About
Three-part documentary about the sinking of the Spanish Armada, featuring dramatic reconstructions and information gleaned from recently recovered documents. Dan Snow takes to the sea to tell the story of how England came within a whisker of disaster in summer 1588.
Cast
Dan Snow
as Self - Presenter
Anita Dobson
as Queen Elizabeth I
Iain Fletcher
as Sir Francis Drake
Joseph Balderrama
as Medina Sidonia
Zeh Prado
as Mateo
Philip Cox
as King Phillip II
Rupert Frazer
as Lord William Burghley
Crispin Redman
as Sir Francis Walsingham
Dominic Jephcott
as Admiral Charles Howard
Alun Raglan
as Juan Martinez de Recalde
Phoebe Thomas
as Elizabeth Throckmorton
Gwenyth Petty
as Blanche Parry
Seasons
Episodes
Season 1
12 Days to Save England
Dan Snow boards a yacht on the English channel to get a sense of the naval battle, revealing how tensions between England and Spain were fuelled by religion, piracy and Elizabeth I's rejection of King Philip II of Spain as a suitor 30 years earlier, and how a missed opportunity could have resulted in disaster.
The Battle for England
Dan relives the fierce battles at sea and we go behind the scenes in the royal court of Elizabeth as the Spanish fleet prepares for full-on invasion.
Endgame
Newly discovered documents reveal a remarkable web of misunderstandings that stopped the Spanish from invading, and show how the English victory forged the reputation of Elizabeth.
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