The Agony and The Ecstasy [45min]

Failure -- what is it good for? American satirist Joe Queenan grapples with old Europe, and the idea of gallant defeat. At a re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings, Joe noticed everyone wanted to be King Harold, and no one William the Conqueror, the guy who actually won. A transatlantic gulf slid into view. With contributions from John Sergeant, Armando Iannucci, George Bush senior's speech writer, and a Frenchman who believes his country won at Waterloo.