Proof that things do get better
I own VHS copies of "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" and "Elizabeth R" as well as this series. In 300 years, British society went from everybody being worried about losing their ehads or being burned at the stake to being worried about upsetting Queen Victoria. That seems an improvement. If the rest of the world could similarly progress, the world would be in pretty good shape.
What I'd really like to see is a continuing Birish TV series covering the entire history of the monarchy from Egbert, (or maybe Offa or what about Arthur?), onward. Do 3-4 monarchs a season. Show all the plots and the characters and relationships that forged British history. Hey, if Coronation Street could go on for 50 years, why not an historical soap opera about the monarchy?
Then maybe they can do the Prime Ministers or the Popes.