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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.
Top Cast
Dan Snow as Self - Presenter
Anita Dobson as Queen Elizabeth I
Iain Fletcher as Sir Francis Drake
Joseph Balderrama as Medina Sidonia
Zeh Prado as Mateo
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