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.
EP2 The Battle of HastingsApr 27, 2020
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.
EP3 The Battle of Watling StreetMay 04, 2020
Rob Bell investigates the events leading up to the Iceni queen Boudicca's uprising against the Roman invaders in the year 60-61 AD.
EP4 The Battle of Bosworth FieldMay 11, 2020
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.
EP5 The Battle of NasebyMay 18, 2020
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.
EP6 Class War in Tudor EnglandMay 25, 2020
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.