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Blood and Gold: The Making of Spain with Simon Sebag Montefiore

Miniseries · 3 episodes · Dec 8, 2015

  1. Blood and Gold: The Making of Spain with Simon Sebag Montefiore season 1 episode 1 still

    Episode 1

    Conquest

    Dec 8, 2015

    In the first episode, Simon explores Spain's early years, its emergence as the battleground of empires and its golden age under the Cordoba Caliphate.

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    Episode 2

    Reconquest

    Dec 15, 2015

    Simon uncovers the truth about Spain's hero El Cid. He also investigates the horror of the Spanish Inquisition and in the process discovers an unsettling story about one of his own ancestors.

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    Episode 3

    Nation

    Dec 22, 2015

    Simon explores Spain's golden age under Philip II through to the Spanish Civil War and dictatorship under Franco, from which Spain has emerged as a modern democratic monarchy.