{"id":19442,"date":"2023-03-21T10:35:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T14:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-4-commissions-history-series-fortress-britain\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T10:35:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T14:35:19","slug":"channel-4-commissions-history-series-fortress-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-4-commissions-history-series-fortress-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel 4 Commissions History Series Fortress Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Channel 4 has ordered the new history series <em>Fortress Britain<\/em> from Banijay UK\u2019s IWC Media, in association with producers Dom Bowles and Theo Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Alice Roberts, Dr. Onyeka Nubia and professor Dan George will look at key moments in British history in which the country was under threat of foreign invasion. They will identify the physical reminders that remain today, including Tudor forts, WWII tank traps, Norman castles and more.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts will be based at the <em>Fortress Britain<\/em> hub in Walmer Castle, where she will be joined by leading experts who will set the scene for each period. Nubia and George will be traveling the U.K. to visit the buildings, battlefields and ruins in each of the stories.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fortress Britain<\/em> is a co-production between IWC, Brainchild Productions and Brightside Media. Bowles is serving as series producer and director, with Williams as associate producer. IWC\u2019s Mark Downie is executive producer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an island nation with an inconvenient habit of falling out with our neighbors, Britain has a unique history which has resulted in an almost constant obsession with threat of invasion from the continent,\u201d Bowles said. \u201cWhat\u2019s truly amazing is that so many physical reminders of those threats, both perceived and real, remain to this day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to be making another new series with professor Alice Roberts,\u201d Downie, creator director of IWC, added. \u201cNo one is better at making British history accessible and relevant for contemporary audiences. Combined with Dr. Onyeka Nubia and professor Dan George, we\u2019ve assembled an exceptional team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emily Shields, commissioner at Channel 4, commented, \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to be working with professor Alice Roberts and the team on this brand-new series that sheds new light on the history that\u2019s all around us. Visiting some glorious locations all around the country and packed with fascinating detail about four key moments in British history, this series is a real treat.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Channel 4 has ordered the new history series Fortress Britain from Banijay UK\u2019s IWC Media, in association with producers Dom Bowles and Theo Williams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":19443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[7203,5365,7204,7205,289,7206,7207,7208,7209,7210,1138,7211],"class_list":["post-19442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-alice-roberts","tag-banijay-uk","tag-brainchild-productions","tag-brightside-media","tag-channel-4","tag-dan-george","tag-dom-bowles","tag-dr-onyeka-nubia","tag-emily-shields","tag-fortress-britain","tag-iwc-media","tag-theo-williams","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Channel 4 Commissions History Series Fortress Britain - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-4-commissions-history-series-fortress-britain\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Channel 4 Commissions History Series Fortress Britain - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Channel 4 has ordered the new history series Fortress Britain from Banijay UK\u2019s IWC Media, in association with producers Dom Bowles and Theo Williams.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-4-commissions-history-series-fortress-britain\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-21T14:35:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/Channel4-619.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"336\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-4-commissions-history-series-fortress-britain\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-4-commissions-history-series-fortress-britain\/\",\"name\":\"Channel 4 Commissions History Series Fortress Britain - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-21T14:35:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-21T14:35:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-4-commissions-history-series-fortress-britain\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-4-commissions-history-series-fortress-britain\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-4-commissions-history-series-fortress-britain\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Channel 4 Commissions History Series Fortress Britain\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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