Weapons That Made Britain

Genre

documentary television program

Country

United Kingdom

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How it feels

A presenter visits battlefields and museums to examine medieval weapons and armor. He talks with historians and conducts tests to see how these tools were used.

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What happens

Weapons That Made Britain is a British 2004 television documentary series. It was made by independent production company Lion Television (now part of All3media) for Channel 4. It was presented by film fight coordinator and medieval weapons trainer, Mike Loades. The Executive Producer across the series was Bill Locke. The 5 × 1 hour series explores different weapons and defensive technologies related to key historical events. Throughout the programmes, Mike Loades, visits pivotal battlefields, historical buildings and museums and talks with historians and weapons specialists. The series included re-enactments and scientific experiments to test some of the principal weapons, defensive tools and armour of medieval Britain. The series was first broadcast in the UK on Channel 4 in July 2004, and was afterwards shown on the History Channel in December 2004. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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