Tudor Treasure: A Night at Hampton Court
Britain's Tudor Treasure: A Night at Hampton Court

Lucy Worsley and David Starkey celebrate the 500th anniversary of Britain's finest surviving Tudor b...

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David Starkey's Magna Carta
David Starkey's Magna Carta

David Starkey looks at the origins of Magna Carta, the document that has underpinned British liberti...

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Richard III: The Princes in the Tower
Richard III: The Princes in the Tower

It's one of the darkest murder mysteries in British history: did Richard III really kill his nephews...

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The Last Days of Anne Boleyn
The Last Days of Anne Boleyn

Writers and historians including Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory revisit the last days of Anne Bo...

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Reformation: Europe's Holy War
Reformation: Europe's Holy War

Historian David Starkey tells the story of the Protestant Reformation and how it transformed the fac...

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Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery
Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery

In 2009 metal-detecting enthusiast Terry Herbert discovered the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon tr...

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The Trial of Richard III
The Trial of Richard III

A modern trial by jury at the Old Bailey of one of the most famous events in English history. Condu...

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