Charles I: Killing a King
Charles I: Killing a King: Season 1

Air Date

December 17, 2019

Episodes

3 episodes

Charles I: Killing a King

Season 1

Episodes

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

December 17, 2019
58 min

Christmas, 1648. King Charles I is under house arrest following his defeat in the Civil War. Oliver Cromwell is plotting in Parliament. Can they bring their king to trial for treason?

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

December 18, 2019
58 min

Parliament races to build a bulletproof case of treason against King Charles I, as he prepares an unexpected defence that will decide the fate of a nation.

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

December 19, 2019
58 min

Charles I is found guilty of treason. Parliament races to get the king to the scaffold before foreign powers intervene and hurriedly passes an act preventing future succession.