WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: It's a very silly but utterly brilliant look at an alternative-timeline British royal family; the feckless, partying Richard, Prince of Wales (played by Rupert Evans from Hellboy), becomes king unexpectedly when his father dies suddenly, and has to get to grips with his new role very quickly. Featuring Richard's siblings, the scheming older sister Eleanor (played by Sophie Winkleman, who these days is actually royal because she's married to Princess Margaret's grandson) who desperately wants to be queen but can't because she's a girl, the disgruntled younger brother George (played by the always brilliant Sebastian Armesto) who misses his partying-partner-in-crime, and his youngest sister Isabelle (played by Nathalie Lunghi, daughter of Cherie), a wannabe-socialist who goes fairly spectacularly off the rails; his mother Queen Charlotte (played by Jane Asher), and various members of Palace staff, including Richard's disillusioned assistant private secretary Abigail Thomas (played by Zoe Telford) who is in the process of selling a tell-all book about life in the palace but is beginning to reconsider (especially when she and Richard start having feelings for each other), and Simon Brooks, Princess Eleanor's private secretary (played by David Harewood) who is aiding and abetting Eleanor's schemes. It only ever ran for one season, but it was so much fun.
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?: Available on DVD, and on Prime Video (in some places, but not apparently in the UK at the moment) and YouTube (episode 1 here).
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WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: It's a very silly but utterly brilliant look at an alternative-timeline British royal family; the feckless, partying Richard, Prince of Wales (played by Rupert Evans from Hellboy), becomes king unexpectedly when his father dies suddenly, and has to get to grips with his new role very quickly. Featuring Richard's siblings, the scheming older sister Eleanor (played by Sophie Winkleman, who these days is actually royal because she's married to Princess Margaret's grandson) who desperately wants to be queen but can't because she's a girl, the disgruntled younger brother George (played by the always brilliant Sebastian Armesto) who misses his partying-partner-in-crime, and his youngest sister Isabelle (played by Nathalie Lunghi, daughter of Cherie), a wannabe-socialist who goes fairly spectacularly off the rails; his mother Queen Charlotte (played by Jane Asher), and various members of Palace staff, including Richard's disillusioned assistant private secretary Abigail Thomas (played by Zoe Telford) who is in the process of selling a tell-all book about life in the palace but is beginning to reconsider (especially when she and Richard start having feelings for each other), and Simon Brooks, Princess Eleanor's private secretary (played by David Harewood) who is aiding and abetting Eleanor's schemes. It only ever ran for one season, but it was so much fun.
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?: Available on DVD, and on Prime Video (in some places, but not apparently in the UK at the moment) and YouTube (episode 1 here).