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ELIZABETHAN ECHOES MISSED A PROGRAMME? Go to the Listen Again page THE LATEST PROGRAMMES The season begins Monday 24 March 2003 The exciting flowering of culture that took place under Elizabeth I shaped our image of Englishness forever. Before Elizabeth it would have been unthinkable for a writer to celebrate 'this sceptered isle' or to imagine Britain as an 'island fortress'. By her death this kind of imagery was common currency. This series shows how the Elizabethans "discovered England". THE ELIZABETHAN SEASON Our season page displays all the programmes at a glance..>> Please note: Musical Triumphs will now be broadcast on Thursday 17 April 2003 at 11.30am. LATEST PROGRAMMES Recent programmes include: We Elizabethans Elizabethan Subjects Elizabeth and Mary The Discovery of England TILBURY SPEECH AND QUOTES Read a selection of quotes as well as one of the most famous speeches in English history: Queen Elizabeth's speech at Tilbury as the Spanish Armada loomed. ..>> TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Play the Elizabethan History Quiz..>> Play the 'How Elizabethan are you' Quiz? How well would you fare if you were landed during the reign of Good Queen Bess?..>> Play the Elizabethan Timeline Puzzle..>> MUSICAL INTERLUDE Listen to some excerpts from two Elizabethan suites. The Earl of Essex His Almand Sir Henry Beaufort's Gigge Lady Margaret's Pavan Lord Watkyn's Daunce RELATED LINKS National Maritime Museum Exhibition http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/eliza.htm http://tudorhistory.org/elizabeth/ http://www.elizabethi.org Please note the BBC cannot be held responsible for the content of external websites. Audio Help USEFUL LINKS BBC Radio 4 This Sceptred Isle - The Elizabethans ..>> This Sceptred Isle - Elizabeth and Mary ..>> This Sceptred Isle - The Spanish Armada ..>> This Sceptred Isle - Ireland and the Earl of Essex ..>> The Long View - was Sir Francis Drake a terrorist? ..>> Voices of the Powerless - the Reformation ..>> Voices of the Powerless - the plantation of Ulster ..>> BBC Radio 3 Radio 3's sonnet site..>> BBCi History Elizabeth 1's reign..>> Profile of Elizabeth 1..>> Mary, Queen of Scots..>> Elizabeth's spy network..>> Turning Ireland English..>> The Spanish Armada..>> Panorama of Elizabethan room..>> BBCi History Games Spying Game..>> Kings and Queens Timeline ..>> Terrible Tudors..>>

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