A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Conquest! (1000 - 1087) (1x2)

Air date: Oct 07, 2000

1066 is not the best remembered date in British history for nothing. In the space of nine hours whilst the Battle of Hastings raged, everything changed. Anglo-Saxon England became Norman and, for the next 300 years, its fate was decided by dynasties of French rulers.