TV Royal October 2017 – Updated 2 November

All over the world tv-channels broadcast programmes about or even with nobles and royals. I will try to post a list here weekly, and update when I find something during the week. As it is impossible to check all channels I have listed the channels I have access to myself, and will include anything else I find online. Some channels might allow online Live TV access. Times are the local ones, thus Europe is CET, UK is GMT. Be aware there can always be last minute changes. If you have any additions, I would be very happy if you could react to this post and give the details.

Now with links, if I find them! I can’t be sure if you can see them all too, but hope they will be visible in other countries also.

WEEK 44

Saturday 28 October

1.30pm, LA1 (Spain): Audiencia Abierta. Royalty programme.
5.20pm, ORF III (Austria): Von Schloss Hof bis Niederweiden – Maria Theresia, Majestät in Niederösterreich (From Hof Castle to Niederweiden – Maria Theresia, Majesty in Lower Austria).
7.45pm, NPO 2 (Netherlands): Blauw Bloed. Royalty programme.
8.00pm, DR1 (Denmark): Dronningens Røde Tråd (The Queen’s Thread). Probably only visible in Denmark.
8.15pm, Arte (Germany): Der Untergang der Romanows. Testat des Tutors Pierre Gilliard (The downfall of the Romanovs. Testate of the tutor Pierre Gilliard)
8.20pm, RTL – TV1 (Belgium): Place Royale. Royalty programme.
8.50pm, Arte (France): Le tragique destin des Romanov. Treize années à la cour de Russie (The tragic fate of the Romanovs. Thirty years at the Russian court).
9.00pm, Channel 4 (UK): When Harry Met Meghan: A Royal Romance. Documentary.
9.40pm, Arte (Germany): Glanz und Elend deutscher Zarinnen (Splendor and Misery of the German Tsarinas).
10.20pm, Arte (France): Splendeur et misère des tsarines allemandes (Splendor and Misery of the German Tsarinas).

Sunday 29 October

6.00am, SWR (Germany): Träume chinesischer Herrscher – Xian und der Sommerpalast (Dreams of chinese rulers – Xian and the Summer Palace).
12.35pm, ATV (Austria): Junger Adel (Young Nobility).
2.20pm, Arte (Germany): Glanz und Elend deutscher Zarinnen (Splendor and Misery of the German Tsarinas).
3.15pm, Arte (Germany): Der Untergang der Romanows. Testat des Tutors Pierre Gilliard (The downfall of the Romanovs. Testate of the tutor Pierre Gilliard)
3.15pm, Arte (France): Splendeur et misère des tsarines allemandes (Splendor and Misery of the German Tsarinas).
4.05pm, Arte (France): Le tragique destin des Romanov. Treize années à la cour de Russie (The tragic fate of the Romanovs. Thirty years at the Russian court).
6.45pm, Canvas (Belgium): Concert in het Paleis (Concert at the Palace). Registration of the Autumn Concert at the Palace in Brussels a few weeks ago, with presence of the King and Queen of the Belgians.
9.05pm, Canvas (Belgium): Treasures of the Indus.

Monday 30 October

6.55pm, Canvas (Belgium): Treasures of the Indus.
8.00pm, BBC Four (UK): The Lady Who Flew Africa: The Aviatrix. Lady Heath, Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Video, UK only).
9.00pm, BBC 2 (UK): Elizabeth I’s Secret Agents (2/3; Video, UK Only).
9.00pm, ITV (UK): A Very Royal Wedding. Documentary about the wedding of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip in 1947 (Video, UK only).

Tuesday 31 October

3.15pm, HR (Germany): Erlebnis Hessen. Das Erbe der Landgrafen (Experience Hessen. The Heritage of the Landgraves).
3.50pm, 3 Sat (Germany): Imperium der Päpste. Duell zwischen Kreuz und Krone (Imperium of the Popes. Duel between Cross and Crown)

Wednesday 1 November

9.05am, ORF 2 (Austria): Die Kapuzinergruft – Grabstätte einer Dynastie (The Imperial Crypt – Burial Place of a Dynasty).
5.10pm, ORF III (Austria): Spezial zu Allerheiligen. Kapuzinergruft (Special at All Saints Day: The Imperial Crypt).
6.35pm, Arte (Germany): Wilde Schlösser. Alhambra (Wild Castles. Alhambra).
7.00pm, Arte (France): À l’ombre des grand châteaux. L’Alhambra (Wild Castles. Alhambra).
8.00pm, BBC Four (UK): Queen Victoria’s Letters: A Monarch Unveiled.
9.00pm, BBC Four (UK): Mrs Brown. Film about Queen Victoria and John Brown.

