A look at the Battle of Hastings, exploring the technology and weaponry used and how the Norman Conquest changed England’s history forever.
About The Show
Episodes
Episode 1
Bannockburn
Looks at the Scottish struggle for independence from England, which spectacularly climaxed with a battle at Bannockburn against a huge English army.
Episode 2
Agincourt
Explores how this 100 Years' War battle saw Henry V's small and exhausted army gain control of Normandy in an incredible reversal of military fortune.
Episode 3
Naseby
Explores how King Charles I's Cavaliers clashed with his own Parliament's Roundheads in the most crucial encounter of the English Civil War.
Episode 4
Blenheim
Looks at how the Duke of Marlborough marched his army 500km across Europe and, with his Austrian allies, defeated a seemingly invincible French army.
Episode 5
Austerlitz
Explores this masterpiece of military strategy as, in a lightning campaign, Napoleon marched his army into the heart of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Episode 6
Vimy Ridge
Vimy Ridge was an impenetrable fortress and thousands had died trying to attack it, but it took four Canadian divisions just hours to conquer it.
