Episodes
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2005 (45 min)
Contestants eager to re-create the battles of history's greatest generals line up in a second series. It's AD 9 and a team of vicars try to save Roman legions from defeat at the hands of the Germanic army in the battle of Teutoburg.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Jan 23, 2005 (45 min)
In a re-creation of the 1066 battle at Stamford Bridge, the Eagers family from Surrey step into King Harold's shoes to challenge a Viking invasion led by Harald Hardraade , the fearsome warrior king.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Jan 30, 2005 (45 min)
The Macedonian army took on Indian tribes in 326BC. Stepping into the sandals of Alexander the Great, can a team from the Army and RAF defeat one of the greatest forces of war elephants?
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Feb 6, 2005
197 BC: the Battle of Cynoscephelae. Can a team of spin doctors secure a Roman victory in a fog-shrouded clash with the Macedonians?
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Feb 13, 2005 (45 min)
Mesopotamia, AD 530: can jujitsu instructors from Essex execute a Sassanid triumph over a vast Byzantine Roman army?
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Feb 20, 2005
Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom have re-enacted the Battle for Troy on the silver screen. Now a team of gamers from Glasgow travel back in time to the 13th century BC, to take part in an epic conflict shrouded in mythology. Will a Trojan Horse be utilised to gain victory?
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Feb 27, 2005 (45 min)
A team of mental health workers from Wales lead the Norman army against King Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Mar 13, 2005 (45 min)
It's AD 106, and the Roman emperor Trajan has the Dacian citadel of Sarmizegethusa in his sights. Will his generals - played here by a team of climbers from Suffolk - prevail?