Thursday 2 November

6.35pm, Arte (Germany): Wilde Schlösser. Predjama (Wild Castles. Predjama).
7.00pm, Arte (France): À l’ombre des grands châteaux. Predjama (Wild Castles. Predjama).

Friday 3 November

6.35pm, Arte (Germany): Wilde Schlösser. Neuschwanstein (Wild Castles. Neuschwanstein).
7.00pm, Arte (France): À l’ombre des grands châteaux. Neuschwanstein (Wild Castles, Neuschwanstein).
9.25pm, NPO 1 (Netherlands): TV Show, if my tv-guide is correct, Delphine Boël is one of the guests.
10.10pm, Één (Belgium): Versailles (10/10). Drama series.

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WEEK 43

Last week on Danish Television: Kronprinsparret i Japan (Crown Princely Couple in Japan).

And on SWR on 20 October Von Macken und Marotten – Leben leicht verrückt with Swedish-Swiss royalty-watcher Ritva Forster.

Saturday 21 October

1.30pm, LA1 (Spain): Audiencia Abierta. Royalty programme.
7.45pm, NPO 2 (Netherlands): Blauw Bloed. Royalty programme.
8.20pm, RTL – TV1 (Belgium): Place Royale. Royalty programme.

Sunday 22 October

4.35pm, ITV (UK): Victoria, Series 2, Episode, 8.

Monday 23 October

3.15pm, 3 Sat (Germany): Insel Mainau: Blaues Blut und rote Rosen – Die Grafen- und Familieninsel (Island of Mainau: Blue Blood and red Roses – The Island of Counts and Families).
4.00pm, 3 Sat (Germany): Insel Mainau: Blaues Blut und rote Rosen – Das gräfliche Inselfest (Island of Mainau: Blue Blood and red Roses – The countal Island Feast).
5.40pm, 3 Sat (Germany): Insel Mainau: Blaues Blut und rote Rosen – Die Seele der Insel (Island of Mainau: Blue Blood and red Roses – The Soul of the Island).
9.00pm, BBC 2 (UK): Elizabeth I’s Secret Agents (1/3).

Tuesday 24 October

2.30pm, WDR (Germany): Der Südwesten von oben – Unsere Schlösser (The South-West from above – Our Castles).
8.15pm, ZDF (Germany): Deutschlands grosse Clans – Henkel (Germany’s grand clans – Henkel).

Wednesday 25 October

9.00pm, NGC (Netherlands): 1917 One year, two revolutions.
11.20pm, ATV (Austria): Junger Adel (Young Nobility).

Friday 27 October

10.10pm, Één (Belgium): Versailles (9/10). Drama series.

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WEEK 42

Saturday 14 October

1.30pm, LA1 (Spain): Audiencia Abierta. Royalty programme.
7.45pm, NPO 2 (Netherlands): Blauw Bloed. Royalty programme.
8.20pm, RTL – TV1 (Belgium): Place Royale. Royalty programme.

Sunday 15 October

3.15pm, WDR (Germany): Von und zu lecker. Bachforellen auf Schloss Hembsen (River trouts at Hembsen Castle). Cooking program.
4.40pm, ITV (UK): Victoria, Series 2, Episode, 7.
5.30pm, Arte (Germany): Antoine de Saint-Exupéry – Flieger, Schriftsteller und Romantiker (Pilot, Author and Romanticist).
5.35pm, Arte (France): Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, le dernier romantique (The last romanticist).
9.00pm, ITV (UK): Victoria, Series 2, Episode, 8.

Monday 16 October

9.00pm, NPO 2 (Netherlands): Andere Tijden – 100 Jaar Russische Revolutie (Other Times – 100 Years Russian Revolution).

Tuesday 17 October

12.10pm, 3 Sat (Germany): Schönbrunn – Quelle der Schönheit (Schönbrunn – Source of Beauty).
12.20pm, Arte (France): Royaume-Uni, l’histoire vue du ciel. La construction d’une nation (2/5) (The United Kingdom from above – History of a State. The making of a nation).
6.39pm, TV 5 Monde (France): Secrets d’Histoire, Madame du Barry.
8.00pm, BBC Four (UK): The Real White Queen and Her Rivals
8.15pm, ORF III (Austria): Erbe Österreich – Die Leute vom Schloss (Legacy Austria – The People from the Castle).
9.00pm, BBC Four (UK): Lucy Worsley – Elizabeth I’s Battle for God’s Music.
9.10pm, ORF III (Austria): Mythos Geschichte. Der deutsche Adel – Schätze der Fürsten (Historical myth. The German nobility – treasures of the Princes).
10.50pm, ORF III (Austria): Mythos Geschichte. Königliche Dynastien: Die Hohenzollern (Historical myth. Royal dynasties: The Hohenzollerns).

