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• Bloody Britain | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £8.42   |  Saving you £11.57 (137.41%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Rory McGrath leads viewers through some of the goriest aspects of British history in this high rating 10-episode Discovery Channel documentary series. Fresh innovative entertaining and revelatory Bloody Britain combines strong historical research and story telling with hands-on historical experiments an entertaining but extremely passionate presenter and atmospheric and innovative animation. Action and information-packed each half hour show is a fascinating and at times squeamish journey through some of Britains most gruesome awful but momentous historical events. In each half-hour episode Bloody Britain 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. Episodes features are the Battle of Trafalgar The Vikings Bloody Mary the Body Snatchers Witchfinder General the Siege of Rochester the Monmouth Rebellion Jack the Ripper the Welsh Rebellions and the Peasants' Revolt.