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Instruments Of Death

Instruments of Death

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Instruments of Death is the gripping series that places some of history's deadliest weapons in your hands. Through a series of innovative tests and modern experiments, viewers get a close look at the effects of blades and bullets on the human body. Ever wonder what it would have been like to take a crushing blow from a battle-axe or be struck by a deadly arrow? Wonder no more. It can be gruesome to watch, but it's always compelling.

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Season 01, Episode 01 - "The English Civil War"
With families at war with each other and a monarchy fighting to survive, conflict in 17th century England reflected the times - brutal and unforgiving. With the decisive battle of Naseby as its backdrop, this first episode in the series demonstrates some of the deadly new weapons of the age including first hand tests with real flintlock muskets and mortar bombs, while Karl Ude-Martinez is shown how the wounds they inflicted were treated.

Season 01, Episode 02 - "The Wars of the Roses"
Towton was the single bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil - it's believed that 28, 000 men were hacked to death in a single day. The Lancastrian and Yorkist armies who stood toe-to-toe in pitched battle that day were armed with deadly Longbows and Crossbows, Falchion Swords and Pole Axes; we"ll see the weapons and the damage they did here, along with a new weapon that appeared on battlefield at that time - the hand cannon. We"ll also hear about the rudimentary battlefield medicine of the day.

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Season 01, Episode 04 - "Queen Boudicca's Revolt"
The Roman Army was the best equipped, best trained and most fearsome fighting machine of the age. When the united tribes of ancient Britain rose in revolt under the charismatic Iceni Queen Boudicca, it was fully put to the test before achieving final bloody victory at Watling Street in AD61. In this episode, Karl Ude-Martinez gets to use a Gladius sword and a Pilum spear, to test Roman armour and to hear how tactics were developed to inflict the worst possible wounds on the enemy.