Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
moondew
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This is on tonight at 9pm on BBC4. I love these historical programmes, they're fascinating, and even better when presented by Janina Ramirez - she really brings the subject to life, imo.
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That's a good idea. Hopefully someone at the Beeb will have thought of it.
I suppose the HYW is the last time the French won anything in the end.
Thanks for that...I will definitely record it.
It's repeated on BBC HD on Saturday evening.
BBC4 really is an oasis in the desert...............:D
How true.
The prog is the first of a 3-part series, and is repeated on thursday at 11pm.
Too true. I notice Channel 4's showing another one of their "Let's laugh at gypsies" programmes again:yawn:
Difficult choice - the one she did on manuscripts was well worth watching in HD but if this is more monuments and battle fields it may not be. Mind you my telly is fairly small by modern standards so I dont gain much from HD. (At least I think I watched it in HD - so many good documentries on BBC4 )
I can wait.
Great to see the old walled city at Carcassonne. I went there many moons ago - you really get an idea of what life was like in medieval times when you walk along the streets, and look round the old buildings.
packed with tacky souvenir shops, over priced restaurants and hoards of tourists.
(half) joking aside it is a lovely city in beautiful countryside with a fascinating history. An area where we have spent much time over many years.
One small puzzlement - she described herself as a 'cultural historian' tonight. I'm sure when she did the Anglo-Saxon treasures series, she described herself as an art historian.
Thanks for that as I missed it.:) Plus i notice the film 'The Kite Runner' is on before it from 9.00pm. Will record that too as the book was one that has stayed with me since reading it a few years back.
Not in my state school in the 90s it wasn't! So much of English history tends to be missed from the curriculum - I've had to read up on it myself.
I didn't mind the tourists, it's a sign of how popular the place is You're lucky to have been there a lot.
I taught Medieval history to Y7 from the 1980s right through to the mid 21st C. National Curriculum.but the kids always said they looked forward to the Tudors because I promised them sex as well as violence with that lot!
Sure you didn't sleep through those years????;).I suppose some of my lot probably did..you can't grab 'em all:(
Strange - we definitely didn't do it at our school - we joined secondary in year 8 though. I only did history up until the end of year 9; maybe if I'd chosen it as a GCSE option (instead of geography), it would have been on that syllabus.
No I was a top student - definitely didn't sleep through any lessons!