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Season 1

  • S01E01 1066

    • April 4, 2004
    • BBC One

    A look at the events leading up to perhaps the single most famous date in British history - the Battle of Hastings, 1066 AD. Nick and his team of actors reveal little-known facts about the Norman invasion, including how secret skullduggery and a few bad decisions changed the course of history. Plus the ultimate twist in the tale - did King Harold actually survive the battle after all?

  • S01E02 Robin Hood

    • April 11, 2004
    • BBC One

    Robin Hood is perhaps Britain's most popular historical hero. Nick Knowles goes on the trail of the real Robin Hood - if such a person ever existed...

  • S01E03 Richard The Third

    • April 18, 2004
    • BBC One

    Richard III is often thought of as the most villainous of English monarchs, but has history given him a raw deal? Nick Knowles traces the events of his reign to see if Richard was really as bad as he is portrayed in Shakespeare's play.

  • S01E04 Dick Turpin

    • April 25, 2004
    • BBC One

  • S01E05 Julius Caesar

    • May 2, 2004
    • BBC One

  • S01E06 Mary, Queen Of Scots

    • May 9, 2004
    • BBC One

Additional Specials

  • SPECIAL 0x1 Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot

    • March 4, 2006
    • BBC One

    Humorous but factual Documentary in which Nick Knowles attempts to find out why a Yorkshire-born (oi said Yorkie) zealot called Guido (Guy) Fawkes should be so determined to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill the king. Absolutely loaded with those why's & what's you will not find on a Firecracker or Corn Flakes packet wrap like who snitched, who was clever, who was handsome......