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Versailles (2015)
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The story of a young Louis XIV on his journey to become the most powerful monarch in Europe, from his battles with the fronde through his development into the Sun King. Historical and fictional characters guide us in a world of betrayal and political maneuvering, revealing Versailles in all its glory and brutality.
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George BlagdenLouis XIV
Alexander VlahosPhilippe d'Orléans, aka 'Monsieur'
Tygh RunyanFabien Marchal
Stuart BowmanAlexandre Bontemps
Elisa LasowskiQueen Marie-Thérèse of Austria
Anna BrewsterAthénaïs de Montespan
Evan WilliamsThe Knight of Lorraine
Maddison JaizaniSophie de Clermont, Duchess of Cassel
Steve CumynJean-Baptiste Colbert
Joe SheridanFrançois de Louvois
Pip TorrensCassel
Noémie SchmidtHenriette d'Angleterre
Amira CasarBéatrice de Lorraine, Madame de Clermont
Sarah WinterLouise de La Vallière
Gilly GilchristJaques
Anatole TaubmanMontcourt
Alexis MichalikLouis de Rohan
Lizzie BrocheréClaudine, King's doctor
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24 episodes · First aired 2016-06-01
E01
Inside Versailles: Love Life
2016-06-01 · 52 min
A closer look at the history behind the drama series Versailles. Professor Kate Williams and Greg Jenner look at Louis XIV's love life.
E02
Inside Versailles: Gender and Sexuality
2016-06-08 · 52 min
Following the latest instalment of Versailles, Professor Kate Williams and Greg Jenner take a closer look at gender and sexuality at the court of Louis XIV.
E03
Inside Versailles: Nobility
2016-06-15 · 52 min
Historical discussion show inspired by drama series Versailles. This week, Professor Kate Williams and Greg Jenner look at the tension between Louis XIV and his nobility.
E04
Inside Versailles: Warfare
2016-06-22 · 52 min
Professor Kate Williams and Greg Jenner discuss 17th-century warfare as seen in drama series Versailles.
E05
Inside Versailles: Court Entertainment
2016-06-29 · 52 min
Following the latest instalment of Versailles, Professor Kate Williams and Greg Jenner dig deeper into the world of Louis XIV and his court entertainments.
E06
Inside Versailles: Religious Conflict in Early-Modern France
2016-07-06 · 52 min
Inspired by drama series Versailles, Professor Kate Williams and Greg Jenner explore the topic of religious conflict in early modern France.
E07
Inside Versailles: Ballet
2016-07-20 · 52 min
Inspired by drama series Versailles, Professor Kate Williams and Greg Jenner look at Louis XIV's impact on the world of ballet.
E08
Inside Versailles: Anglo-French Relations
2016-07-27 · 52 min
Inspired by drama series Versailles, Professor Kate Williams and Greg Jenner discuss Anglo-French relations in the age of Louis XIV.
E09
Inside Versailles: Court Etiquette
2016-08-03 · 52 min
Court etiquette in the age of Louis XIV is the focus of discussion between Professor Kate Williams and Greg Jenner.
E10
Inside Versailles: 17th Century Court Fashion
2016-08-10 · 52 min
Professor Kate Williams and Greg Jenner conclude the series by discussing the historical background of 17th-century court fashion, as seen in drama series Versailles.
E11
Inside Versailles: Madame de Montespan
2017-04-21 · 52 min
A closer look at the history behind Versailles. In this episode, Professor Kate Williams and Greg Jenner discuss Louis XIV's mistress Madame de Montespan.
E12
Inside Versailles: Religion
2017-04-28 · 52 min
A closer look at the history behind Versailles. In this episode, Professor Kate Williams and Greg Jenner explore Louis XIV's troubled relationship with religion.
E13
Inside Versailles: Liselotte
2017-05-05 · 52 min
A closer look at the history behind Versailles. In this episode, Professor Kate Williams and Greg Jenner shine a light on Philippe's new bride Liselotte.
E14
Inside Versailles: Monarchy
2017-05-12 · 52 min
A closer look at the history behind Versailles. In this episode, Professor Kate Williams and Greg Jenner examine how Louis XIV created an absolutist monarchy during his reign.
E15
Inside Versailles: Alexandre Bontemps
2017-05-19 · 52 min
A closer look at the history behind Versailles. In this episode, Professor Kate Williams and Greg Jenner discuss Louis XIV's premier valet Alexandre Bontemps.
E16
Inside Versailles: Aphrodisiacs
2017-05-26 · 52 min
A closer look at the history behind Versailles. In this episode, Professor Kate Williams and Greg Jenner explore the use of aphrodisiacs and potions at the court of Louis XIV.
E17
Inside Versailles: William of Orange
2017-06-02 · 52 min
E18
Inside Versailles: Scientific Discovery
2017-06-09 · 52 min
E19
Inside Versailles: Witchcraft
2017-06-16 · 52 min
E20
Inside Versailles: Affair of the Poisons
2017-06-23 · 52 min
E21
Versailles: An Introduction
2018-09-13 · 52 min
Catch up on Season 2 and get a sneak peek of Season 3 of "Versailles," a series that explores the opulence and decadence of France's Sun King, Louis XIV.
E22
Versailles: Behind the Scenes
2018-09-23 · 52 min
A behind the scenes look at the series Versailles.
E23
Versailles: The Final Act
2018-12-15 · 52 min
Versailles: The Final Act celebrates the enormous success of the hit series Versailles while saying goodbye to the iconic series we've come to know and love. The actors, producers, writers, crew and fans all weigh in on the series in this original Ovation special.
