Rent The Battlefield Britain: The Battle for Wales 1403 (2005)
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0h 59min
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Battlefield Britain is a powerful and innovative BBC series spanning nearly 2,000 bloody and turbulent years of battles fought on British soil. Peter and Dan Snow, father and son historians, travel to the actual battle sites and use computer generated images woven together with dramatic re-enactments to make history come alive. From Boudicca to the Battle of Britain, they reveal what it was like to be an ordinary soldier on the front line, where the fighting was at its fiercest.
The Battle For Wales -1403In AD 1400, after over one hundred years of direct English rule, the struggle for Welsh independence began. Owain Glyndwr, seen by the people as their legitimate ruler, was proclaimed Prince of Wales. Glyndwr waged war against the English in a series of lightning guerrilla attacks; symbols of English rule were burned or destroyed and boroughs ransacked. King Henry IV was quick to respond, marching an army into Wales and driving Glyndwr into the wilds of Snowdonia - but the following year the Welsh resumed their assault with fresh vigour. In June 1402, Glyndwr achieved his greatest success at the Battle of Pilleth. A superior English force was slaughtered and Glyndwr, now a serious threat, made a powerful English ally in Henry Percy. Percy led his own men against the King at the Battle of Shrewsbury, gambling everything - and losing. Now Glyndwr turned to the French for help - with die fate of both the English and Welsh nations at stake... - Actors:
- Peter Snow, Dan Snow
- Directors:
- Mary Cranitch
- Studio:
- DD Home Entertainment
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Documentaries
