The Great British Story: A People's History - Season 1 Episode 3 The Norman Yoke
2012-08-10
60 minutes.
Season - Episode
1
Season 1 May 25, 2012
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1 - 1Britannia May 25, 2012 -
1 - 2Tribes to Nations Jun 01, 2012
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1 - 3The Norman Yoke Jun 08, 2012
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1 - 4The Great Rising Jun 15, 2012
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1 - 5Lost Worlds and New Worlds Jul 20, 2012
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1 - 6The Age of Revolution Jul 27, 2012
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1 - 7Industry and Empire Aug 03, 2012
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1 - 8Modern Britain Aug 10, 2012
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Season 0 Jun 12, 2012
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0 - 1London's Docklands Jun 12, 2012
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0 - 2The River Trent Jun 12, 2012
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0 - 3The New Forest Jun 12, 2012
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0 - 4Ironbridge Uncovered Jun 12, 2012
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0 - 5Glastonbury Jun 12, 2012
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0 - 6Tamar Valley Voyage Jun 12, 2012
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0 - 7From the White Cliffs to Hastings Jun 12, 2012
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0 - 8Furness Journey Jun 12, 2012
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0 - 9From the Dales to the Sea Jun 12, 2012
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0 - 10The Taming of Cambridgeshire Jun 12, 2012
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0 - 11Along the Aire Jun 12, 2012
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0 - 12Dundee Jun 26, 2012
Overview
The next chapter of The Great British Story begins with the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest, a brutal foreign occupation that will eventually draw in Wales and Ireland too. This episode explores how the Normans consolidated their power by building castles all over England. Michael Wood visits the excavation of an enormous Norman Castle mound at Mount Bures, Essex, and returns to the community big dig at Long Melford to find out what life was like for the Anglo-Saxon peasantry in the decades after 1066. Going into the 12th century, the programme looks at the medieval beginnings of trade and industry in Bristol, Wales and the Black Country. Finally, Michael explores the battle for rights enshrined in Magna Carta with an original copy in Hereford before looking at the Barons' War and the Scottish War of Independence, struggles that will shape the lives of the British people till today.
Year 2012
Studio BBC Two
Director Michael Wood
Crew
Popularity 0.5594
Language English
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