Name Mike Loades | Role Historian | |
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Books Swords and Swordsmen, The Longbow, The Composite Bow | ||
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Mike Loades is a British weapons and general historian. He is also an author, presenter, action arranger and director.
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Chariot Weapons
Career
Loades has appeared as a primary presenter or supporting expert in many documentaries covering historical weapons. Behind the scenes, he has worked as an action arranger in over 100 screen productions. As a television presenter/host he is best known for the BBC series' Time Commanders, Weapons That Made Britain for Channel 4 and Weapon Masters for Discovery Networks. He wrote and presented the two-hour special Going Medieval for H2 channel in 2012.
On-screen, Loades is well known for demonstrating military history from all periods in a hands-on style. He is an acknowledged expert horseman, charioteer, archer, horse archer, jouster, swordsman and black powder shooter.
Loades provided commentary about the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in a short documentary for the videogame Total War: Rome 2. While referring to Assassin's Creed, he said that despite his age, he was "blown away" by the work that was put in by the videogame industry to make their work more historically authentic.
Filmography
Loades has also directed several television drama/documentary specials, including: