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There is just something so comfy about any historical documentary that is 15+ years old. I loved this.

My father missed the last train from Maidstone to Canterbury on Christmas Eve. Undeterred, he walked... His journey started at about 7:30pm and he arrived in Canterbury at about 8:30am on Christmas Day. He was 72 years old and was carrying a suitcase. He said it was an amazing experience to finally walk the Pilgrims’ Way!

I didn't fall in love with history until I was an adult because at my secondary school it was sooo boring and dull, Tony has been my go to for all his documentaries and Time Team too which I have watched for decades. Thank you Tony, you are a legend when it comes to English History!

I got recommended this during the peasant truckers revolting against the establishment in Canada.

Tony Robinson is the only non Historian who got me in love with History. I also thank Time Team too. I could happily sit in a room with a cup of tea and listen to Tony talk about history for hours. Cheers Tony

I love how when Tony enters the Cathedral of Canterbury he is shouting and completely oblivious to all the concerned faces.

Tony Robinson mentioned a couple of times 'what you would of learned at school'. This got me thinking back to my childhood. Well can you believe, between 1988 and 1992 at a secondary school in Milton Keynes where I had the misfortune of going, they didn't do history lessons or have any proper history teachers. They did humanities gcse which was taught appallingly, but no gcse history for the kids back then. I remember doing a little about castles in middle school, not very much at all. But all I can say is thank god for history programmes on tv, history books my parents had and Tony Robinson himself. 👍👏

A wonderful documentary. I was born in Dagenham, Essex and knew nothing about this historical event of my English history. Thank you Tony Robinson.

Too many British people nowadays have been propagandized into uncritically believing that the monarchy (and the upper class in general) are inextricable from our national identity, and to be critical of (or even outright opposed to) them is unpatriotic. Let's not forget that events like this are as integral a part of our history as all the kings and queens.

I love the casual style of this documentary. Just casually buying coffee while explaining the peasants revolt. It feels like taking a walk with a history professor.

This video is not only timely (Feb 2022 - Canadian protests) but a brilliantly reconstructed (minus the massacres) telling of the uprising. A sobering examination of the levers of power and the mechanisms which push people over the edge. We are never far from barbarism, despite the patina of civilisation.

Tony Robinson never seems to disappoint... I've been watching time team for the past year and now and again I'll come across the documentary like this. I saw the one about Robin Hood and braveheart 👍

I can just imagine it started with some little peasant say the immortal words - "I have a cunning plan".

"I recognize you, you're my serf" "No I'm not" is almost a Monty Python skit.

And history repeats itself in Canada

This was excellent. I am an American living in the States, but I love English history. I have a lot to learn, but fascinated by everything I continue to learn. Thank you for producing this and God Bless you!

What a great history lesson.....What we ALL need more of is HISTORY. What was going on in 1381 is the reason we need to take heed in 2019. The peasants were the pawns for the Rich and the Mighty.

"The Hundred Year War was beginning to drag on" - only Tony Robinson could deliver that line & not bat an eyelid.

It’s time for history to repeat itself because politicians never learn

great story, great to presentation. Here in Croatia. For similar reasons, the peasants revolt happened in 1573, cruelly put down by the ruling Austrian monarchy. The evolution of human consciousness... is so painfully slow.

Love that he treats the horses with such dignity.

It’s pretty awesome that they made this, shows how all people truly can make a change.

I went to Rochester castle a few years back and it was such a treat! We ended up walking around Rochester and visiting the dockyards too. Such a great pocket of history in Kent!

Relevant to what's happening in Canada now 🇨🇦

Tony Robinson genuinely loves history and has a flair for presenting programs from a working class viewpoint. I guess it started with Baldrick in Blackadder.

"The peasants are revolting!" "I know, they're disgusting."

There’s nothing like a good revolt to give those that govern up a kick up the old backside. Great documentary 👍

They dont teach you about the peasants revolt at school! This blew my mind. Id never even heard of it before. Love Tony Robinson. Makes history so engaging! 🎉

"They hid the achievements of ordinary people by scorning them as rioting yokels" Some things haven't changed in 637 years!

