Series 2 (1981)

In Search of Athelstan
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March 19, 1981

In this place, in 939, was buried the first king of all England. In his day a Norseman called him the greatest man in the European...Read more

In Search of Eric Bloodaxe
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March 26, 1981

In this year—954—in a certain lonely place called Stainmore, King Erik was treacherously betrayed and killed, along with his son H...Read more

In Search of Ethelred the Unready
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April 2, 1981

AD1001: In this year there were constant hostilities in England because of the Danish army and they harried and burned almost ever...Read more

In Search of William the Conqueror
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April 9, 1981

1944: The greatest amphibious invasion in history lands on the Normandy beaches. Today the wreckage of war still stands in the sha...Read more