Edward VI
King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553
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| 2025 |
Horrible Histories
Launched Horrible Science spin-off series, following the previous 2015 CITV series.
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| 2025 |
The Prince and the Pauper
The Shiki Theatre Company in Japan revived their musical adaptation under the title 'The Prince and the Boy', with music by Toshihiko Sahashi and Izumitaku, and lyrics by Yutaka Watanabe and Koji Ishizaka.
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| 2024 |
Horrible Histories
Marked 15 years on air, with 11 series, multiple specials and spin-offs, a feature film, and two sold-out BBC Proms.
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| October 24 2024 |
Horrible Histories
Announced to receive a BAFTA Special Award in recognition of its extraordinary cultural and social impact.
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| 2023 |
Horrible Histories
Won Best TV Sketch Show at the Comedy.co.uk awards for the third time.
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| 2022 |
Cultural depictions of Edward VI
Oliver Zetterström portrays Edward VI in the Starz drama series Becoming Elizabeth.
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| October 2022 |
Horrible Histories
A special episode celebrating the BBC's 100th anniversary was broadcast.
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| 2021 |
Horrible Histories
Won Best TV Sketch Show at the Comedy.co.uk awards for the second consecutive year.
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| 2021 |
The Prince and the Pauper
Hallmark Channel broadcast Sister Swap, a series of TV films starring Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Ashley Williams.
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| November 18 2021 |
The Prince and the Pauper
The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star premiered on Netflix.
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| 2020 |
Horrible Histories
Won Best TV Sketch Show at the Comedy.co.uk awards.
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| 2020 |
Alice Arden
Thomas Watson was purported to be the main author of the 'Arden of Faversham' play, challenging previous attributions to William Shakespeare.
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| 2020 |
Yale English Monarchs series
Tom Licence published 'Edward the Confessor: Last of the Royal Blood' as part of the Yale English Monarchs series, providing a scholarly examination of Edward the Confessor's reign from 1042 to 1066.
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| November 19 2020 |
The Prince and the Pauper
The Princess Switch: Switched Again premiered on Netflix.
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| December 19 2019 |
Horrible Histories
Announcement made that the remaining episodes of series 8 would air in 2020, with a ninth series also planned.
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| August 15 2019 |
Horrible Histories
A special 'Back to School' episode hosted by Emily Atack aired on CBBC, featuring skits about school and education from previous series.
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| June 3 2019 |
Horrible Histories
The eighth series premiered on CBBC, featuring theme-based episodes and guest co-hosts.
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| 2018 |
Cultural depictions of Edward VI
Ashley Gyngell appears as Edward VI in the BBC documentary England's Forgotten Queen: The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey.
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| November 2018 |
The Prince and the Pauper
Netflix released The Princess Switch, a romantic Christmas film starring Vanessa Hudgens, featuring characters Margaret and Stacy trading places.
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| September 2018 |
Horrible Histories
Filming began for the eighth series of Horrible Histories.
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| 2017 |
Cultural depictions of Edward VI
James McNicholas begins playing Edward VI in Horrible Histories and continues to the present.
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| 2017 |
The Prince and the Pauper
Japanese anime series Princess Principal used a similar storyline about two characters, Ange and Princess Charlotte, who swap places ten years prior to the series start.
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| 2017 |
The Prince and the Pauper
Hallmark Channel released the movie Switched at Christmas, starring Candace Cameron Bure playing twin sisters Kate Lockhart and Chris Dixon.
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| June 2017 |
Horrible Histories
The full-length seventh series began airing every Monday on CBBC, continuing into 2018, with a new format focusing each episode on a specific theme like music, explorers, medicine, and presidents.
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| 2016 |
Horrible Histories
Three special episodes were broadcast to mark significant historical anniversaries: 400 years since Shakespeare's death, the BBC's 'Love to Read' campaign, and 350 years since the Great Fire of London.
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| February 2015 |
Horrible Histories
The new Horrible Histories series debuted with an episode about the Magna Carta, timed to coincide with the 800-year anniversary of the document.
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| 2014 |
Horrible Histories
CBBC executives announced discussions about reviving the Horrible Histories series, with original series star Mathew Baynton confirming the original cast would not reunite.
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| 2012 |
Adaptations of The Prince and the Pauper
Barbie: The Princess and the Popstar, an animated musical adaptation with Barbie playing a blonde princess Victoria (Tori) and a brunette popstar Keira who magically switch places.
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| 2012 |
Cultural depictions of Edward VI
Matthew Fenton portrays Edward VI in Horrible Histories.
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| 2012 |
The Prince and the Pauper
Jemma Kennedy's musical drama adaptation was performed at the Unicorn Theatre in London, directed by Selina Cartmell, featuring twins Danielle and Nichole Bird as the Prince and the Pauper.
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| December 7 2011 |
Kett's Rebellion
A memorial march by Norwich Occupy and Norwich Green Party took place, with a wreath laid by the gates of Norwich Castle on the anniversary of Kett's death.
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| December 4 2011 |
The Prince and the Pauper
The TV series Once Upon a Time introduced a version of the story in the episode 'The Shepherd', featuring a shepherd named David as the Pauper and Prince James as the Prince.
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| June 6 2011 |
The Prince and the Pauper
Switched at Birth television series premiered on ABC Family.
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Alice Arden, Cultural depictions of Edward VI, List of adaptations of The Prince and the Pauper, Horrible Histories (2015 TV series), The Prince and the Pauper, Yale English Monarchs series, Three Brothers (jewel) & Kett's Rebellion, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.