Michael Wood tells the story of King Alfred the Great and his children and grandson. Alfred fights a desperate guerril...
Documentary series in which Ian Hislop explores the British trait of obsession with the past. Here he examines King A...
Michael Wood uncovers the story of Alfred's daughter Aethelflaed, who led armies, campaigned against the Vikin...
Michael Wood tells the tale of King Alfred's grandson Aethelstan, showing how he fulfilled the fa...
Simon Schama investigates a Neolithic home.
Michael Wood discusses Alfred's biggest urban project, the 886 restoration of London.
Michael Wood discusses the economy and coinage under King Alfred.
Michael Wood investigates the conflict following Alfred of Wessex becoming King.
Michael Wood discusses the brutal battle between King Alfred and the Vikings and the following peace process.
Michael Wood investigates life in Alfred's Kingdom.
Simon Schama introduces life in Iron Age Britain.
Simon Schama visits the Stone Age cottages of Skara Brae in Orkney.
One of the children is sick, and this is used as a means to explore the different approaches to medicine and medical care in Saxon times.
Francis Pryor returns to investigate Dark Ages Britain and find out who the English really are. He will argue that by the time of the...
Michael Wood discusses the early life of Alfred of Wessex.
Dr Janina Ramirez begins her series by exploring how monasteries evolved from a cult of isolation a...
Neil Oliver heads for Scandinavia to reveal the truth behind the legend of the Vikings, exploring the mysterious world of the Vikings' prehistoric ancest...
Francis Pryor returns to investigate Dark Ages Britain and find out who the English really are. He will argue that by the...
Neil Oliver reveals the truth behind the legend of the Vikings. He heads out to Russia, Turkey and Ireland to trace the beginnings of a vast trading empire.
Neil Oliver uncovers the truth about King Canute and explores how Christian conversions saw the Viking Age finally come to an end and the doors to Europe...
Simon Schama explains the history of Hadrian's Wall.
Simon Schama explains how the people of Skara Brae buried their dead.
Simon Schama explains how Viking raids contributed to the creation of England.
Simon Schama discusses Julius Caesar’s attempted ...
In 60AD Boudicca rose up in revolt.
Simon Schama visits Roman baths in Bath and discusses the Roman bath culture.
Simon Schama begins his history of Britain at the miraculously preserved Stone Age cottages of Skara Brae in Orkney a...
Looking at what life was like in a Christian fundamentalist state, as Britain was in 700AD.
Michael Wood discusses the circumstances of the Battle of Ashdown.
Michael Wood investigates the events of King Alfred's Salvation of Wessex.
The slow process that Roman Britannia shifted in...
Simon Schama investigates the victory of Alfred and the idea of a united English kingdom.
Michael Wood tells the stories of the Viking War, as documented by an Anglo-Saxon manuscript.
Differing reasons for the Vikings coming to Britain are explored, and relationships between Anglo-Saxons and the Viking raiders discussed.
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