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The History of Warfare (TV series)

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Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

No. of episodes
  
61

Original release
  
1992 – 2001

Final episode date
  
2001

Producer
  
Bob Carruthers

Original language(s)
  
English

Running time
  
approx. 50 minutes

First episode date
  
1992

Number of episodes
  
61

Language
  
English

Created by
  
Cromwell Productions Ltd

The History of Warfare is a 3660-minute documentary series about the most famous wars and battles in world history focusing primarily on the military annals of Great Britain.

Contents

The series was created during the 1990s, when Cromwell Productions Ltd became a production company specialising in historical and arts documentaries taking the example of other shows from Cromwell such as Line of Fire and Battlefield.

Presentation

The series dedicates numerous episodes to determine conflicts such as the English Civil Wars, the Napoleonic Wars, and the American Civil War. In addition to having segments such as Discovery To Revolution about the discovery and colonization of the American continent by the Spanish, Dutch, French and English and Under Siege about the most famous battles of siege warfare.

The series has the participation as narrators of many British actors such as Robert Powell, Iain Cuthbertson and Brian Blessed. Bob Carruthers served as screenwriter and producer. The series included interviews with many military historians such as David G. Chandler then professor at the Sandhurst Military Academy.

Trivia

  • Brian Blessed is narrator for the episode about the War of the Roses, which is also a coincidence because he is also the narrator for the video game War of the Roses.
  • History of Warfare is another link to the long chain in the partnership by Brian Blessed and Bob Carruthers, having worked together on several other projects such as Dinosaurs: Myths and Realities and Chasing the Deer.
  • Iain Cuthbertson is Scottish and narrator for the all the Scottish episodes.
  • Screenwrither and Producer Bob Carruthers is also Scottish.
  • Bob Carruthers was also producer and screenwriter for the Line of Fire and Battlefield TV series.
  • The series has been translated into over three languages such as Spanish, French and German.
  • References

    The History of Warfare (TV series) Wikipedia