History Documentary hosted by Rory McGrath, published by Discovery Channel in 2004 - English narration
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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'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.
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.
Series Producer: Sophie Theunissen ; Directed by Emma Sayce & Jessica Whitehead ; Produced by Outline for Discovery Networks Europe
4) The Welsh Rebellions
Rory McGrath learns about an attempt to seize Wales from the English in the 1400s, trying out for himself the weapons and techniques used.
English forces annexed Wales in the 12th century and rebellions followed for the next few centuries, the most famous being led by Owain Glyndwr at the start of the 15th century, who won back territories from England for a while. The uprising caused a great upsurge in Welsh identity.