Friday 20 October

10.10pm, Één (Belgium): Versailles (8/10). Drama series.

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WEEK 41

Saturday 7 October

9.00am, ORF III (Austria): Die lange Nacht der Museen – Renaissanceschloss Rosenburg (The long night of museums – renaissance castle Rosenburg).
1.30pm, LA1 (Spain): Audiencia Abierta. Royalty programme.
1.30pm, ORF III (Austria): Die lange Nacht der Museen – Sisi-Museum (The long night of museums – Sisi-Museum).
2.00pm, ORF III (Austria): Die lange Nacht der Museen – Lebensraum Hofburg (The long night of museums – Living space: Hofburg).
3.05pm, ORF III (Austria): Die lange Nacht der Museen – Schloss Esterházy (The long night of museums – Esterházy Castle).
3.55pm, ORF III (Austria): Die lange Nacht der Museen – Schloss Hof: Das kaiserliche Schloss im Marchfeld (The long night of museums – Hof Castle. The imperial castle in Marchfeld).
4.50pm, ORF III (Austria): Die lange Nacht der Museen – Das blieb von Maria Theresia (The long night of museums – The life of Maria Theresia).
5.35pm, ORF III (Austria): Die lange Nacht der Museen – Die Kapuzinergruft: Gräbstätte einer Dynastie (The long night of Museums: The imperial crypt: burial place of a dynasty).
6.30pm, ORF III (Austria): Die lange Nacht der Museen – Die österreichische Schatzkammer (The long night of museums – The Austrian Treasure Room).
7.45pm, NPO 2 (Netherlands): Blauw Bloed. Royalty programme.
8.20pm, RTL – TV1 (Belgium): Place Royale. Royalty programme.
9.55pm, ORF III (Austria): Die lange Nacht der Museen – Lebensraum: Schloss Belvedere (The long night of museums – Living space: Belvedere Palace).
11.55pm, ORF III (Austria): Die lange Nacht der Museen – Schloss Schönbrunn (The long night of museums – Schönbrunn Palace).

Sunday 8 October

6.00am, ITV 3 (UK): Bertie and Elizabeth. Film from 2002.
3.30pm, ITV (UK): Victoria. Series 2, Episode 6.
7.15pm, NPO 2 (Netherlands): Close Up: Leonora Carrington – De vergeten surrealist (Leonora Carrington – The forgotten surrealist).
9.00pm, ITV (UK): Victoria. Series 2, Episode 7.

Monday 9 October

9.00pm, WDR (Germany): Von und zu lecker. Bachforellen auf Schloss Hembsen (River trouts at Hembsen Castle). Cooking program.

Tuesday 10 October

6.39pm, TV 5 Monde: Secrets d’Histoire. Wallis Simpson.
9.00pm, BBC 2 (UK): Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution.
10.55pm, NPO 2 (Netherlands): 2 Doc: De Stamhouder (The Heir). Documentary about the family of Alexander Münninghoff, author and journalist.

Thursday 12 October

11.45am, 3 Sat (Germany): Von Hochosterwitz bis Miramare. Traumschlösser am Rande der Alpen (From Hochosterwitz to Miramare. Fairy tale castles on the edge of the Alps).
3.30pm, 3 Sat (Germany): Gustaf Adolf II.- Der Kampf um Magdeburg (Gustaf Adolf II. – The Battle of Magdeburg).
5.00pm, 3 Sat (Germany): Deutsche Dynastien. Das Fürstenhaus Thurn und Taxis (German Dynasties: The Princely House Thurn und Taxis).
10.55pm, NPO 2 (Netherlands): Koningspaar in Portugal (Royal Couple in Portugal). Summary of the state visit of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima to Portugal.

Friday 13 October

10.15pm, Één (Belgium): Versailles (7/10). Drama series.
10.35pm, ORF 2 (Austria): Rasputin – Mord am Zarenhof (Rasputin – Murder at the Court of the Tsars).

