Charles I: Downfall of a King

BBC Four

2:45 AM to 3:45 AM

Wednesday 5 February

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Documentary drama charting the collapse of Charles I's rule in just 50 tempestuous days. Lisa Hilton relates how, after John Pym spurned Charles I's attempt to bring him onside with a job offer, the king was left with just one option - to arrest Pym and his colleagues, accusing them of high treason. But in his attempt to draw the politician out, the king played right into his enemy's hands, appearing like a tyrant to all of Westminster