Charles I's Treasures Reunited

This special programme for BBC Two, made by BBC Studios, will see presenter Brenda Emmanus explore the Royal Academy’s landmark exhibition - created in partnership with Royal Collection Trust - Charles I: King and Collector. For the first time since the seventeenth century, and to mark the 250th anniversary of the Royal Academy in 2018, much of Charles’ I’s extraordinary art collection will be reassembled and displayed at the Royal Academy in London. The exhibition will include more than 90 works of art from the Royal Collection. With the help of art historians, as well as those who have worked with galleries and museums across the world to bring this extraordinary collection back together, Brenda will unpack the stories behind the works in the collection - from artists such as Dürer, Rubens, Titian and Holbein. She will tell the incredible story of how it was amassed by Charles I and then dismantled by Oliver Cromwell and trace the King’s motivation in creating such an outstanding art collection.