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01. The Battle of Bannockburn

With the help of historians, battle experts and re-enactors, Rob reveals the tactics and events leading up to Robert the Bruce's famous victory against the English forces, despite being outnumbered two to one, on 24th June 1314.

45min
April 20, 2020

02. The Battle of Hastings

The Battle of Hastings on 14th October 1066 were immortalised in the Bayeux Tapestry, which appears to show King Harold dying with an arrow through his eye - but Rob learns that the story may not be as simple as that.

45min
April 27, 2020

03. The Battle of Watling Street

Rob Bell investigates the events leading up to the Iceni queen Boudicca's uprising against the Roman invaders in the year 60-61 AD.

45min
May 4, 2020

04. The Battle of Bosworth Field

Rob Bell visits Bosworth Field, site of the decisive battle in 1485 that ended the Wars of the Roses. He considers the key stages of the battle, while Professor Turi King reveals how her team discovered the remains of Richard III.

45min
May 11, 2020

05. The Battle of Naseby

Rob Bell visits the site of the English Civil War battle on 14th June 1645 that resulted in King Charles I's surrender and paved the way for rule by parliamentary democracy.

45min
May 18, 2020

06. Class War in Tudor England

Rob Bell visits the village of Wymondham in Norfolk, where in 1549 a dispute over land ownership and sheep-grazing sparked a violent rebellion by peasants against authority.

45min
May 25, 2020