Feb 28, 2017
180 min
Full-HD

1066: A Year to Conquer England (2017)

Drama-Documentary in which historian Dan Snow explores the political intrigues and family betrayals between Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans that led to the Battle of Hastings.

Category

History Documentary Drama

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

BBC

Andrew Havill

Archbishop Stigand

Adam James

Harold Godwinson

Simon Meacock

Gyrth

Freya Parker

Matilda

Clive Russell

Harold Hardrada

David Sterne

English Noble

Juliet Stevenson

Herself - Narrator

Ed Stoppard

William the Conqueror

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