Saxon and Viking Games | Games People Played

Michael Dean presents the second of six programmes on the origins of board games with David Brown from the Ashmolean Museum Oxford. This week: Anglo Saxon Games.

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Roman Games | Games People Played

Roman Games | Games People Played

BBC Two | 1981 | 9'55''

Michael Dean presents a programme about early forms of games, in this case those used by the Romans.

Saxon and Viking Games | Games People Played

Saxon and Viking Games | Games People Played

BBC Two | 1981 | 9'28''

Michael Dean presents the second of six programmes on the origins of board games with David Brown from the Ashmolean Museum Oxfo...

The Arrival of Chess | Games People Played

The Arrival of Chess | Games People Played

BBC Two | 1981 | 9'56''

Michael Dean and David BROWN from the Ashmolean Museum Oxford, discuss the arrival of chess in England at the time of the Norman C...

Development of Chess | Games People Played

Development of Chess | Games People Played

BBC Two | 1981 | 9'24''

David BROWN of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford looks at how the pieces developed and the craftmanship that went into them

Table Games | Games People Played

Table Games | Games People Played

BBC Two | 1981 | 9'25''

This week table games featuring a stone board from Norwich Castle.

Cloister Games | Games People Played

Cloister Games | Games People Played

BBC Two | 1981 | 9'08''

This week: games played in the cloisters includes noughts and crosses, nine men's worries and Fox and Geese.
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