Armada: 12 Days to Save England

The read

The series ran 1 season across 3 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.

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.

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Cast

• Dan SnowSelf - Presenter
• Anita DobsonQueen Elizabeth I
• Iain FletcherSir Francis Drake
• Joseph BalderramaMedina Sidonia
• Zeh PradoMateo
• Philip CoxKing Phillip II
• Rupert FrazerLord William Burghley
• Crispin RedmanSir Francis Walsingham
• Dominic JephcottAdmiral Charles Howard
• Alun RaglanJuan Martinez de Recalde
• Phoebe ThomasElizabeth Throckmorton
• Gwenyth PettyBlanche Parry

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