Bloody Tales of the Tower
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Bloody Tales of the Tower is a education/science/factual topics series airing on UK television.
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Bloody Tales of the TowerHistorian Suzannah Lipscomb and journalist Joe Crowley investigate stories connected to the Tower of London, looking at the contrasting fates of three people imprisoned in the Tower of London for treason. They examine what happened to Jesuit priest Fr John Gerard after he was accused of being sent by the pope to overthrow Elizabeth I, and look at the cases of Gunpowder Plot conspirator Guy Fawkes and German spy Josef Jakobs, who was captured in 1941 after breaking his ankle while parachuting into England on a mission
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Stories about the history of the Tower of London, including why it took executioner John Ketch five blows to decapitate the Duke of Monmouth in July 1685
Suzannah Lipscomb and Joe Crowley investigate the contrasting fates of three people imprisoned in the Tower of London for treason, including Gunpowder Plot conspirator Guy Fawkes
Stories about the history of the Tower of London, including why it took executioner John Ketch five blows to decapitate the Duke of Monmouth in July 1685
The execution of Henry VIII's wives Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and the suspected suicide of Lady Arabella, a threat to the ruling Stuart dynasty
The execution of Henry VIII's wives Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and the suspected suicide of Lady Arabella, a threat to the ruling Stuart dynasty