Game of Thrones Review: SE02 EP04: Garden of Bones
On this week’s episode of a Game of Thrones, it’s all about intrigue and plot building. While there wasn’t much in the way of warfare, there were plenty of revealing scenes to keep viewers glued to their screens.
The Borgias – Review SE02 EP02: Paolo
Review of Season 2, Episode 2: Paolo from The Borgias
Game of Thrones Review SE02 EP03: What Is Dead May Never Die
Review of the third episode of Season 2 from Game of Thrones
Full Metal Jousting – Review of Episode 3
The most dangerous sport in history has been reborn!
Full Metal Jousting – Review of SE01 EP02
The Red team was down but not out! In this week’s episode of Full Metal Jousting, the Black and Red team go head to head for another gruelling joust
The Borgias – Review of ‘The Borgia Bull’ – SE02 EP01
‘Vengeance shall be ours! We are family, we are ONE! We will only triumph as one!’ ~ Rodrigo Borgia
Game of Thrones: SE02 EP02 Review: The Night Lands
I’m not Ned Stark – I understand how this game is played – Tyrion
The Borgias return for a second season
Billed as the ‘world’s first crime family’ the Borgias second season begins airing tonight on Showtime in the United States and Bravo in Canada.
Jousting the latest extreme sport with Full Metal Jousting
If you are looking for a sport with true medieval roots, the new TV show Full Metal Jousting might be for you.
Review: Full Metal Jousting, Season 1, Episode 1: “Army Strong in Armour – Arena, meet Marine!”
In this show, a win is truly earned; no one is voting anyone off the island here. No one cares who you are because in the end, all that matters is that you can stay on your horse and beat your opponent.
Game of Thrones: SE02 EP01 Review: The North Remembers
This episode focused on leadership and power. Cersei makes a miserable attempt to keep rumours at bay while Joff wantonly doles out cruel punishment for his amusment making season one’s’ Viserys Targaryen look like Mother Teresa.
Game of Thrones Season 1 Reviews
Game of Thrones Season 1: Catch up on all the episodes of the first season of Game of Thrones with our video and written reviews.
Battle Castle: Malbork
The fifth episode of Battle Castle features the castle of Malbork, in Poland, and the siege by the forces of Poland and Lithuania, led by King Władysław II Jagiełło, against the Teutonic Knights, who were led by Heinrich von Plauen, in 1410.
New TV drama – “Vikings” – to be filmed in Ireland and Northern Europe
The History Channel in the US and History Television in Canada have announced they will be airing a scripted drama series, ‘Vikings’.
Holy Dover!: Castles, Crossbows and the Poor Man’s Trebuchet on the third fantastic episode of Battle Castle
Dan Snow is back again for another awesome adventure in Dover. Relieve the medieval excitement of last night’s third episode of Battle Castle!
Tweeting History: Social Media meets Mummies and Moats
Last week, dozens of Toronto-area bloggers gathered at a local bar, bringing with them their iPhones and Blackberries. Amidst watching Viking re-enactors fight it out on stage and playing trivia, the group got ready for the main event of the evening – watching a tv show about the Pergamon and Neues Museums in Berlin, Germany, and tweeting history.
‘Battle Castle’ lays siege on-air and online
The show is an interactive, trans-medieval journey into castle engineering, bloody siegecraft, and epic clashes that transform mortals into legends. Hosted by UK celebrity Dan Snow, the show takes its viewers over six one-hour timeslots to Syria, France, Spain, Wales, Poland and England delving into the stories of six fascinating castles.
Battle Castle: Crac des Chevaliers
Trebuchets, earthquakes, Crusades and sweeping panoramas – you don’t want to miss a single minute of this fantastic first episode of Battle Castle!
The Bachelor and The Bachelorette – just like a medieval romance?
The hugely popular TV shows The Bachelor and The Bachelorette have now been on US television screens for about ten years, but medievalist Paul Patterson, Ph.D., assistant professor of English at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, says the plots for both TV hits were written long ago.
Battle Castle – Interview with Nicole Tomlinson
I was so fascinated by the stories of the lives of the people and artifacts associated with these strongholds that I didn’t realize I actually wasn’t learning much about the castles themselves. The more I delved into researching the series, the more I wanted to see the technologies that built them (and sometimes brought them down) jump out of my imagination and into action.
Battle Castle – Interview with Ian Herring
In 21 years of filmmaking, I have never worked on a project where professional and personal interests have come together such an authentic way.
Museum Secrets, Season 2: Episode 3 Preview: National Archaeological Museum of Athens
Airs Thursday, January 26 at 10PM ET/PT on HISTORY TELEVISION CANADA
Museum Secrets, Season 2: Episode 2 Preview: American Museum of Natural History
From dinosaurs to meteorites to the origins of the human species, the American Museum of Natural History houses 32 million objects, is visited by over 4 million people annually, and has a stellar research staff that mounts over 100 expeditions every year.
Museum Secrets, Season 2, Episode 1: State Hermitage Museum
Museum Secrets is a wonderful show, which reminds me why I enjoy history so much. I am now very much looking forward to seeing the rest of this season’s episodes.
Season 2 of Museum Secrets Premieres this week!
Join us for a brand new season of Museum Secrets premiering this Thursday, January 12th at 10pm EST/PST!