Introduction

History Documentary hosted by Rory McGrath, published by Discovery Channel in 2004.

Outline

When History Was Really Horrible! Rory McGrath presents an entertaining history series that uses animation to shed light on some of the goriest events in Britain’s past. Fresh, innovative, entertaining and revelatory, Bloody Britain combines strong historical research and storytelling with hands-on historical experiments (such as building and firing a trebuchet), an entertaining but extremely passionate presenter and atmospheric and innovative animation.

Bloody Britain examines key historical events from ground level – looking at the lives and perspectives of all those involved in these events – king and commoner alike. Action and information-packed, each show is a fascinating and at times squeamish journey through some of Britain’s most gruesome and awful, but momentous, historical events. In each episode of Bloody Britain Rory McGrath examines a key event from British history.

Whether it is battles, rebellions, wars, plagues, social unrest, betrayal, executions, injustice or mass insanity, we will concentrate on the mad, sad and bad moments from our past. In short, we will zoom in on when the past was truly horrible and ask why, when and how these events came to be part of our history. From learning the tactics of the siege, through to troop formations and allegiances of the people, Bloody Britain demonstrates that history is always more interesting when it was horrible.

Bloody Britain Series

• Episode 01: The Peasants’ Revolt.
• Episode 02: Jack the Ripper.
• Episode 03: The Vikings.
• Episode 04: The Welsh Rebellions.
• Episode 05: The Monmouth Rebellion.
• Episode 06: The Witchfinder General.
• Episode 07: The Siege of Rochester.
• Episode 08: The Bodysnatchers.
• Episode 09: Bloody Mary.
• Episode 10: The Battle of Trafalgar.

Production & Filming Details

• Director(s):
  • Emma Sayce
  • Peter Boyd Maclean
• Producer(s):
  • Sam Grace … associate producer
  • Simon Lloyd … executive producer
  • Emma Read … executive producer: Discovery Channel
  • Sophie Theunissen … series producer
• Writer(s):
• Music:
  • Richard Attree
• Cinematography:
• Editor(s):
  • Simon Reglar
• Production:
• Distributor(s):
  • Discovery Channel
• Release Date: 05 April 2004.
• Running time: 30 minutes.
• Rating: Unknown.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.

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