BBC A History Of Britain (Revolutions) Part4

[chasedbyfaun]

where is part 5?

[snowbarbieblue]

King of Bling ;)

[demonella]

The king who brought back partying!

[nakedmambo]

Part 6?

[BrandysiPodTips]

Why are documentaries full of questions instead of facts :P ?

[moses2781]

Is there more parts to this series or is number for the last of the revolution series?

[translationwiz]

He said that Cromwell may have been a manic-depressive. I think most dictators, if not all, are. They are that, or suffer from Borderline P.D.-mood swings . And if they weren't before assuming power, they sure will be by the time they are powerless. And we wonder why history is full of wars&genocide. Its the leaders personalities. How they react. And their need to impose their will. What good is it to have power&not use it. I could be wrong, but I doubt it. :D

paz/peace/salam/shalom

[jjpeterson1]

Oliver was a wolf in sheeps clothing, presumably pius and humble but a filthy asshole Jew in disguise. Goodbye England Charles the I was your last king.

[canalrebelde]

This documentary has a little problem, it doesn't have letterings. It's important to understand better.

[batalion666]

is he jew

[Talbot6832]

God I hate Schama.

[TroyBilt007]

@Talbot6832 Just what is wrong with simon schama? He is one of the most highly respected historians on British, European and American history today. I have read some of his books and the reviews by fellow historians are glowing. This man really knows his subjects.

[charlieiscool1000]

the narrtor sounds abit like willam hague lol

[patsyd80]

oh Im so pleased the bbc is putting full docs on youtube now instead of using it as a advert for its shows. so now instead of getting one or two mins clips we can watch the great history docs the bbc produce.

[RealmEternal]

@patsyd80 LOL what? I'm not with BBC.

[patsyd80]

@RealmEternal I know i only noticed after I post. But it still sounds like a good comment if looked at in ironic way i suppose. thanks for good doc.

[RealmEternal]

@patsyd80 Haha yeah it's very ironic, I wish BBC would put up full episodes badly too.

[ryko26]

atrocious choice of music at 8:50

[CharlesShawRules]

Cromwell was a brilliant military man, but also a religious fanatic and a traitor. The regime he built couldn't outlive him. Charles II was a man of the world, but that's what England needed.

[Ironslad1985]

Where is the rest of the episode!?!?!

[brilliantfranz]

does anyone know if this is the same documentary that was on MBdocs youtube channel?

I watched the first 4 charpters called (i think ) Beginnings, conquest, dynasty and nations

[chris2002Rocklin]

@brilliantfranz

Season - 2000 Episode 09 - BBC_A_History_Of_Britain_Revol­utions

[PaulUmbarger]

Great series! This episode should have been called "King Oliver" or something. The title "Revolutions" didn't quite seem to fit in my opinion.

[TheWilliamcale]

cromwell was more like osama bin laden

the first REAL revolution was the french revolution, madame revolution's children all spoke french

[MrLewey10]

Oh yes, and Robespierre and the Jacobins were real guardians of liberty. Cromwell and his puritanical major generals were very similar to the perpetrators of the great terror which brutaly punished any dissent in France, big or small, real or imagined.

[TheWilliamcale]

bloody or not the french revoltuion changed the world

i will give you this

as bad as cromwell was he was a step towards parlaimentary demopcracy

but he was a proetestant and i never liked

that religion my grandfather was a clavinist and as much as i loved and respected him his beliefs were bigoted and disgusting i hate cromwell for what he did to ireland, at least the catholic side of my family knew how to have a good time, i dont like any religon that doesnt drink, dont trust it

[MrLewey10]

Well you're right, it did change the world, but so did Stalin's Great Terror, and the holocaust etc...

I also agree that Calvinism is a dreary and bigoted tradition, but I have Ulster protestant family and believe me, they know how to have a good time, and they definitely drink!

I see what you're getting at but its a bit of a caricature to say prods are dreary and catholics are fun-loving.

[TheWilliamcale]

they are in america

mind you my dads family is dutch cavinist

in holland and they drink like fish

i thinksits america

in the states

there still a very puritan streak in protestants i never liked it

its horrid lawys snuck off with the cahtlic side when i wanted to have some fun

the fench revolution for all its excess

gave us secualr liberal democratic world we live in

and that change is a far cry from soviet communism

[xandervaliya]

Thank you RealmEternal for posting this!

[billyysands]

bloody hell even a king was better than the likes of cromwell

[bulked]

your reason?

[uknaas]

Outstanding. Applies to some countries even today.

[cytrus500]

An excellent show to be sure. The last episode especially is truly monumental in its clarity.