At least one episode of Civilisation was set in England, iirc. And Ascent of Man (better than Civilisation, to my mind) isn't specifically about England, it is certainly from a British mind-set.
There are zillions of Robin Hood tales, but I'll end with When Things Were Rotten. Won't tell you a lot about England (or anything), but some of them were fun.
Not all that much in the way of "royalty", but that's a subject that doesn't interest me. Much of British history seems like hissy fits between horny teenagers. Admittedly, a lot of history seems like hissy fits between horny teenagers, but Brits even moreso.
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Date: 2011-07-23 10:20 am (UTC)Longitude
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (really; my classics professor loved the accuracy)
Master and Commander
Great (a brilliant film about Isambard Kingdom Brunel: An animated musical!)
A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court
Any Sherlock Holmes, especially the Jeremy Brett ones, and a nod to Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother and variants
Time After Time (well, maybe)
Um... Mary Poppins?
Ivanhoe
There are zillions of Robin Hood tales, but I'll end with When Things Were Rotten. Won't tell you a lot about England (or anything), but some of them were fun.
ETA Aargh! No, I can't stop.
The Bed Sitting Room
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes
What Did You Do in the Great War Daddy?
The Battle of Britain
How I Won The War (or any of the Richard Lester Beatle's films)
Battle of Hastings 1066 Part II (England at war) (a short YouTube video mainly describing the Bayeaux Tapestry)
There have been several attempts to film Shakespeare's plays, eg Richard II, but I haven't seen any of them
Five Million Years To Earth
Not all that much in the way of "royalty", but that's a subject that doesn't interest me. Much of British history seems like hissy fits between horny teenagers. Admittedly, a lot of history seems like hissy fits between horny teenagers, but Brits even moreso.