The Royals: A History of Scandals

More4, 9pm

Professor Suzannah Lipscomb lends academic rigour to a four-part series with more heft than its red top-baiting title might suggest, as she talks to assembled expert historians to piece together some enjoyably sordid stories of regal misbehaviour. It begins with examples of royal profligacy, from Henry VIII’S Field of Cloth of Gold to the notorious extravagance of the wholly grotesque George IV.