Philippa Gregory

Writing

Philippa Gregory

Born

1954-01-09 (72)

Place of birth

Nairobi, Colony of Kenya [now Nairobi County, Kenya]

Known for

Writing

Credits

8 titles

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Philippa Gregory (born 9 January 1954) is an English historical novelist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Philippa Gregory, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Question Time poster
5.9

This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.

Question Time

1979

Celebrity Mastermind poster
6.0

Celebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is a spin-off of the long-running quiz show Mastermind, with the exception that all the contestants are celebrities. As with the main show, John Humphrys is the host and question-master. Magnus Magnusson was quizmaster on the 2003/04 episodes featuring Jonathan Meades as winner.

Celebrity Mastermind

2003

Travels with Pevsner poster
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Series in which presenters explore architecture in the footsteps of Nikolaus Pevsner.

Travels with Pevsner

1997

Roundhead or Cavalier: Which One Are You? poster
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In the middle of the 17th century, Britain was devastated by a civil war that divided the nation into two tribes - the Roundheads and the Cavaliers. In this programme, celebrities and historians reveal that modern Britain is still defined by the battle between the two tribes. The Cavaliers represent a Britain of panache, pleasure and individuality. They are confronted by the Roundheads, who stand for modesty, discipline, equality and state intervention. The ideas which emerged 350 years ago shaped our democracy, civil liberties and constitution. They also create a cultural divide that influences how we live, what we wear and even what we eat and drink. Individuals usually identify with one tribe or the other, but sometimes they need some elements of the enemy's identity.

Roundhead or Cavalier: Which One Are You?

2012

The Real White Queen and Her Rivals poster
9.0

Philippa Gregory tells the different stories of three women at the heart of the Wars of the Roses - the 'White Queen' Elizabeth Woodville and her rivals Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville,

The Real White Queen and Her Rivals

2013

The Last Days of Anne Boleyn poster
10.0

Writers and historians including Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory revisit the last days of Anne Boleyn, who in 1536 became the first queen in British history to be executed.

The Last Days of Anne Boleyn

2013

Film credits

2010s · 3 titles

Roundhead or Cavalier: Which One Are You? poster
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In the middle of the 17th century, Britain was devastated by a civil war that divided the nation into two tribes - the Roundheads and the Cavaliers. In this programme, celebrities and historians reveal that modern Britain is still defined by the battle between the two tribes. The Cavaliers represent a Britain of panache, pleasure and individuality. They are confronted by the Roundheads, who stand for modesty, discipline, equality and state intervention. The ideas which emerged 350 years ago shaped our democracy, civil liberties and constitution. They also create a cultural divide that influences how we live, what we wear and even what we eat and drink. Individuals usually identify with one tribe or the other, but sometimes they need some elements of the enemy's identity.

Roundhead or Cavalier: Which One Are You?

2012

The Last Days of Anne Boleyn poster
10.0

Writers and historians including Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory revisit the last days of Anne Boleyn, who in 1536 became the first queen in British history to be executed.

The Last Days of Anne Boleyn

2013

Richard III: The Princes in the Tower poster
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It's one of the darkest murder mysteries in British history: did Richard III really kill his nephews in order to make himself king? Is he the greatest villain in English history, or the victim of centuries of grotesquely unfair Tudor propaganda? On the eve of Richard's reburial at Leicester Cathedral, this drama documentary assembles a stellar cast of experts, including David Starkey and Philippa Gregory, to examine all the available evidence. As it plays out the possibilities and tests the competing theories, it endeavors to get to the bottom, once and for all, of what really happened to the princes in the Tower. Is this a tale of naked ambition, cold pragmatism and bloody murder?

Richard III: The Princes in the Tower

2015

Series credits

Behind the camera