It was on at the weekend though i did not watch it until last night, part 1 of a 2 part series written and presented Boris Johnson (the Mayor of London of course and former Tory MP) on the rise of Islam after the fall of Rome and the conflicts between Christianity and Islam.
There is a lot of history on TV these days but much of it relies of gimmickry and reconstructions, often the same blurry battle scene over and over again (just in case the viewer doesn't know what men fighting with swords looks like). This programme refreshingly did not, it was presented in a simple style: Boris in various locations and talking to a number of experts, with a bit of architecture and art thrown in. Unlike many history programmes on TV i felt this one actually treated me as intelligent, which is nice. Part 2 is on next Saturday.
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