To the Brits and Anglophiles out there:

[BroSCFischer]

I am really interested in British History, particularly of the Monarchy from the Norman Conquest to present (or at least George VI). I would really like to find an individual documentary on each of them, but I for some of the rulers (like William Rufus), it doesn't appear that one exists.

I was wondering if the BBC (or any other corporation) produced a documentary series with episodes on each of them. The best I currently have is David Starkey's "Monarchs" series.

SC

[Kal]

Not entirely useful (well, not useful at all really) but here's the only regal history thing that pops to mind at the moment. I blame the BBC for making a good kids' history show that my daughter will happily watch with me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4x0K2Y7kPw

[42_42_42]

One of my ancestors is the one that fired the arrow that went errant and struck and killed William Rufus.

[dboyes]

I am really interested in British History, particularly of the Monarchy from the Norman Conquest to present (or at least George VI). I would really like to find an individual documentary on each of them, but I for some of the rulers (like William Rufus), it doesn't appear that one exists.
SC

If you're not totally stuck on a video version, check out the notes in any of the Norton editions of the complete works of Shakespeare. The section on the British monarchy in the one I have from 1984 (god, that was a long time ago) is about 45 pages and is VERY detailed; one of the best available IMHO. Another good source is Eerdman's Handbook to the History of Christianity -- don't freak on the title, it covers a lot more than the Christian world. Both should be easily available at any public library.

Re:video version - check the catalog for the History Channel. They did some stuff on the British monarchy about 3-4 years back, but it may not be available on DVD yet (it ran on BBC3, and there's usually a 5-7 yr delay before their documentaries hit video on this side of the pond). It also only covered the big players; the lesser kings got papered over (mostly because they didn't do much other than drink and die).

[houdini]

It also only covered the big players; the lesser kings got papered over (mostly because they didn't do much other than drink and die).

This is the problem - William Rufus didn't do a lot, or at least if he did then we don't know about it. Plus TV series are made to hook people into watching them, so if everyone says "whozee?" then you're onto a loser to start with.

I'll have a poke and see if I can come up with anything, but the History Channel is the only thing I can think of off the top of my head, and you've already got David Starkey.