We Are History - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Boadicea: Myth or Missus?
Spoof historian David Oxley takes a joy ride through 200 years of British history. This episode features Queen Boadicea's final battle with the Romans.
King Arthur: Myth or Legend?
At an archaeologcial dig near Heathrow Airport, historian David Oxley and his team hunt for the body of King Arthur but unearth a body somewhat fresher than any Dark Age burial.
Our Friends in the Norse
Historian David Oxley goes to Newcastle to trace bloodties between a Geordie student and his Viking ancestor, showing how the two are similar in drinking habits, torture techniques and self-assembly ship building.
Hunchback!
In the fourth in the series of spoof history documentaries presented by David Oxley he travels to Leicester to prove the innocence of Richard III.
Armada!
Bull-fighting, donkey-throwing and lisping? Spoof historian David Oxley looks at what Britain would be like if the Spanish had won in 1588. He re-enacts Drake's finest hour, using only a school swimming lesson and the "It's A Knockout rule book".
Oliver's Army
Historian David Oxley goes to the Cromwell School of Hairdressing in Huntingdon to see if he can kick off the Civil War again.
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