Armada: 12 Days to Save England

Overview

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.

Network

• BBC Two

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Dan Snow

  Self - Presenter

  3 eps

• 

  Anita Dobson

  Queen Elizabeth I

  3 eps

• 

  Iain Fletcher

  Sir Francis Drake

  3 eps

• 

  Joseph Balderrama

  Medina Sidonia

  3 eps

Themes

• england
• armada
• 16th century

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