The distance from Canterbury to London is around 100k. Anyone used to being on their feet all day and in fairly good shape could defintely cover that distance in a day and a half. An Ultra Runner could do it in 7-8 hours, a thru hiker on a long distance trail would cover that in just over a day as well. Not as far fetched as they make it out to be here. Only far fetched to modern sedentary humans that aren't used to covering distance on foot.

This is probably the 3rd time I’ve seen this and it’s still fascinating.

Michael Palin, Tony Robinson, Richard Hammond and Morgan Freeman. My favorite documentary hosts

Great history lesson for 2021-2022.

I appreciate the enthusiasm and effort on the documentary attempting to bring history alive

Tony Robinson is SO GOOD. Thank you

The effort to be as accurate as possible with the smallest details is truly appreciated. I learned many new things. Thanks. !:- )

Baldrick narrating the peasant revolt... Blackadder would be stunned at the progress his servant has made over the years.

After watching Time Team and now this. Have to say, Tony seems like a genuinely awesome guy. You dont see real personality in American TV like this. Love it.

"The Peasants are Revolting" - still one of the greatest comedic straight-lines, probably since the 14th century!

Amazing and inspiring story of bravery, tenacity and the power of the everyday people.

"Sire! Sire! The peasants are revolting!" "Yes, I know they smell a bit but no need to go on about it"

32:10 I like how Tony storms the cathedral himself and disrupts the quite, disturbs everyone in the cathedral and crosess the rope like its his own revolt XDD

Around halfway about 25 min (28m30sec remaining) When tony casually tells the horse to "stop that!" Mid sentence when the horse pushes him was one of the most british things ive ever seen

It's amazing how history repeats itself

Of all the presenters who appear in the many documentaries I so enjoy watching, one man and one woman stand out as my hands-down favourites: Tony Robinson and Lucy Worsely. If I were to ever have the chance to sit down with either of them over a coffee, I have one question to ask both. What was the defining factor that brought you to presenting historical documentaries? I wonder about that because my late husband was a history fanatic who often peppered conversations with fascinating historical details that always checked out if his knowledge was challenged. Thanks, Tony and Lucy, for being the voices through which I can learn so many wonderful details from the past!

Tony is such a lovable and charming person. Another fantastic program

Interesting how history repeats itself.

I believe this should be taught, EVERYWHERE. A very powerful story, a lot of the working class can still relate to.

I like to think myself well versed in History yet I do not recall hearing about this revolt. Love learning new things in history. Thank you for the lesson.

We so need a revolt like this but much bigger. How significant this is.

That was so good. I missed that one on actual TV. Tony Robinson is such a good storyteller. True stories but told well. How cool that the first rebel bore my surname. I'm not a descendant however ,my lot go back to Fawley and Dibden near Southampton(earliest date known late 1500s,not my find,a cousin with better access to the archives and a sherlock Holmes mind). I did know that the "Peasants" were in real terms the emerging Middle Class. And I reckon that literacy was even then more widespread than ever that expert thought. In school in the 1960s we were taught that until the 19th century our poor,ignorant,yokel ancestors lived in the same village for hundreds of years. When you do your family history you discover how untrue this is. Not only were they not ignorant,they were literate to some degree right back in the 1700s but they were incredibly,sometimes frustratingly mobile. They really got about. I wonder how different our society would have been if the rebels had succeded in implementing change. But the "elites" never allow that. This film was filmed pre-covid now we today are in a similar situation and the "elites" no doubt know their history and have taken lessons in people control from it.

Thanks for making a documentary about this, been wanting to watch something like this

Tony,the 'Essex Boy' is a modern socialogical gem.Love his programmes,and so educational for the younger generation.

is no one gonna talk about that chaotic energy in that church? or this whole documentary? tony do be vibing tho.

"Scorning them as rioting yokels"....Sounds remarkably similar to how things are playing out in Canada right now.

Canada needs version 2.0 of this right now. Sad day.

Tony Robinson is a national treasure!

