主演：BenRobinson
导演：未知
简介：BenRobinsonretracesthedramaticlastdaysofKingJohn,England'smostdisastrousmonarch,anduncoversthelegendofhislosttreasure. TendaystookKingJohnfromrulerofanempiretosuddendeath,andleftthekingdominruins.JohnisfamousforthecreationofMagnaCarta,whichinspiredourmoderndemocracy. BenfollowsinthefootstepsoftheKing'sepiclastjourney,fromthetreacherousmarshesofEastAnglia,throughLincolnshireandNottinghamshire,tohisfinalrestingplaceinWorcester.HeisjoinedbymedievalhistorianprofessorStephenChurch. Togethertheyexaminethetruthbehindthelegendthathaslivedonfor800years.DidthecrownjewelsreallyendupinthemudoftheWash?WastheKingpoisoned?Doeshedeservehisreputationasourmostdisastrousmonarch? Thankstouniquedocuments,wecantellthisepictaleintheKing'sownwords.NotonlycanwegetintothemindoftheMagnaCartaKing,wecanrevealinfantasticdetailhowandwherehetravelled. BenrevealswhathappenedwhentreasureseekersattemptedtofindtheKing'slostjewelswiththehelpofadiviner.AndusingthelatesttechnologyrevealshowwecanactuallyseebackintimetorevealthelandscapeasitwouldhavelookedwhenKingJohnmadehislastjourney800yearsago.
主演：DavidStarkey
导演：未知
简介：Wetakeourlibertiesforgranted.Theyseemabsoluteanduntouchable.Buttheyaretheresultofaseriesofviolentstrugglesfoughtover800yearsthat,attimes,havethreatenedtotearoursocietyapart.Onthefrontlinewasadocumentoriginallyinkedonanimalskin–MagnaCarta.DistinguishedconstitutionalhistorianDavidStarkeylooksattheoriginsoftheGreatCharterin1215tochecktheabusesofKingJohn-andhowitnearlydiedatbirth.Heexploresitssubsequentdeployment,itscontributiontomakingeveryone–eventhemonarch–subjecttotheruleoflaw,andhowthisquintessentiallyEnglishdocumentmigratedtotheNorthAmericancoloniesandeventuallybecamethefoundationoftheUSconstitution.MagnaCartahasbecomeauniversalsymbolofindividualfreedomagainstthetyrannyofthestate,butwithever-tighteninggovernmentcontrolonourlives,isittimetoresurrectit?
