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Castles: Britain's Fortified History

Episode 2: Kingdom of Conquest

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for 9 days

Sam Willis tells the story of the English ruler who left the most indelible mark on the castle, Edward I, as he turned it into an instrument of colonisation. Show more

Castles: Britain's Fortified History

Episode 3: Defence of the Realm

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for 9 days

Sam Willis looks at how castles survived into the Tudor era. But these strategic seats of power had to become palaces to impress monarchs such as Elizabeth I. Show more

Castles: Britain's Fortified History

Episode 1: Instruments of Invasion

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for 9 days

Sam Willis shows how the castle arrived as an instrument of invasion with the Normans but became a weapon with which unruly barons challenged the Crown. Show more