September 2018 Acorn TV Calendar

Monday, September 3rd

THE LAST DUKES

BBC Documentary. Dukedoms are created by the Monarch - for reasons ranging from a grateful nation rewarding a major war leader to a king acknowledging his illegitimate son. The last Dukedom to be created was by Queen Victoria. Their influence once extended beyond the merely ceremonial. For centuries, they were a crucial part of the architecture that supported the monarchy. Only 24 noble dukes now remain and this documentary will show what it is to be one of them in the 21st Century with unique access to the dukes of Norfolk, Argyll, Montrose and Marlborough. (60 minutes, 2015)