When Knights Were Bold

Michael Rosen looks at how children's literature has tried to capture the excitement and danger of history.

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Description
01	Slaves And Centurions	20001204	From Byzantium to Hadrian's Wall, from Rosemary Sutcliffe to Asterix, woolly tribes and armoured legions clash in the pag.
02	Kings, Queens And Peasants	20001205	In the New Forest, Captain Marryat's Children fought for their king, and 100 years later, Geoffrey Trease's Merry Me.
03	Empire's Finest	20001206	Half the world is coloured red as we march with Henty and Kipling to India and with Haggard to Africa, but what happened to china?
04	War And Peace	20001207	Percy F Westerman showed his young heroes finishing off the Hun, Biggles zapped the enemy from the air, but since WWII, children'.
05 LAST	History Of The Future	20001208	Dan Dare shot into space and fought with the Mekon, then the Third World War broke out: one moment technology rules and t.
	Programme Catalogue - Details: 05 March 1990	19900305	Producer: WHITE, J Next in series: 04 December 2000 Broadcast history 05 Mar 1990 09:35-12:00 (RADIO 3) 23 Apr 1991 09:35-12:00 (RADIO 3) Recorded on 1987-04-23.
	Programme Catalogue - Details: 05 March 1990	19910423	First broadcast on 1990-03-05 Producer: WHITE, J Next in series: 04 December 2000 Broadcast history 05 Mar 1990 09:35-12:00 (RADIO 3) 23 Apr 1991 09:35-12:00 (RADIO 3) Recorded on 1987-04-23.