Horrible Histories author Terry Deary tells the story of the country's biggest and bloodiest ever battle in which 28,000 soldiers died i...
Lincoln Castle and Lincoln Cathedral stand on opposite sides of a courtyard within the city's medieval walls. They are symbols of compe...
In the last century of their rule, four Plantagenet kings are deposed and murdered.
A clear sense of English nationhood emerges and parliament is born.
Professor Robert Bartlett tells the story of England's longest-ruling royal dynasty. Henry II forges a mighty empire encompassi...
Professor Robert Bartlett explores the Plantagenets, England's longest ruling dynasty, in this version of the BBC Two series made especia...
David Dimbleby goes on an architectural tour of Britain. He climbs the tower of Ely Cathedral, explores great castles and lear...
Documentary drama series that reconstructs momentous events that shaped the building of Britain's cathedrals. Today, the rebuilding of L...
Documentary drama series reconstructing the momentous events that shaped the building of Britain's cathedrals. Canterbury was Britain's f...
Dr Ben Robinson retraces the dramatic last days of King John, famous for the creation of Magna Carta, and uncovers the legend of his...
Dan Cruickshank explores the Palace of Westminster, examining its architecture and history.
This edition visits Harlech Castle in North Wales, the focus of the most bitter Anglo-Welsh conflict.
Terry Jones takes us on a tour of the Middle Ages. He asking just how much we know about our medieval kings, taking the three...
How two French girls, a century apart, became queens of England. Isabella of France would be accused of m...
How Matilda almost became the first woman to be crowned queen of England in her own right, and how Eleanor ...
Edward I defeats Llewelyn ap Gruffydd, last prince of independent Wales. Edward's aim is British unity under English rule, but does he ju...
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...
The murder of Thomas Becket stands as a symbol of the tensions between church and state in 12th Century England. By analysing churc...
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...
This episode looks at the Middle Ages, from the murder of Thomas Becket in 1170 to the death of Richard II in 1400.
The story of Edward I - the Hammer of the Scots - whose attempts to force English rule on Scotland and Wales strengthene...
Henry II built a great medieval empire - which was then torn apart by his scheming family.
Peter and Dan Snow revisit the battles that shaped our nation. They tell the story of when the Welsh, led by rebel leader Owain ...
Dr. Starkey looks at a century that saw the reigns of three Edwards: father, son, and grandson. Edward I took the image an...
Dr. David Starkey profiles a medieval superstar, King Henry II of England, whose dominion stretched from the moors of Scotland to t...
This programme examines why Joan of Arc's popularity has endured to the present, being claimed by both the far right and far left in France, and by feminists in ...
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...
Marc Morris consults the Bayeux Tapestry and archaeological evidence to discover how castles evolved over a 600-year period, and re...
The dramatic story of how the castle became the ultimate weapon in King Edward I's conquest and subjugation of Wales.
Presenter Marc Morris enters into the Middle Ages, where castles were no longer just mighty strongholds but had also become forti...
Born in 1122, Eleanor of Aquitaine was the only ever Queen of both France and England, and became the most powerful w...
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...
Sam Willis tells the story of the English ruler who left the most indelible mark on the castle, Edward I,...
Sam Willis shows how the castle arrived as an instrument of invasion with the Normans but became a we...
A explanation of how and why this royal charter of rights was devised in 1215.
History has been unkind to Richard III and he's written a song to set the record straight: he's a nice guy really!
Simon Schama discusses the the Declaration of Arbroath in Scotland.
Simon Schama investigates the The Battle of Bannockburn.
Simon Schama discusses Robert the Bruce and how he became King at Scone.
Simon Schama investigates the battles of Stirling and Falkirk and William Wallace's subsequent...
Simon Schama discusses Edward I's brutal 1296 campaign in Scotland.
Simon Schama discusses the succession problem following the death ...
Simon Schama investigates the building of castles during the reign of Edward I ...
Simon Schama discusses Edward I's conquests in Wales.
Simon Schama discusses the battle of Evesham between Edward I and Simon de Montfort.
Simon Schama investigates the reign and death of Richard the Lionheart.
Simon Schama discusses the defeat of Henry II and his subsequent death.
Simon Schama discusses the legacy of Henry II, following his role in the death of Thomas Becket.
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