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Britain's Bloody Crown (2016)
Entertaining but very inaccurate.
I do like Dan Jones. He make history very entertaining and this is no exception. I'm not so bothered about the obvious opinion like what was motivating the Duke of York or Queen Margaret. They may or may not have had noble intentions to start with, same with Richard III and others. These are subject to conjecture. But some of the inaccuracies are correctable and just show lack of research for example the princes being murdered in a vat of wine when that was the Duke of Clarence. The armour and weapons used in the battle scenes are way wrong. Most of the soldiers are wearing chain mail and look like soldiers during the norman invasion 4 centuries earlier. By this stage at the end of the middle ages all of the nobility and quite a few of their knights and men at arms were wearing either full or partial plate armour. A fair number had moved away from swords and wielded 2 handled poleaxes. In this we've got the earl of Warwick going into battle with plate armour across his chest but nowhere else and not even wearing a helmet. Suffice it to say some of the inaccuracies are disappointing.
Inside the Tower of London (2018)
Love this show.
Me and my elder brother love this series. Was hooked on it in series 1 and was pleased when they brought it back for series 2 especially when they made it longer. Unlike a previous viewer I found it very interesting, especially being told from the perspective of the people who work there. I love history, it was my favorite subject at school and you don't get a more historical building in this country than the Tower. All I can say is I am really hoping they will have a 3rd season. Keep it coming.