Airdate: Armada: 12 Days to Save England
SBS screens a UK history series looking at when the Brits fought off a Spanish invasion in 1588.
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This week SBS screens the history series, Armada: 12 Days to Save England, when the Brits fought off a Spanish invasion in 1588.
This is a 3 part series aired in the UK a year ago.
Dan Snow takes to the sea to tell the story of how England came within a whisker of disaster in the summer of 1588. Thirty years after Elizabeth I ascended to the English throne, she faced a Spanish invasion. Seeking to depose Elizabeth and bring Protestant England back into the Catholic fold, her rejected suitor Philip II, Emperor of Spain, made a decision that would define them both, and change the future course of their respective countries.
Episode One:
In the first part of this three-part drama documentary series, Anita Dobson stars as Elizabeth I as Dan Snow explores how England was on the brink of disaster in 1588. Newly discovered documents take Snow deep inside the Spanish Armada for the very first time and reveal a missed opportunity that could have spelled the end of Tudor England.
Wednesday, 25 May at 7.30pm on SBS.
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It’s funny how the British go on and on (lots of books and documentaries) about the battle associated with this ship movement, but almost never mention the Counter Armada the following year, where the English suffered significant defeat and were ultimately unable to win the war.