Synopsis
Dan and Peter Snow use computer animation and dramatised testimony to relive defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie's highlanders by George II's Redcoats.
- Programme: Battlefield Britain
- Episode: 07: Culloden: The Jacobites' Last Stand
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2004
- History
Licence: ERA Licence required
Free to watch for UK schools, colleges and universities with an ERA Licence
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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