2: An English Empire | The Plantagenets

0: Learning Zone | The Plantagenets

Professor Robert Bartlett explores the Plantagenets, England's longest ruling dynasty, in this version of the BBC Two series made especia...

1: Harlech Castle | Britain's Best Buildings

This edition visits Harlech Castle in North Wales, the focus of the most bitter Anglo-Welsh conflict.

1: Instruments of Invasion | Castles: Britain's Fortified History

Sam Willis shows how the castle arrived as an instrument of invasion with the Normans but became a weapon w...

1: Matilda and Eleanor | She-Wolves: England's Early Queens

How Matilda almost became the first woman to be crowned queen of England in her own right, and how Eleanor of Aqu...

1: Murder At Canterbury | Cathedral

Documentary drama series reconstructing the momentous events that shaped the building of Britain's cathedrals. Canterbury was Britain's f...

1: The Devil's Blood | The Plantagenets

Professor Robert Bartlett tells the story of England's longest-ruling royal dynasty. Henry II forges a mighty empire encompassing Eng...

1: The East: A New Dawn | How We Built Britain

David Dimbleby goes on an architectural tour of Britain. He climbs the tower of Ely Cathedral, explores great castles and lear...

1: The Norman Conquest | History File

For his part in the Norman Conquest, Alan the Red was rewarded with vast estates all over England. Programme visits Alan's castle in Yo...

1: The Normans and their Castles | Castle

Marc Morris consults the Bayeux Tapestry and archaeological evidence to discover how castles evolved over a 600-year period, and re...

2: Age of Worship | Seven Ages of Britain

This episode looks at the Middle Ages, from the murder of Thomas Becket in 1170 to the death of Richard II in 1400.

2: Isabella and Margaret | She-Wolves: England's Early Queens

How two French girls, a century apart, became queens of England. Isabella of France would be accused of murder ...

2: Kingdom of Conquest | Castles: Britain's Fortified History

Sam Willis tells the story of the English ruler who left the most indelible mark on the castle, Edward I, as he...

2: Redemption at Lincoln | Cathedral

Documentary drama series that reconstructs momentous events that shaped the building of Britain's cathedrals. Today, the rebuilding of L...

2: Robin Hood | Historyonics

Nick Knowles takes a romp through history in an attempt to separate fact from fiction in the story of historical hero Robin Hood. In fact, did R...

2: Rochester Siege | Castle

Rochester Castle dominates the historic Kent town. The tallest of all the stone tower keeps in England, it was not just a defensive building, but...

2: The Enemy Within | Rivals in Stone

Lincoln Castle and Lincoln Cathedral stand on opposite sides of a courtyard within the city's medieval walls. They are symbols of compe...

2: The Power of the Church | History File

The murder of Thomas Becket stands as a symbol of the tensions between church and state in 12th Century England. By analysing churc...

3: Edward I and His Welsh Castles | Castle

The dramatic story of how the castle became the ultimate weapon in King Edward I's conquest and subjugation of Wales.

3: Magna Carta | History File

1215: the barons rebel against Bad King John, but was he solely to blame? Programme shows how power in medieval England was divided between kin...

3: The Battle of Wales | Battlefield Britain

Peter and Dan Snow revisit the battles that shaped our nation. They tell the story of when the Welsh, led by rebel leader Owain ...