Under Siege!
Storming the Barricades
A new series of six 48 minute episodes
The background to the series
Few topics in the history of human conflict capture
the popular imagination more than the drama of siege warfare.
Whether it is a city, a town, a battalion or a
regiment, the blood is stirred by stories of those that, usually vastly
outnumbered, have stood behind walls and barricades in a last stand
against their attackers. More often than not the city has fallen or the
regiment has been defeated, but for the victor the triumph has been won
at such a price as to render it worthless in the context of the wider
conflict.
So what makes those under siege battle on when to
do so often has little logic? Who were the leaders who rallied their
troops or their fellow citizens? What drives men and women to acts of
extraordinary courage and self-sacrifice? Why has victory sometimes
been won when bloody failure looks absolutely certain?
The aims of the series
To produce an entertaining but authoritative
long-running series that crosses all historical periods and is suitable
for Discovery Networks world wide, excluding the USA.
The style of the programmes
• Effective use of the existing EMP filmed
archive where appropriate
• Best use of well researched and rare archive
footage where appropriate
• Full use of new CGI to illustrate siege
techniques, tactics and weapons
• Use of filed interviews with survivors and
veterans where appropriate
• Best use of extracts from diaries, memoirs
and first hand accounts
• Extensive use of newly-filmed location
footage from key historical sites
• Best use of photographs, still images,
paintings and drawings
• Comment and analysis by leading historians
and military experts
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