| Uniform Title |
Bloody Britain (Documentary television program) |
| Title |
Bloody Britain / with Rory McGrath. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by ViaVision Entertainment, ©2004. |
| Description |
3 DVD-videos (210 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| ViaVision Entertainment : VVE2481. |
| Originally broadcast on the Discovery Channel in 2004. |
| "When history really was horrible" -- Cover. |
| Contents |
The Peasants' Revolt -- Jack the Ripper -- The Vikings -- The Welsh Rebellions -- The Monmouth Rebellion -- The Witchfinder General -- The Siege of Rochester -- The Body Snatchers -- Bloody Mary -- The Battle of Trafalgar. |
| Credits |
Produced by Sophie Theunissen. |
| Performers |
Presented by Rory McGrath. |
| Summary |
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. 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 s battles, rebellions, wars, plagues, social unrest, betrayal, executions, injustice or mass insanity, we'll concentrate on the mad, sad and bad moments from our past. In short, we'll zoom in on when the past was truly horrible and ask why, when and how these events came to be part of our history. |
| Target audience note |
E. Exempt from classification. |
| System details |
DVD video, 2.0 stereo, PAL, 16:9. |
| Language note |
English. |
| Subjects |
Jack, -- the Ripper |
| Mary -- I, Queen of England, 1516-1558 |
| Public executions -- Great Britain -- History |
| Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805 |
| Witch hunting -- History |
| Vikings -- History |
| Documentary television programs -- Great Britain |
| Great Britain -- History |
| Genre |
Historical television programs |
| Historical reenactments (Television programs) |
| Documentary television programs |
| Nonfiction television programs |
| Other Names |
Theunissen, Sophie producer. |
| McGrath, Rory on-screen participant. |
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