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This is History: A Dynasty to Die For
Sony Music Entertainment
History
Society & Culture
Frequency: 1 episode/8d. Total Eps: 132
In this gripping new special series from This Is History Presents, acclaimed historian Danièle Cybulskie unravels a tale of dazzling triumph and devastating collapse — the rise and fall of Charles VI of France, better known as Charles the Mad.
It’s 1389. France is finally breathing after decades of war. A young king ascends the throne — charming, beloved, and burning with promise. He’s married for love. The people adore him. The future is his.
But then… he breaks.
Charles becomes convinced his body is made of glass. He refuses to be touched. He hides from the world. And as his mind fractures, so does his kingdom — spiraling into chaos, betrayal, and a ruthless power struggle that will decide the fate of France.
Who will seize control? Who will fall? And who will blink first?
This Is History Presents: The Glass King is a story of ambition, delusion, and the terrifying fragility of power.
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Season 5 | 8. Eye for an Eye
Season 5 · Episode 8
mardi 27 août 2024 • Duration 31:19
Isabella finds herself the target of an assassination attempt as the secret rumblings of discontent suddenly explode into full-blown rebellion. King Edward sees his chance for personal revenge and amasses his troops to hunt for his hated cousin,
the most powerful rebel of all, Thomas of Lancaster.
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Written and hosted by Dan Jones
Producer - Georgia Mills
Assistant producer: Harry Gordon
Executive Producer - Louisa Field
Production Manager - Jen Mistri
Marketing - Kieran Lancini
Sound Design - Chris O'Shaughnessy
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Season 5 | 7. The Queen’s Wrath
Season 5 · Episode 7
mardi 20 août 2024 • Duration 30:07
A strange man arrives in Edward II’s court with an outrageous claim: could the King of England be a fake? While Edward finds this all very funny, Queen Isabella is not amused. She decides it's time to take matters into her own hands, but it may already be too late.
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Written and hosted by Dan Jones
Producer - Georgia Mills
Assistant producer: Harry Gordon
Executive Producer - Louisa Field
Production Manager - Jen Mistri
Marketing - Kieran Lancini
Sound Design - Chris O'Shaughnessy
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The Iron King | 6. The Curse
Season 4 · Episode 18
mardi 25 juin 2024 • Duration 30:56
Philip the Fair’s beloved daughter Isabella comes to his rooms in the dead of night with scandalous news: his son’s wives are having affairs. Philip reacts to this revelation with an explosion of paranoia, violence and cruelty. As The Iron King does everything he can to secure his dynasty, he sows the seeds of its ultimate downfall.
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Written and hosted by Danièle Cybulskie
Producer - Georgia Mills
Executive Producer - Louisa Field
Production Manager - Jen Mistri
Marketing - Kieran Lancini
Sound Design and Mixing - Chris O'Shaughnessy
Additional Production - Harry Gordon
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The Iron King | 5. The Last Templar
Season 4 · Episode 17
mardi 18 juin 2024 • Duration 31:07
Philip the Fair turns his owl-like gaze onto the mighty order of the Knights Templar. They have amassed a huge amount of wealth: wealth Philip wants. He and his lawyer concoct a plan to take on one of the most famous holy orders in all of Christendom.
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Written and hosted by Danièle Cybulskie
Producer - Georgia Mills
Executive Producer - Louisa Field
Production Manager - Jen Mistri
Marketing - Kieran Lancini
Sound Design and Mixing - Chris O'Shaughnessy
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The Iron King | 4. The Battle of the Golden Spurs
Season 4 · Episode 16
mardi 11 juin 2024 • Duration 26:30
Philip the Fair is determined to take control of the kingdom of Flanders, in his dream of a united France. But when he attacks, the people of Flanders throw up an astonishing resistance, defeating the French army and slaying some of its finest knights. The Iron King vows revenge, but it will come at a truly terrible cost.
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Written and hosted by Danièle Cybulskie
Producer - Georgia Mills
Executive Producer - Louisa Field
Production Manager - Jen Mistri
Marketing - Kieran Lancini
Sound Design and Mixing - Chris O'Shaughnessy
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The Iron King | 3. The Pope Slap
Season 4 · Episode 15
mardi 4 juin 2024 • Duration 28:38
Philip the Fair’s vindictive nature ignites when a drunken bishop mouths off about him, calling him “a useless owl”. Possibly not the most devastating burn, but Philip isn’t one to suffer insults, however slight. This sets him on the path to collide with another of Europe’s massive egos, The Pope. Things escalate into a truly deranged smear campaign and culminate in, arguably, the most blasphemous slap in history.
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Written and hosted by Danièle Cybulskie
Producer - Georgia Mills
Executive Producer - Louisa Field
Production Manager - Jen Mistri
Marketing - Kieran Lancini
Sound Design and Mixing - Chris O'Shaughnessy
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The Iron King | 2. The Double Cross
Season 4 · Episode 14
mardi 28 mai 2024 • Duration 29:26
Philip the Fair begins his reign with a strange, robot-like attitude and a fevered dedication to restoring the glory of France. As naval skirmishes in the channel escalate with the most unusual war tactics, Philip is faced with his first real challenge as leader: a showdown with Plantagenet bully, King Edward I.
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Written and hosted by Danièle Cybulskie
Producer - Georgia Mills
Executive Producer - Louisa Field
Production Manager - Jen Mistri
Marketing - Kieran Lancini
Sound Design and Mixing - Chris O'Shaughnessy
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The Iron King | 1. The Vespers
Season 4 · Episode 13
mardi 21 mai 2024 • Duration 27:51
A suspected royal poisoning. A bloody rebellion in Sicily. A dying king fleeing across the mountains. The stage is set for the reign of one of the coldest rulers from all of the Middle Ages: Philip the Fair.
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Written and hosted by Danièle Cybulskie
Producer - Georgia Mills
Executive Producer - Louisa Field
Production Manager - Jen Mistri
Marketing - Kieran Lancini
Sound Design and Mixing - Chris O'Shaughnessy
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Introducing...The Iron King
mardi 14 mai 2024 • Duration 17:16
This is History is taking a trip to France, to bring you the bloody tale of one of the canniest, cruellest and most handsome kings in all of the Middle Ages: Philip the Fair. Dan Jones speaks to Danièle Cybulskie about Philip’s incredible reign, and what we can expect from this special, six-part series.
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Presented by Dan Jones and Danièle Cybulskie
Producer - Hannah Talbot
Executive Producer - Louisa Field
Production Manager - Jen Mistri
Marketing - Kieran Lancini
Sound Design and Mixing - Gulliver Lawrence-Tickell
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Season 4 | 12. The Reckoning
Season 4 · Episode 12
mardi 7 mai 2024 • Duration 35:25
Edward I is forced to spend his old age fighting multiple political crises. He desperately needs the aid of his barons if he’s going to have any chance of returning Gascony to Plantagenet hands. But time is of the essence, as while his back is turned from Scotland, a noble named William Wallace is on the march.
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Written and presented by Dan Jones
Producer and Story Editor - Georgia Mills
Executive Producer - Louisa Field
Production Manager - Jen Mistri
Composer - Matt Acheson
Sound Design and Mixing - Chris O'Shaughnessy
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