I love that Tony is REAL and his documentaries are REAL. At around 36:31 he admits he and his crew last contact with the riders and he sees the humor and also the historocity in it-- that he may have just recreated one of the big issues of the times in which the Peasant's Revolt happened, Ave that was communication issues. Brilliant!! 👏

WoW! Terrific video. So well put together. A true diamond this one. Thanks

Sad today that those in power don't seem to read history. As Rodney said to the little king "Sire, the peasants are revolting''. The King replied ''You can say that again''.

Thanks for remembering the truth and the courage those Great people had to do what they did, God Bless them all.

Love the documentaries on youtube, as long as i remember never to scroll down to the comments

We need this now, more than ever

That was so good to watch from lockdown, I was entirely unaware of the happeneings. Thanks for posting

It's good to see things really haven't changed that much.

"With the stakes so high" as Tony walks down a row of hanging beef carcasses!

i'm a simple man - I see Tony Robinson, I click

Thanks so much for posting

I love how Mike and his comrades are retracking the footsteps and even sleeping on the ground after a good days ride. Great work mate , cheers!

Anybody else watching in late 2020 and thinking history repeating itself??

The background to the peasant's revolt sounds uncomfortably familiar. I'm thinking we need another revolt but this one may need to be world wide.

Thanks for the awesome vid! ✊✌💖

I love Tony Robinson, he's basically one of my heroes, but I'm having real trouble getting past how distracting the asymmetrical goatee is. His left side is trimmed in like 4 mm tighter than his right and I can't not notice it lol.

It's this bit of history that gives today's One-Percent nightmares.

Thanks for your time and consideration. Philadelphia USA

I really enjoyed watching this video. I also learnt a lot too!! Thank you 😊

Funny how history seems to repeat itself, we are in beginnings of something much like this now in many different places.

WOW! Thank you so much! What an inspiration learning about this story, if it wasn't for you I would never have known how sophisticated this really was.

been BINGE watching loads of these . . love Tony's style . .

In Peter Akroyd's excellent history "Foundation" he points out that these revolters were not peasants at all but artisans. Blacksmiths and the like.

"When they could bear it [oppression, poverty] no more, the People's response shook the nation to its core". We need another "Peasants Revolt" today.

I love Tony's documentaries he is so natural and comfortable when he talks keep making more documentaries love them.

Thank you for another educational and entertaining video!

Watching this as the Freedom Convoy hits week 3 in Canada and sparks solidarity protests around the world. People power!!!

'The hundred year's war with the french was dragging on...' Yes, you could say that.

49:53 - five people, three chairs... Mike's crew revolt!

As I watch this all I can think of is the trucker rebellion in Canada right now

Love it when Mike Loades turns up!!

I like the way Tony is willing to do anything. I feel sure he didn't grow up with horses, but if someone asks him to hold a skittish one, he just gets on with it. One of my favorite presenters of history and one of the few men who looks really good in a goatee.

One good thing about the Black Death in Britain and most of continental Europe was that the highly centralized infrastructure of the village was still there. It didn't take very long to repopulate and society went back to normal. Places like Norway on the other hand were permanently derailed, because much of the agriculture was decentralized. Just one farm on its own way up in the hills. When everyone died there, nature quickly reclaimed farms it had taken centuries to make viable, and they never returned. Arguably Norway had never fully recovered from the Black Death when they found oil in the North Sea in the 60s and got out of the doldrums that way.

I've heard of the Peasant's Revolt, but I don't remember hearing the story behind it. Thanks.

I really enjoyed watching this thank you.

Baldrick!! So glad to see you survived going over the top!

*Who better than Baldrick to investigate the plight of the peasants.*

History often rhymes as humanity’s response to tyranny has never changed.

Funny I should find this video at this time. Very relevant and well presented part of our history. Thank you for sharing.

Makes me proud to be ancestorially, English. Another revolt may be necessary, people are not happy anymore.

For the sake of all that is decent what is that on Tony’s chin?

Ordering the bacon roll a whole minute after the tea. Outrageous behaviour, Sir Tony.