2/6. Professor Richard Holmes travels to historic British sites. He visits the scene of Henry Tudor's victory over King Richard III, which changed the course of British history. Also in HD. [S]
3/6. Richard Holmes visits Britain's historical sites. He travels to Naseby, where, in 1645, King Charles I lost the decisive battle of the English Civil War. Also in HD. [S]
3/6. Richard Holmes visits Britain's historical sites. He travels to Naseby, where, in 1645, King Charles I lost the decisive battle of the English Civil War. Also in HD. [S]
4/6. Richard Holmes visits the site of the Battle of the Boyne, the defeat of James II by William III in 1690, and shows how the battle could have been over before it was fought. Also in HD. [S]
4/6. Richard Holmes visits the site of the Battle of the Boyne, the defeat of James II by William III in 1690, and shows how the battle could have been over before it was fought. Also in HD. [S]
5/6. Professor Richard Holmes walks the French beaches and breakwaters from which thousands of British troops escaped capture in May 1940. Also in HD. [S,AD]
5/6. Professor Richard Holmes walks the French beaches and breakwaters from which thousands of British troops escaped capture in May 1940. Also in HD. [S,AD]
3/6. Military historian Richard Holmes looks at some of history's major battles. This programme follows the British retreat from Mons in 1914. Also in HD. [S]
6/6. Richard Holmes traces the events of a night of the Blitz, from the sector control room where the incoming raiders were plotted through to the efforts to save St Paul's. Also in HD. [S,AD]