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  1. Digging for Britain (2011)

    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 240 minutes), £19.99

    A four-part television series in which Dr Alice Roberts follows an entire year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations around the country. Each programme deals with sites...

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  2. King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons (2013)

    Subject
    History

    Michael Wood explains the importance of King Alfred and his descendants daughter Aethelflaed and grandson Aethelstan, who became the first king of a united England. 3 x 59 minutes episodes.

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  3. Alfred the Great: King of the Anglo-Saxons (2007)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes), £33.99

    Few kings in English history deserve the epithet "great" more than Alfred, King of Wessex. In an age and country blighted by Viking invasions, Alfred inflicted repeated defeats upon the Norsemen and set...

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  4. Battle of Hastings, The (2004)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes), £10.99

    An analysis of the Norman victory at Hastings in 1066 which put an end not only to the English King Harold but also to the Anglo-Saxon way of life. The programme uses 3-D computer mapping and imagery from...

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  5. Sutton Hoo Helmet, The (2006)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 30 minutes), £9.99

    Documentary about the Sutton Hoo helmet and the other treasures which were found when the Anglo-Saxon ship burial was excavated near Woodbridge in Suffolk on the eve of World War II. The film includes...

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  6. Story of England (2010)

    aka: Michael Wood’s Story of England

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 360 minutes), £10.92

    Six-part BBC series about the story of one village through the whole of English history. Using documents, landscape, buildings, science and archaeology, and with the help of the villagers themselves,...

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  7. David Starkey - Monarchy Series 1 (2007)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 219 minutes), £19.99

    The first series of Dr David Starkey’s programmes examining the British monarchy and its relationship with its subjects over the centuries. He begins in the Dark Ages with Alfred the Great and goes up to...

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  8. Lost Centuries, The (8 Parts) (1968)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History

    An 8-part television series made in 1968 looking at post-Roman Britain from the rise of Christianity and the influence of the later Islamic empires though to the beginning of the Renaissance. The series also...

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  9. Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings (2012)

    Subject
    English language and literature; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 177 minutes), £15.00

    A three-part television series in which art historian Dr Janina Ramirez tells the story of the Medieval monarchy as revealed through illuminated manuscripts from the British Library’s Royal Manuscripts...

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