Secrets of Great British Castles

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12 total episodes

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2 seasons

First Aired April 03, 2015

Overview

Historian Dan Jones explores the millennium of history behind six of Great Britain's most famous castles: Warwick, Dover, Caernarfon, the Tower of London, Carrickfergus, and Stirling.

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York Castle

Season 2 - Episode 3 - 1h 45m

Air Date

November 18, 2016

Overview

In medieval England, the North was ruled from York. Dan Jones explores the history of its castle, from the Viking Jorvik and the Normans, through the dark days of the anti-Jewish pogrom and the imprisonment of the Knights Templar, to one of its most colourful inmates - the legendary highwayman Dick Turpin.