Armada: 12 Days to Save England - Season 1 - Eps 1: 12 Days to Save England

Name: Eps 1: 12 Days to Save England
Released: 2015-05-24

2015-05-24 • 60 min • ⭐ 0/10

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.

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About Armada: 12 Days to Save England

Title: Armada: 12 Days to Save England

First Air Date: 2015-05-24

Last Air Date: 2015-06-07

Status: Ended

Rating: 0/10 (from 0 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 1

Total Episodes: 3

Network: BBC Two

Genres: Documentary, History

Production Companies: Unknown

Synopsis

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.