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7 Episodes 2016 - 2016
Episode 1
44 mins
At the siege of Vadum Jacob in 1179, Muslim forces overcame the Knights Templar. Forensic analysis of the battleground sheds light on this conquest.
Episode 2
Forensic research and archaeology are used to discover more about the Condottieri, Italian mercenaries from the Renaissance period.
Episode 3
44 mins
Swords from the 1453 Battle of Castillon are discovered on a river bank.
Episode 4
Artifacts and bones from medieval Ireland shed light on the Gallowglass.
Episode 5
The team examines skulls from the site of the 1499 Battle of Dornach. The battle between Maximilian I and the Old Swiss Confederacy saw Switzerland win its independence from the Holy Roman Empire.
Episode 6
The team investigates the origins of a hill fort situated on Hathersage Moor in the Peak District National Park, (in England). Long thought to be Iron Age, it is now believed to be an even older defence against invasion.
Episode 7
The farm of Hougoumont in Belgium was the site of the bloodiest fighting at the battle of Waterloo. Thousands of men and horses died here. Tim Sutherland attempts to discover what happened to them.