This programme was first shown about twenty-five years ago and is now being repeated for the D-Day anniversary.
It was presented by Richard Holmes, a military history lecturer and a Territorial Army officer, covering battlefields from centuries of conflicts. Series 2 covered Bosworth quite well, although it described “Tudor” as a “Lancastrian claimant” ready for “hand-to-hand fighting.
It described the Three Estates‘ deposition of Edward V and Richard’s career to date as well, before telling the story of the battle and the legends surrounding it.
murreyandblue 
Yay! Thank you!
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One of my favourite tourist historians, Richard Holmes seemed such a genuinely nice man. He would have loved all the 80th Anniversary of D-Day stuff and would have had so much to impart. A sad loss to broadcasting and to history…
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(Not sure why the word “tourist” appeared in there – blame Gremlins or Predictive Text!)
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