6-part documentary featuring historian Marc Morris, who details the history of the British castle. Each episode details either an era of castle-building, what they were used for, and/or focuses more specifically on castle-building in a specific region of Britain.

Presented by Marc Morris an exciting, eye opening tour around Britain exploring the age of the medieval castle.Covering a period of six hundred years of British history, Marc charts the evolution of the medieval castle, from the primitive earth and timber "motte and bailey" castles to the formidable stone structures which still dominate the land today.