Vikings ransack Britain during the dark ages. The sacking of Lindisfarne is a significant incident, and several extracts of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle provide a historical source.
On an early autumn day near Agincourt, October 1415, the charismatic King Henry V leads his small force of men to victory against the mighty French army.
On October 14 1066, a battle descends on the small seaside town of Hastings. Won by Duke William of Normandy, it shapes the destiny of Britain and ends the Anglo-Saxon way of life.
A reconstruction of the 15th-century wars between the British Houses of York and Lancaster, including re-enactments of the death of King Richard III and the victory of Henry VII.
Explores one of the most tragic episodes in American history, the American Civil War, from the first shots at Fort Sumpter to the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House.
Reconstruction footage and dramatised eyewitness accounts provide an insight into the battle at Marston Moor in 1644, one of English history's greatest military engagements.
The first modern war in Europe takes place in a new era marked by advances in infantry and weaponry; the French waste an opportunity due to indecision and incompetence.
With its poor planning and numerous misfortunes, the Gallipoli campaign is considered to be one of the greatest debacles in a war full of military disasters.
Examines the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings. Considered a brutal period in English history, experts re-create the reign of the Norman king, William the Conqueror.
In 1381, fortified by John Ball's words, and an anger borne of poverty, the people come from towns and villages to rise up against the royal government of King Richard II.
