James Milton's History of English Rhyme: 55B. C-A. d. 1996- This is a children's song with 200 pages of illustrations! It's interesting, but you have to have a historical foundation in advance, otherwise many places can't be understood.
3) Modern History: 50 People Who Disturbed Britain, by Quentin Lai Ci.
I think reading is better than CD-ROM if you want to understand English history more easily. The following BBC series are all very good (these DVDs came out later)—
1) General History: Simon Schama's History of Britain.
2) Modern history: The Formation of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr (or Andrew Marr's British Box).
3) Highlights: David Dimberly's Seven Ages in Britain.
4) Literature and rural history ("squire" is a very important part of English culture): a method of English rural novels.
Finally, Henry VIII is a key turning point in British history and a dramatic figure (from handsome boy to fat uncle, six wives, the Reformation, etc. All the books about him (including a UV analysis of his portrait pigments I have read) are basically boring.