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 ...
David Dimbleby charts the last 2,000 years of Britain through its art and treasure. The first part begins with the Roman invasion ...
Sam Willis shows how the castle arrived as an instrument of invasion with the Normans but became a we...
Michael Wood uncovers the history of Kibworth's first 1,000 years, with a Roman villa, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and...
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...
Marc Morris consults the Bayeux Tapestry and archaeological evidence to discover how castles evolved over a 600-year period, and re...
Dan Snow explores the political intrigues and family betrayals between Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans that led to war and the Battle of Ha...
Michael Wood's unique portrait of one village through the whole of English history moves on to 1066, when ...
Peter and Dan Snow on the battles that shaped our nation, using state-of-the-art graphics. The story of the turbulent events ...
Benjamin Zephaniah is among the guests joining Jonathan Freedland for a story of thuggery and intimidation in medieval Leicestershire that sheds lig...
In the middle ages monasticism was a potent force in society with the monks having an important impact on lay activities. Fiona...
Michael Dean and David BROWN from the Ashmolean Museum Oxford, discuss the arrival of chess in England at the time of the Norma...
Dan Cruickshank investigates Durham Cathedral, a structure utilising advanced engineering that was a century ahead of it...
Simon Schama explores the circumstances in which Edward the C...
One particular enlightening archaeological lesson was how boats were built.
The Tapestry also reveals a new type of a castle being built by the Normans, ones that are raised for strategic military advantage.
It is thought the commissioner of the Tapestry was William's brother Odo, as he features regularly and always in a good light.
Dr Stephen Baxter explores the layout and design of the Doomsday Book.
Dr Stephen Baxter reveals the human and political drama that lies within the parchment of England's earliest surviving public record, the Domesday Book, commissione...
King Harold of England has to take on two invasion forces. His brother Tostig attacks the south coast, then King Harald Hardrada ...
Duke William leads his vast invasion fleet across the Channel to face King Harold. The two armies meet at battle in Sussex on 14 ...
With bone analysis, scientists can study medieval eating habits and correlate with what is shown in the Tapestry.
Halley's Comet, although discovered many years later, is believed to be visible in the Tapestry and is a s...
Simon Schama investigates the character of Harald Hardrada and the circumstances of ...
Offshoots of Anglo-Saxons, particularly in Northern England, would target roaming Normans, killing them to prevent any changes to their l...
Professor Richard Holmes walks and rides over the Hastings battlefield that marks a turning point in British history, handling the weapons and equipment...
Hereward the Wake oversaw the next resistance to King William, and got help from the Danish to attack England from the East.
It archaeological value is priceless as it clearly shows medieval objects and how they are used.
The people of the Middle Ages were sceptical of their new king Harold who, previous to William, was attempted to be usurped by Norweg...
Dr Stephen Baxter investigates how the Doomsday book was made.
Experts from archaeologists to astrophysicists offer new insights on the Bayeux Tapestry, an artefact which, despite its fame, has remained ...
William the Conqueror brought castle-building to England, oppressing the English by installing French men as the local...
Being devout Christians, the Normans were responsible for much of the religious infrastructure England knows today.
Robert Bartlett describes the cultural changes that the Normans brought to Britain.
Michael talks to some historical reenactors about what the Norman Conquest would have been like for the Anglo-Saxons.
Records in the national archives detail how small villages were divided up after the Norman invasion.
It is likely a group of women embroiders made the Tapestry in Canterbury, Kent as details of the Bayeux are likened to a British m...
Ultimately the artwork's purpose is to justify the invasion, whilst unsuccessfully attempting to reconcile the victors and the van...
The Bayeux Tapestry was rediscovered in the 1800's are due its embroidery, isn't strictly a tapestry. It has been restored sev...
Dr Stephen Baxter explains how some people managed to rig what was documented in the Doomsday record.
A look at how the Normans developed from a band of marauding Vikings into the formidable warriors who conquered England in 1066.
In nine short hours, William the Conqueror triumphed at the Battle of Hastings - and England was changed forever. Simon...
Robert Bartlett explores the impact of the Norman conquest of Britain and Ireland, and looks at how England adapted to its new masters.
Professor Robert Bartlett explores the impact of the Normans on southern Europe and the Middle East, as they spread south in the 11t...
Was winning the Battle of Hastings in 1066 all it took for William to become King? Lucy Worsley investigates the aftermath to reveal h...
The best archaeology from the north of Britain, including Scotland's oldest railway, one of the best-preserved Norman castles and a...
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...
Simon Schama discusses the 1066 Battle of Hastings.
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