Castles: Britain's Fortified History
2014
1 Season
10.0
Documentary
Historian Sam Willis traces the story of Britain's castles and their unique role in our history, art and literature.
Episodes
E1Dec 4, 201459m
Instruments of Invasion
Sam Willis shows how the castle arrived as an instrument of invasion with the Normans but became a weapon with which unruly barons challenged the Crown.
E2Dec 11, 201459m
Kingdom of Conquest
Sam Willis tells the story of the English ruler who left the most indelible mark on the castle, Edward I, as he turned it into an instrument of colonisation.
E3Dec 18, 201459m
Defence of the Realm
Sam Willis looks at how castles survived into the Tudor era. But these strategic seats of power had to become palaces to impress monarchs such as Elizabeth I.
Top Cast
Sam Willis
Self - Presenter
