Battlefield Britain (2004)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 8 episodes

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A father and son team present an eight part BBC series about important battles in British history. Peter Snow explains the battle plans and generals' actions while Dan Snow visits the sites to show the soldiers' perspective.

educationalinformativepacedhistoricaldramaticreflective

What happens

Battlefield Britain is a 2004 BBC television documentary series about famous battles in British history. The 8 part series covers battles from Boudicca's rebellion against the Romans in 60AD to the Battle of Britain in 1940 it also covers the impact and implications the battles had on the future of the British isles. The series is presented by father and son team Peter and Dan Snow. Peter explains the battle plans, topography of the battleground and the actions of the generals while Dan visits the sites to give the real-life perspective of the servicemen on the ground. The episodes also feature re-enactments of key phases of the battles, a computer-generated bird's-eye view of the battleground to show the topography and troop movements. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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