Timewatch · SEASON 23
How Mad Was King George?
Episode 5 · 2004-02-06

- Documentary
Episode overview
He's best known for having suffered bouts of mental illness and losing the American colonies, but what was King George III really like? With contributions from the Prince of Wales, Timewatch re-examines the life of Britain's longest-reigning king who, despite a painful metabolic condition, was a dutiful, plain-living monarch whose 60 years on the throne saw a flowering of the arts and sciences. 5/5.
50 minutes
Season 23 episodes
1. Britain's X-Files2004-01-09
2. The Lost Liner and the Empire's Gold2004-01-16
3. The Secrets of Enzo Ferrari2004-01-23
4. The Mysteries of the Medieval Ship2004-01-30
5. How Mad Was King George?2004-02-06
6. Who Killed Rasputin?2004-10-01
7. The Lost Heroes2004-10-08
8. The Mystery of the Black Death2004-10-15
9. The Black Pharaohs2004-10-22
10. The Secrets of the Mary Rose2004-10-29
11. Julius Caesar's Greatest Battle2004-11-05