The Spanish Armada -- Things We Forgot to Remember [30min]

Former British Conservative politician Michael Portillo presents a series which revisits the great moments of history to discover that they often conceal other events of equal, but forgotten, importance. We remember a lot about the Spanish Armada of 1588; Drake and his bowls, Elizabeth I on Tilbury Docks and a glorious naval victory -- but are we remembering the right history? Michael Portillo investigates the real history of the Armada -- to find that it was the first of three, that the Spanish did successfully land in England and that the victory of 1588 did little to alleviate the fear and suffering of the next decade and a half of continuous war. Why then have we forgotten so much?