Oliver Stone: Untold History of the US

Name: Oliver Stone: Untold History of the US
Released: 2012-10-10T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Sean Bean

TV Show · Documentary

A close look at four ages of organised fighting - Victorian, Georgian, Elizabethan, and Tudor - reveals the suprising variety of uses to which the activity has been put.

2012 · 47m

Starring Sean Bean

EPISODE 1

The Sport of Blood

The history of organised fighting in Britain begins in the Georgian era. Lucy Inglis takes a look at the dark world of women's bare-knuckle boxing in London during the 18th century.
EPISODE 2

Victorian Prize Fighters

The British embrace of violence during the Victorian era was easily seen in the regard held for bare-knuckle boxers. Skilled fighters were handsomely rewarded, while losers faced bleak futures.
EPISODE 3

Georgian Duellists

Both sides of the class divide, in Georgian Britain, found in duels not only a novel distraction but a tidy way of settling disputes.
EPISODE 4

Tudor Fight Club

A look at the use of jousting as a political tool and how it brought rewards for the victors. However, failure often meant the defeated the party lost land or reputation.