Invasion (TV documentary)

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Invasion was a 3-part documentary made by the BBC in 2001.

Presented by historian Dan Cruickshank it dealt with the history of the invasion of the British Isles. Particular attention was focused on surviving fortifications.

It was originally transmitted on 28 October 2001, 4 November 2001 and 11 November 2001 on BBC2.

It has since been repeated on the UK History channel.

Althougth the series has been released on videotape, it is not currently available on DVD.

A book to accompany the series, written by Cruickshank was published by Boxtree in 2001.

[edit] Further reading

Invasion Defending Britain from Attack by Dan Cruickshank, Boxtree, 2001 ISBN 0-7522-2029-2