

Air Date
December 8, 2015
Episodes
3 episodes
Blood and Gold: The Making of Spain with Simon Sebag Montefiore
Season 1
Episodes

1. Conquest
8.0
December 8, 2015
60 min
In the first episode, Simon explores Spain's early years, its emergence as the battleground of empires and its golden age under the Cordoba Caliphate.

2. Reconquest
8.0
December 15, 2015
60 min
Simon uncovers the truth about Spain's hero El Cid. He also investigates the horror of the Spanish Inquisition and in the process discovers an unsettling story about one of his own ancestors.

3. Nation
8.0
December 22, 2015
60 min
Simon explores Spain's golden age under Philip II through to the Spanish Civil War and dictatorship under Franco, from which Spain has emerged as a modern democratic monarchy.