3 January (2012-01-03) – 4 January 2012 (2012-01-04)
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King George V and Queen Mary.
King George and Queen Mary: The Royals who Rescued the Monarchy is a 2012 British documentary series produced by the BBC.[1] The programme premiered on BBC Two and consists of two episodes, each an hour long.[2] The first episode, King George V, premiered on 3 January 2012, and the second, devoted to Queen Mary, premiered on 4 January 2012.[2] Rob Coldstream produced both episodes, and Denys Blakeway served as the executive producer of the series.[3]
The programme explores the lives of King George V and Queen Mary, and their attempts at modernising the British monarchy in response to the massive social changes during and following World War I.[3] The first episode recalls how, fearing anti-German sentiment, the royal house name was changed by King George from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the House of Windsor.[4] The series also examines the personal lives of the couple, delving into their relationships with their children, and with each other.[3] The marriage between George and Mary was an arranged marriage, occurring only because Prince Albert Victor, George's brother and Mary's original fiancé, died from influenza.[5] George V is presented in the series as a disciplinarian, who strictly punished his children, but was known to be much more loving to his granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.[3]
^"King George and Queen Mary: The Royals who Rescued the Monarchy". BBC. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
^ ab"Episodes guide". BBC Two. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
^ abcd"King George". BBC Two. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
^Smith, Patrick (3 January 2012). "King George and Queen Mary: the Royals Who Rescued the Monarchy, BBC Two, review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
^"King George". BBC Two. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
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