Charles I: Downfall of a King

BBC Four

9:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Tuesday 28 January

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John Pym tries to pass parliamentary bills limiting the king's power, but in the Lords, the casting votes are held by the bishops, loyal to Charles. Pym knows that to succeed he must remove them, and they become his next target. In mid-December, his group goes for a political ambush, demanding that the Grand Remonstrance be published. They launch a surprise vote in the dead of night and win. Making matters worse for the King, rumours spread that the Queen was involved in the Irish rebellion