Rory McGrath presents an entertaining history series that uses animation to shed light on some of the goriest events in Britain's past.

Fresh, innovative, entertaining and revelatory, Bloody Britain is a ten part series for the Discovery Channel that tells the story of some of the most gruesome and awful, yet momentous events from history.

Bloody Britain examines key historical events form ground level – looking at the lives and perspectives of all those involved in these events – king and commoner alike.

From learning the tactics of the siege, through to troop formations and allegiances of the people, Bloody Britain demonstrates that history is always more interesting when it was horrible.

First transmitted in 2004.