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TV series or program
Battle Castle
Genre
Action Documentary
Directed by
Ian Herring
Starring
Dan Snow
No. of episodes
6
Production
Producers
Ian Herring, Thomas Clifford, Maija Leivo, Elizabeth Murray
Running time
60 min
Original release
Release
February 23, 2012 (2012-February-23)
Infobox instructions (only shown in preview)
Dan Snow at Crac des Chevaliers, Syria.
Battle Castle is an action documentary TV series[1] co-produced by Parallax Film Productions Inc. with London-based Ballista Media Inc.[2] It explores the medieval arms race reflected in castle construction in the Middle Ages and, using location filming, re-enactments and CGI reconstruction, tells the stories of six castles tested by siege.[2] Hosted by Dan Snow, the series has aired on History Television,[3] SBS Australia[4] and most recently, Discovery UK.[5]
^Battle Castle (TV Series 2012)
^ abBattle Castle Lays Siege On-Air and Online Archived April 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^Press Release: HISTORY TELEVISION GOES MEDIEVAL WITH THE PREMIERE OF THE NEW SERIES BATTLE CASTLE ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23
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