A BBC documentary series in which Dan Cruickshank examines attempts and plans to invade Britain and Ireland over the years by exploring coastal fortresses and defensive structures around the coast of the country to discover their military heritage.
Air Date: 2001-10-28
Turning ten centuries of history on its head, Dan Cruickshank brings Britain's defence heritage to life in the first ...
Air Date: 2001-11-04
A French invasion loomed in 1804. How did Britain respond to the threat of Napoleon's army? Dan Cruickshank continues...
Air Date: 2001-11-11
An insight into how Britain, under the threat of German invasion in the Second World War, reinvented itself as a fort...