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WEEK 40

Saturday 30 September

1.30pm, LA1 (Spain): Audiencia Abierta. Royalty programme.
2.45pm, ORF III (Austria): Erbe Österreich – Viele Herren Häuser: Schloss Belvedere (Heritage Austria – Houses of many Lords: Belvedere Palace).
5.00pm, ORF III (Austria): Von Schloss Hof bis Niederweiden – Maria Theresia, Majestät in Niederösterreich (From Hof Castle to Niederweiden – Maria Theresia, Majesty in Lower Austria).
5.10pm, BBC 1 (UK): The Invictus Games, Toronto, Canada.
7.45pm, NPO 2 (Netherlands): Blauw Bloed. Royalty programme.
8.20pm, RTL – TV1 (Belgium): Place Royale. Royalty programme.

Sunday 1 October

3.15pm, WDR (Germany): Von und zu lecker. Schneenockerln im Haus Brückhausen (Floating island at House Brückhausen). With Franziska Freifrau von Twickel and her family. Cooking programme.
4.50pm, BBC 1 (UK): The Invictus Games, Toronto, Canada.
9.00pm, Canvas (Belgium): Egypt’s Lost Queens.
9.00pm, ITV (UK): Victoria. TV-Series, Series 2, Episode 6.
10.00/10pm, ZDF (Germany): Maximilian – Das Spiel von Macht und Liebe (1/3) (Maximilian – The Game of Power and Love).
11.30pm, ZDF (Germany): Maximilian – Der letzte Ritter (Maximilian – The last knight).

Monday 2 October

10.40am, ITV 3 (UK): Bertie and Elizabeth. Film from 2002.
3.30pm, 3 Sat (Germany): Die Deutschen II – Karl der Grosse und die Sachsen (The Germans II – Charles the Great and the Saxons).
5.10pm, Arte (Germany): Neben-, gegen-, miteinander: Deutsch-französische Geschichten – Prunk und Pracht der Königreiche (Next, against each other, together: Germany-French Histories – Glamour of the Kingdoms).
5.35pm, Arte (France): France-Allemagne, une histoire commune. Au temps des princes (France-Germany, a common history. In the times of the Princes).
5.45pm, 3 Sat (Germany): Die Deutschen II – August der Starke und die Liebe (The Germans II – August the Strong and Love).
7.05pm, Canvas (Belgium): Egypt’s Lost Queens.
9.00pm, BR (Germany): Bayern erleben – Das Münchner Oktoberfest – Die Erfindung einer bayerischen Erfolgsgeschichte (Experience Bavaria – The October Feast in Munich – The invention of a bavarian success story).
10.15pm, ZDF (Germany): Maximilian – Das Spiel von Macht und Liebe (2/3) (Maximilian – The Game of Power and Love).

Tuesday 3 October

10.55am, ORF III (Austria): Von Schloss Hof bis Niederweiden – Maria Theresia, Majestät in Niederösterreich (From Hof Castle to Niederweiden – Maria Theresia, Majesty in Lower Austria).
6.05pm, SWR (Germany): Heidelberger Schlossgeschichten (Castle Stories from Heidelberg).
6.39pm, TV5 Monde (France/Europe): Secrets d’Histoire – Lorenzo di Magnifico.
7.15pm, ZDF (Germany): Vom Glück auf zwei Rädern (About Happiness on two wheels). About the history of the bicycle, invented 200 years ago by Karl Freiherr von Drais.
8.00pm, BBC Four (UK): Vienna: Empire, Dynasty and Dream.
8.15pm, Arte (Germany): Rasputin – Mord am Zarenhof (Rasputin – Murder at the Court of the Tsars).
8.15pm, ORF III (Austria): Erbe Österreich – Vieler Herren Häuser: Parkhotel Schönbrunn (Heritage Austria – Houses of many Lords: Parkhotel Schönbrunn).
9.00pm, BBC Two (UK): Reformation: Europe’s Holy War.
9.50pm, ORF III (Austria): Mythos Geschichte. Königliche Dynastien: Die Bourbonen (Myth History. Royal Dynasties: The Bourbons).
10.00pm, ZDF (Germany): Maximilian – Das Spiel von Macht und Liebe (3/3) (Maximilian – The Game of Power and Love)
10.00pm, BBC Four (UK): Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer?
10.15pm, Arte (France): Raspoutine – Meurtre à Saint-Pétersbourg (Rasputin – Murder at Saint-Petersbourg).