E24
Episode 24
2018-12-21 · 20 min
Season 1
10 episodes · First aired 2015-11-16 · ★ 6.1 Versailles, 1667. King Louis XIV is a 28-year-old monarch on the cusp of greatness. A ruthless leader, he will stop at nothing to achieve his vision of creating the most beautiful palace in Europe and seizing absolute control of France and his enemies. In order to rule over the nobility and to permanently impose his absolute power, he launches the construction of Versailles, like one sets a trap. Louis XIV is a young king haunted by childhood trauma, the Fronde, a rebellion of the nobility against his father Louis XIII… Outstanding political strategist, manipulator, Machiavellian, he will “invent” Versailles in order to keep the Nobles away from Paris and under control
E01
Welcome to Versailles
2015-11-16 · 55 min
In 1667 in France, Louis XIV is a young king who wants to impose his power whereas he is traumatized by the Fronde (the revolt of nobility during Louis XIII's reign) and despite the attacks of conspirators. Then, Louis XIV decides to establish the seat of the power out of Paris, in Versailles. At that time, Versailles is just a hunting lodge but Louis XIV radically wants to transform this castle.
E02
I Am the State
2015-11-16 · 54 min
The Queen gave birth to the first royal baby and it triggers some rumors. Besides, Louis XIV's counselors advice him to go to war in order to impose his power. Furthermore, Louis XIV's brother Philippe dreams of glory and wants to be on the field of the future battles.
E03
Mirror for Princes
2015-11-23 · 52 min
Louis XIV wants the nobility to live at his side in Versailles. But noblemen and noblewomen have to prove their noble origin to obtain this privilege. Montcourt is one of them, but he can't prove his noble rank. Then, Montcourt meets a strange Duke called Cassel to help him. Besides, Louis XIV asks the Queen to welcome Annaba, an African prince.
E04
The Road
2015-11-23 · 51 min
Cassel's brigands continue to slaughter visitors to Versailles including the king's god-daughter though Fabien has his suspicions as to their identity and arrests a likely suspect, aiming to trap the murderers. Philippe is declared a hero, following his actions at the siege of Cambrai and Louis sends his brother's lover the Chevalier to join him though not before Chevalier has played the king's mistresses against him as several ambitious women arrive at court. Louis visits his brother on the eve of a battle and is taught that, of the two of them, Philippe is clearly the better soldier.
E05
Bow to Your King
2015-11-30 · 52 min
Philippe returns to Versailles, a super-confident war hero, ready to challenge his brother as the peace treaty with Spain is signed. Louis plans a celebratory party but the attacks on the highway continue and Fabien believes there could be another attempt to kill Louis. Suspicious of Cassel, who refuses to attend the party,as being behind the attacks, the king sends glamorous mistress Athenais de Montespan, accompanied by naive young Sophie de Clermont, to tell Cassel that he must turn up or host it at his own expense. Dangling Sophie as bait Athenais succeeds in forcing Cassel's attendance and obeisance to the king. However the sound of fireworks has a traumatic effect on Philippe, recalling gunfire whilst Sophie shocks her ambitious mother with an unwise liaison and Cassel returns to what is left of his home to find the king has well and truly beaten him.
E06
Invalides
2015-11-30 · 53 min
Ex-soldiers working on construction at the palace feel aggrieved at their treatment and down tools. On advice from gardener and confidant Jacques, who suggests a war hero act as intermediary, Louis is nonetheless jealously intransigent when Philippe offers his services. The king's bullying also extends to his refusal to allow ex-mistress Louise de la Valliere to leave for a convent whilst Athenais conducts her own agenda and Cassel, his home burned to the ground, is forced to move into the palace from where he continues to scheme. Louis is ultimately forced to bring Philippe in for a public relations exercise as he breaks the strike, after which Philippe makes his own plans to leave Versailles.
E07
Revelations
2015-12-07 · 56 min
Louis is struck down with fever and, whilst the official version is that he has had a hunting accident, the courtiers are suspicious and Philippe lets slip to Rohan that, if his brother dies, he will be regent. When the delirious Louis runs round the palace in his night shirt the facts become visible and the queen, Cassel and others meet secretly to plan ahead should he not survive but Louis recovers, thanks to Claudine Masson, daughter of the late court doctor whom Louis now appoints as his physician. Due to Fabien's spy network he also exposes the conspirators, in particular the CHevalier, and orders arrests to be made whilst finally releasing Mademoiselle de Clermont to become a nun on her request.
E08
Diplomacy
2015-12-07 · 53 min
With his lover in prison and his wife Henriette surviving a miscarriage Philippe is not a happy man but Louis, buoyant at overcoming his enemies, is keen for an alliance with England for an invasion of the Netherlands and sends Henriette to London to see her brother Charles II and negotiate terms. Cassel and others plot to kill her but the conspiracy is denounced to the king by Montcalm, anxious to be reinstated at court. Fabien survives an attempt to kill him whilst Louis has a job offer for Philippe.
E09
Etiquette
2015-12-14 · 54 min
Louis believes to triumph diplomatically when his queen Henriette negotiates an alliance with England against the Dutch for cash and a guard for her brother, English king Charles II, but when William of Orange personally comes question the Stuart 'reunion', Charles offers him a princess's hand. Rohan continues to elude Marchal's efforts to dismantle the secret society in Orange's service, even arranges the escape of a traitor locked up for torture. Marchal, who is losing Louis' confidence, proves the Pau ladies frauds, discretely executes the mother, his 'lover' and the poison monger, and chases the daughter. Chevalier convinces Philippe not to resent Louis' demand to devise elaborate court etiquette but to enjoy becoming the aristocracy at court's puppeteers, while Louis proudly radiates as a heliocentric sun.
E10
Bring the Garden Here
2015-12-14 · 51 min
Duchess Henriette becomes suddenly ill when she returns from a visit to her brother in England. They fear she might have been poisoned, so King Louis XIV shuts all access To Versailles.
