Bloody Tales of the Tower
Death to Traitors
Season 1 Episode 1 of 3
Historian Suzannah Lipscomb and journalist Joe Crowley investigate stories connected to the Tower of London, looking at the contrasting fates of three people imprisoned in the Tower of London for treason. They examine what happened to Jesuit priest Fr John Gerard after he was accused of being sent by the pope to overthrow Elizabeth I, and look at the cases of Gunpowder Plot conspirator Guy Fawkes and German spy Josef Jakobs, who was captured in 1941 after breaking his ankle while parachuting into England on a mission
Bloody Tales of the Tower airs on National Geographic Channel at 9:00 PM, Saturday 26 October. (Subtitles.)
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
General
Suzannah Lipscomb
Presenter
Joe Crowley
Presenter
Luke McLaughlin
Director