The Complete and Utter History of Britain

After a quick film survey of everyday life at the Dawn of History, the Narrator begins to guide us through the ages. Covered in this episode is the patenting of the first chair and Caesar's Home Movies of the Invasion of Britain.

The year 1066 was all action. A Saxon newsreader gives up-to-the-minute flashes from Hastings and the victorious King William is interviewed in the shower rooms after the battle.

From Edward I's famous last words - what were they again? - to Richard III, the world's worst babysitter. This episode delves into both and everything in between; a little thing called the Hundred Years' War.

Perkin Warbeck is revealed at last and the ghost of Anne Boleyn walks again. Digging into the familiar past of Henry VIII and his six wives and the Whizzo Collection of Early Tudor Treasures.

The Glories of Queen Elizabeth I (Ah! The glories of the Queen); all this is looked at, plus the wooing of the Virgin Queen. Also, Professor Weaver explains the Spanish Armada.

In this final episode of the series, the sketches included are: James McFirst's Christmas broadcast, the Pilgrim Fathers book passages to America, Charles I on the scaffold and a guide to witch spotting.