Lucy Worsley Investigates, William the Conqueror
PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):
Sunday, Aug. 3, at 8 PM
Monday, Aug. 4, at 1 AM
On October 14, 1066, the vast armies of King Harold of England and William, Duke of Normandy, fought for the English crown on the battlefield near Hastings in southern England. Harold was killed in battle, and William emerged victorious, forever more to be known as William the Conqueror. Lucy investigates how William the Conqueror won not just the Battle of Hastings but the battle for England, examining extraordinary firsthand evidence and meeting historians and curators who illuminate this tumultuous period in English history.
