War Walks - Series 2
Richard Holmes goes on a journey through time to visit battlefields throughout Britain, northern France and Belgium that mark crucial moments in Britain's bloody and turbulent history.
War Walks - Series 2 - Battle of Naseby
Richard Holmes visits Britain's historical sites. He travels to Naseby, where, in 1645, King Charles I lost the decisive battle of the English Civil War.
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War Walks - Series 2 - Blitz
Richard Holmes traces the events of a night of the Blitz, from the sector control room where the incoming raiders were plotted through to the efforts to save St Paul's.
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War Walks - Series 2 - Bosworth
Professor Richard Holmes travels to historic British sites. He visits the scene of Henry Tudor's victory over King Richard III, which changed the course of British history.
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War Walks - Series 2 - Boyne
Richard Holmes visits the site of the Battle of the Boyne, the defeat of James II by William III in 1690, and shows how the battle could have been over before it was fought.
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War Walks - Series 2 - Dunkirk
Professor Richard Holmes walks the beaches and breakwaters from which thousands of British troops escaped capture in May 1940, after German tanks had overwhelmed them.
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War Walks - Series 2 - Hastings
Professor Richard Holmes journeys to historic British sites. In this programme, he walks and rides over the site of William the Conqueror's historic victory.
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