Armada: 12 Days to Save England (2015)

Three-part documentary about the sinking of the Spanish Armada, featuring dramatic reconstructions and information gleaned from recently recovered documents. Dan Snow takes to the sea to tell the story of how England came within a whisker of disaster in summer 1588.

Cast (12)CrewGenresDetailsMediaAwards

Dan Snow

Self - Presenter

Anita Dobson

Queen Elizabeth I

Iain Fletcher

Sir Francis Drake

Joseph Balderrama

Medina Sidonia

Z

Zeh Prado

Mateo

P

Philip Cox

King Phillip II

Rupert Frazer

Lord William Burghley

Crispin Redman

Sir Francis Walsingham

Dominic Jephcott

Admiral Charles Howard

Alun Raglan

Juan Martinez de Recalde

Phoebe Thomas

Elizabeth Throckmorton

G

Gwenyth Petty

Blanche Parry

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