1066: A Year To Conquer England, 9pm, BBC2

NEW, three-part series in which Dan Snow lifts the lid on the Norman Conquest, revealing the political and personal intrigues between Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans that resulted in one of the most significant events in British history: the Battle of Hastings. In the opening episode, Edward the Confessor dies without an heir, triggering a three-way race to succeed him as King of England.