About this season
HM Queen Elizabeth II filmed across one year to mark her 80th birthday. Exclusive and private access including scenes at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse as well as royal tours of Canada and Malta. Private archive from the Queen's private collection and interviews incudling Tony Blair, Nelson Mandela and Nancy Reagan.
Episodes (2)
1. Part 1
Aired 9 April 2006 • 60 min
Exclusive scenes and unprecedented access to private archive material contribute to an intimate portrait of the monarch as she approaches her milestone birthday. Footage includes the wedding of the Prince of Wales, a visit to Canada, and historic events which helped form the Queen's character.
2. Part 2
Aired 16 April 2006 • 60 min
This intimate portrait of the monarch captures her at events last summer that marked the 200th anniversary of Trafalgar and 60 years since the end of the Second World War. Plus a glimpse of the weekly meeting between the Queen and the PM and a look back at the 1990s, when divorce and death shook the monarchy to the core.