Walking Through History - 'England's Last Battle: West Country'
British iTunes Chart Performance

• Release date: 29 Nov 2014
• Chart debut: #44 (28 Nov 2023)
• Highest Position: #44 (28 Nov 2023)
• Most recent chart position: #44 (28 Nov 2023)
• Days on UK TV Episodes Chart: 2

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UK TV Episodes chart performance history for England's Last Battle: West Country

tony is in the ‘the most rebellious corner of england’ from lyme regis on the jurassic coast north across country to the infamous - and frequently flooded - somerset levels tony follows the fortunes of the duke of monmouth’s armed...

...to overthrow the british monarchy the year is 1685 it’s 25 years after the restoration and the catholic james ii has just ascended the throne this is the cue for the story of tony’s walk – one of the most remarkable and rapid rebellions in our history and one that leads to the last pitched battle ever to take place on english soil the famously bloody revenge exacted by judge jeffreys on the rebels provides a memorable finale to tony’s west country walk the four day walk of almost 50 miles encapsulates the growth and passage of the rebel army from the harbour and winding streets of lyme regis through beautiful dorset valleys and villages like colyton to the key towns of taunton and bridgewater before ending at the site of the battle of sedgemoor and the utter crushing of the rebellion the post-script was the bloody and brutal ‘justice’ handed out by the royalists everywhere from churches and villages close to the battle site to towns over 50 miles away bodies and body parts were strung up all around the region as a clear message to all in this ‘most rebellious corner’ but in the 1680’s england was seeing itself as intellectually progressive country – and the protestants wanted no more of the pope and the catholic church threatening their freedom hundreds of rebels may have died in battle and by the rope but their cause won the war in just three years parliament had put an end to the stuart dynasty and james ii fled to france in fear of his life

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