Art historian Alixe Bovey follows the Gough Map, the oldest surviving road map of Britain, in search of the country as it was in the medieval era.


1/6 Alixe Bovey follows the trail north from York to the hotly-contested Scottish border.

First broadcast: 10 Apr 2008


2/6 Alixe Bovey heads west from Gloucester to Wales in the footsteps of Edward I's armies.

First broadcast: 17 Apr 2008


3/6 Alixe Bovey follows the ancient pilgrim trail from the east coast to London.

First broadcast: 24 Apr 2008


4/6 Medieval art historian Dr Alixe Bovey discovers the origins of precedent in common law.

First broadcast: 01 May 2008


5/6 Alixe Bovey explores medieval Scotland, a nation so young it still had no capital.

First broadcast: 08 May 2008


6/6 Alixe Bovey explores the West Country as it appeared in medieval times.

First broadcast: 15 May 2008


A short sample is included for evaluation.
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Technical specs for episode 1. The rest are similar.


General #0
Complete name : In Search of Medieval Britain - Episode 1
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
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File size : 232 MiB
PlayTime : 29mn 9s
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Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2178/release

Video #0
Codec : XviD
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Codec settings/Packe : Yes
Codec settings/BVOP : Yes
Codec settings/QPel : No
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Codec settings/Matri : Default
PlayTime : 29mn 9s
Bit rate : 964 Kbps
Width : 608 pixels
Height : 352 pixels
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Frame rate : 25.000 fps
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Audio #0
Codec : MPEG-1 Audio layer 3
Codec profile : Joint stereo
PlayTime : 29mn 9s
Bit rate : 127 Kbps
Bit rate mode : VBR
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Writing library : LAME3.97
Encoding settings : ABR