Crusades: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In this series, Terry Jones presents the recounting of the religious wars for control of the "Holy Lands" waged by Christian Europe against the Islamic world. In addition, Terry Jones recreates specific aspects of those events by exploring the lives of pivotal figures, the technology and the politics of the era. Furthermore, Terry Jones also shows how these acts of religious bigotry at its worst have led to many of the political and ethnic problems we have today.

Series details

• Title: Crusades
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: History
• Premiere date: 1995-01-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 1995-01-13
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9197
• TVDB ID: 80302

Cast and credited roles

• Terry Jones — Presenter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1995-01-10; final listed air date 1995-01-13; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from Crusades on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.