Armada: 12 Days to Save England (2015)
Synopsis
Three-part documentary about the sinking of the Spanish Armada, featuring dramatic reconstructions and information gleaned from recently recovered documents. Dan Snow takes to the sea to tell the story of how England came within a whisker of disaster in summer 1588.
First Air Date: 2015-05-24
Last Air Date: 2015-06-07
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 3
Networks: BBC Two
Top Cast
- Dan Snow as Self - Presenter
- Anita Dobson as Queen Elizabeth I
- Iain Fletcher as Sir Francis Drake
- Joseph Balderrama as Medina Sidonia
- Zeh Prado as Mateo
- Philip Cox as King Phillip II
- Rupert Frazer as Lord William Burghley
- Crispin Redman as Sir Francis Walsingham
- Dominic Jephcott as Admiral Charles Howard
- Alun Raglan as Juan Martinez de Recalde
Seasons
Season 1 (2015)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: 12 Days to Save England
Dan Snow boards a yacht on the English channel to get a sense of the naval battle, revealing how tensions between England and Spain were fuelled by religion, piracy and Elizabeth I's rejection of King Philip II of Spain as a suitor 30 years earlier, and how a missed opportunity could have resulted in disaster.
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Ep. 2: The Battle for England
Dan relives the fierce battles at sea and we go behind the scenes in the royal court of Elizabeth as the Spanish fleet prepares for full-on invasion.
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Ep. 3: Endgame
Newly discovered documents reveal a remarkable web of misunderstandings that stopped the Spanish from invading, and show how the English victory forged the reputation of Elizabeth.
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