The Truth About Dark Age Britain - Myths, King Arthur and Lost History Revealed
138K views · Jun 4, 2026 · People & Blogs
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@defaultytuser · 2 months ago
I remember when these types of documentaries where the norm on cable Tv (early 2000s- nineties kid here). I think I grew up with a feeling of awe and wonder towards the world thanks in no small part to masterpieces like these! Now it takes a lot of effort to prompt search engines correctly to arrive at these videos; but at least they are here! My niece and nephew are loving them , thx so much
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@thomasbernecky2078 · 3 months ago
An hour of Dr. Francis Pryor, this will be good
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@christineKT · 2 months ago
Love seeing Francis as a longtime fan of Time Team
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@jaynewilson6392 · 3 months ago
I so miss intelligent documentaries like this! glad I found it!
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@earlatkins9559 · 3 months ago
Nice to see something with Francis Pryor hosting it. Usually see him on Time Team.
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@peterwebb8732 · 3 months ago
Roman Britain lasted longer than the US has existed as a nation. <br><br>That’s not a trivial period of time.
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@pleatedskirt18 · 3 months ago
This is just the sort of video that YT should be about. Informative. Well presented. Understandable and relatable. Reasoned. Fascinating and accessible to us lesser mortals. Thank you Francis, and thank you The British History Channel.
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@gladams56 · 3 months ago
Living in Kentucky I was always intrigued by British history. One day it struck me that that was also my history. My ancestors.
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@katehirst696 · 3 months ago
The pleasure of hearing the word 'revert' used correctly! I could watch this video again based solely on that reason. <br>Not mentioned here is Llanilltyd Fawr (Llantwit Major) and the question of it was a seat of learning/proto-university for scholars within the church during this period, sending out evangalists trained by St Illtyd et al. I've got a feeling St Gildas is linked too.
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@MichaelKnox-j5m · 2 months ago
Francis Pryor truly loves this country.
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@andershansson2245 · 3 months ago
The Not So Dark Ages, episode 2 (of 3) of Britain AD: King Arthur's Britain, first aired September 13, 2004
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@HeatherTodd-u4w · 3 months ago
Gildas sounds interesting ! We need to review our mistaken ideas about Britain and Europe in the 4th - 7th century.
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