2: Domesday to Magna Carta | Michael Wood’s Story of England

2: The Battle of Hastings | Battlefield Britain

Peter and Dan Snow on the battles that shaped our nation, using state-of-the-art graphics. The story of the turbulent events ...

S1E2: Conquest | The Normans

Robert Bartlett explores the impact of the Norman conquest of Britain and Ireland, and looks at how England adapted to its new masters.

1: 1066 | Historyonics

Nick Knowles sets out to find the truth behind the story of William the Conqueror and King Harold. Why and how did the two protagonists of the Battle ...

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...

Episode 1 | 1066: A Year to Conquer England

Dan Snow explores the political intrigues and family betrayals between Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans that led to war and the ...

Hastings | War Walks

Professor Richard Holmes walks and rides over the Hastings battlefield that marks a turning point in British history, handling the weapons and equipment...

Harrying of the North | The Normans

Offshoots of Anglo-Saxons, particularly in Northern England, would target roaming Normans, killing them to prevent any changes to their l...

Episode 3 | 1066: A Year to Conquer England

Duke William leads his vast invasion fleet across the Channel to face King Harold. The two armies meet at battle in Sussex on 14 ...

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...

S1E1: Men of the North | The Normans

A look at how the Normans developed from a band of marauding Vikings into the formidable warriors who conquered England in 1066.

William's castles | The Normans

William's coronation was met with some angst, but he persevered and proceeded to divide up land to Norman noblemen and build castles.

Why was Domesday book commissioned? | Domesday

Dr Stephen Baxter investigates the contrasting theories about why the Doomsday Book was commissioned.

Hereward the Wake | The Normans

Hereward the Wake oversaw the next resistance to King William, and got help from the Danish to attack England from the East.

S1E2: Conquest | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

In nine short hours, William the Conqueror triumphed at the Battle of Hastings - and England was changed forever. Simon...

The 1066 invasion | The Normans

Robert Bartlett gives a step-by-step guide to the infamous Battle of Hastings where William took the throne from King Harold and so ended th...

The Domesday Book | The Normans

Robert Bartlett details the beginnings of the Domesday book and the kind of information that William requested for it, highlighting the demis...

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...

The Battle of Hastings | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Simon Schama discusses the 1066 Battle of Hastings.

The Origins of the Book | Domesday

Dr Stephen Baxter discusses the origins of the Doomsday Book.

1: Romans to Normans | Michael Wood's Story of England

Michael Wood uncovers the history of Kibworth's first 1,000 years, with a Roman villa, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and evide...