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Battlefield Britain

The Battle of Naseby

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Peter and Dan Snow go back 350 years to tell the story of a battle that shook the British royal family to its core. It was the turning point in a civil war that had ripped the country apart for three long years. With the aid state-of-the-art graphics, father and son reveal the crucial moments of a battle that is seen by many as the starting point of British democracy.

Dan Snow experiences at first hand what it would have been like for the ordinary foot-soldiers as they struggled with cumbersome pikes and Peter joins his son on the back of a motorbike, where they try their skills with a sword in a simulated cavalry charge. Show less

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Presenter:
Dan Snow
Presenter:
Peter Snow

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