Conquest(2002)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2002-12-01
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 7.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 28
Conquest is a TV show on the History Channel hosted by Peter Woodward. In each 30 minute episode, Woodward teaches his small group of assistants a particular type of weapon, or a set of weapons from a particular time period, while demonstrating their function, describing their comparative advantages and disadvantages, and discussing their history. Episodes have ranged widely across history, from "Stone-Age Weapons" to "Air Combat" and even including "Unarmed Combat". As examples of the broad spectrum, Roman weapons and tactics, SWAT tactics and ninjutsu have all featured.
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 14E01
Tournament
Air Date: 2002-12-15
One of the quintessential images of medieval life, the tournament lasted well into Tudor times. Actor and fight maste...
E02
Weird Weapons of the Middle Ages
Air Date: 2002-12-16
Actor and fight master Peter Woodward searches museums and private collections for weird and unlikely weapons, then i...
E03
Demolition Derby
Air Date: 2002-12-22
Actor and fight master Peter Woodward trains for the Orange County Fair's Demolition Derby, where he contends with th...
E04
Bow & Arrow
Air Date: 2002-12-29
One of man's earliest effective hunting weapons, we learn why the bow and arrow became so dominant in history. Our co...
E05
The Axman Cometh
Air Date: 2003-01-12
Actor and fight master Peter Woodward guides viewers back to a time when knowing how to swing an ax meant the differe...
E06
Knight in Armor
Air Date: 2003-01-26
Actor and fight master Peter Woodward returns to the days of chivalry to find out why personal armor developed--from ...
E07
Bull Riding
Air Date: 2003-02-09
Can actor and fight master Peter Woodward tame the untamable? Find out when we send him to Gary Leffew's Bull Riding ...
E08
The Duel
Air Date: 2003-02-16
With actor and fight master Peter Woodward as guide, we see how the duel developed from trial by combat. The duel of ...
E09
Weapons of the Gladiators
Air Date: 2003-02-23
The ancient world boasted many special weapons, some of which became almost ritualized. Roman gladiators' weapons ref...
E10
Air Combat
Air Date: 2003-03-16
Though the newest form of personal warfare is less than a century old, the basics of air combat have changed little s...
E11
Swords of the Musketeers
Air Date: 2003-03-30
The classic cut-and-thrust of the Hollywood movies had a basis in reality. The cup-hilt rapier, with its light and fl...
E12
Unarmed Combat
Air Date: 2003-04-06
Bodies fly through the air as our team follows wrestling techniques painted on the walls of Egyptian tombs, and looks...
E13
Stone Age Weapons
Air Date: 2003-04-07
Actor and fight master Peter Woodward introduces us to Stone-Age weapons--flint or bone hand-axes, spears, bows, and ...
E14
Urban Ops
Air Date: 2003-04-13
Peter Woodward and his team learn what it takes to be in a police SWAT team at the Direct Action Resource Center in L...
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