1066: A Year to Conquer England

PBS America

9:20 AM to 10:40 AM

Friday 6 June

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After months trapped in a port in northern France, the winds finally change and Duke William leads his vast invasion fleet across the Channel. Catastrophically, King Harold is 300 miles away in the north, having defeated the Vikings. Harold rushes back south, gathers a new army, and heads to Hastings to take on this new invasion. The two armies will meet at Battle in Sussex on October 14, 1066, and the outcome will change the shape of England and Europe for ever. Dan Snow presents