The Truth Behind Britain's Most Misunderstood Historical Figures | Fact Or Fiction | All Out History

Robin Hood, William Wallace, King Harold and Richard the 3rd are some of Britain's most legendary and poorly understood historical figures. Join Tony Robinson as he uncovers the real stories behind historical giants.
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[@AllOutHistory]

Hi guys! We know the sound mixing in this documentary is not ideal and unfortunately, there wasn't much we could do to fix it. However, we still believe the content in the documentary is great and so decided to publish it. We apologise for the issue and hope you enjoy the upload regardless!

[@rosiesrandomtreasures1014]

NICE VIDEO! 🏴‍☠️👀😎🦯🙏🏻✌🏻

[@Andy_Babb]

Just don’t do like Odyssey does and totally remix music into already-excellent documentaries lol I will never understand why somebody would overlay music on top of a Mary Beard or Alice Roberts series 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@diannamaree7854]

The content is excellent - the darned music overlay ruins it for me, too distracting. Sorry but it is much worse than "not ideal". 😢😢

[@throwitatthewall6289]

Only the Richard III was shit. It’s almost unwatchable. Also, they found his bones and he did have a crooked spine

[@MissJudyJetson]

It happens every videos and I am still here to watch. I connect it to my Google home and that makes it alot better.

[@oneblinddog]

I’m finding the music volume distracting and overwhelms Tony’s narration.

[@DonnaGisellaTranchel]

Yes... I agree... And somehow it seems only to affect videos where poor Tony is the host... 🤔

[@outdoorsy01]

Agreed

[@xevavexa9649]

Very enjoyable narration. I can listen to Tony Robinson for hours!

[@ChadSmith-nq8ty]

robinhoods son :~D

[@p1ssedoffchristof48]

Can we just appreciate the dial up sound when he was on the computer

[@darftvaderosw-uk4790]

Ill join you in that

[@cherylmaden5989]

Sounds like my childhood ❤😂

[@anitaboneshow]

The name Robin Hood could be a play on words: "Robin" for "robbin' (robbing)" and "hood" for a never-do-well. Common words that we are using now in our current history remind me of all sorts of 'non-standard' things.

[@timmysvensson4902]

No

[@Edithandle12398]

Dis deep

[@kellyshomemadekitchen]

Clever!

[@Aaron-rm9ed]

Er....I don't think that's correct

[@anitaboneshow]

That's why I said "could", not "is."@@Aaron-rm9edIt's not definitive; it's a supposition.

[@randyfant2588]

I completely agree with a monument to King Harold. He was certainly one of England’s greatest Kings, if not the greatest Kng. However, King Harold was not killed with an arrow in the eye. Yes the tapestry was altered. The figure showing the arrow in the eye was altered. Stitching shows that it was likely originally a picture of a footman throwing a spear. What’s more, though Harold’s name is over the figure. That is not the pattern the tapestry is made in. All the other writing describing events, depict the event under the right end of the writing not the left end, where this figure stands. It is the picture shown of a Saxon being hacked down by a charging horseman that is under the right end of the writing. Harold didn’t die with an arrow in his eye. He was overrun by charging Norman Horsemen.

[@newswarsinc7072]

🎌

[@magustacrae]

Wonder how things would be different today if Harold had rushed in that 1st Norman retreat, or ...if that arrow had been 4 inches to the outside of his head...

[@allenomalley4014]

Wasn’t he actually the last truly English King ?

[@Markusfidelius]

⁠@@allenomalley4014 yeah! It’s the Germans that rule England. There has never been a 100% Anglon tribe’s king ruling hole England (Anglia).

[@xevavexa9649]

How did you know that it wasn’t King Harold?

[@Natalietea13]

I’ve always liked Tony Robinson’s narration and humour it’s been 10 years since I first watched documentaries involving him, I still love him.

[@cherylmaden5989]

Is it just me or is he one of those people that just gets more attractive the longer you watch him speak?

[@roodbennett]

Tony's narrative at the end of the Wallace episode was beyond touching, it was gut punching, amazing and deep. Thank you for the collection.

[@bethanyweber2755]

I love these video documentaries. However, the sound needs work. The music which is supposed to be in the background at times overpowers the narrator. The content is superb.

[@captainnathan3690]

I’m going to pile on about the truly annoying too loud music throughout the vid. With technology today you’d think that could surely be either eliminated or toned down. I have seen most of these vids in the past and there wasn’t that background. These are such well done programs it’s a shame to ruin the viewing experience with the hideous sounds.

[@katharper655]

Yes, it is. I can scarcely hear Tony's always engaging narration. WHY on earth are ALL these just dreadful, soundwise?

[@johnnybravo9096]

Look up how you tube encodes the video.

[@katharper655]

@@johnnybravo9096 Thanks. I'll do that. To understand is to become more patient. Hopefully. lol I'm NOT the most patient.

[@merlapittman5034]

Very interesting and informative, but I wish the bloody background music would stay in the background!

[@marymac789]

Absolutely MADDENING!!!!!!!!

[@erniecamp6945]

I can not hear the speaker for the music

[@user-en2fo1sw8f]

Reminder, Solar flare's have been in our atmosphere causing all kinds of issues

[@nadenrc]

Love Tony reporting these documentaries

[@TheSilmarillian]

An amazing set of historical stories indeed

[@amanda.jan3767]

Love this documentary, thanks for uploading

[@zoetropo1]

The Bretons had their own account of events. It differs markedly from both the Norman and the ‘Whig history’ accounts. Unlike the other views, the Breton one is backed by multiple, detailed documents.

[@sabbethroberts3674]

You should do your own video and explain your point

[@cherylmaden5989]

Lol yeah I'd totally watch it. You really should❤😊

[@user-bn2st5kx8h]

Also the fact Wallace fought his own nobility who were jealous is also a common theme of other heroes of that time period all over Europe

[@Boogra]

Seems to be a common theme in politics today, as well.

[@2DaylnHistory]

Well done! I am quite partial to British history and legend, so I especially appreciated this one.

[@alicemilne1444]

This isn't English history and legend, though. It's Scottish history, unfortunately moderated in a very biased manner by a condescending Englishman who lets his prejudices shine through.

[@yoptastic8463]

If you like English/British History and Legends then (if you've not heard of) I heartily recommend Kevin Hicks and his YT Channel The History Squad. He is the Longbow man in the Robin Hood documentary, if you not only love❤ medieval historical accounts of certain Kings,Queens or battles but Kevin will take you round Castles explaining many different aspects of them but he shows you how to be a longbow man, what you would've had with you on Campaign and all sorts of cool stuff you don't see or get shown in normal documentaries, (sorry Sir Tony!) He also makes his own 'battle models' scenes, shows you on models the bloody injuries caused by arrows/swords etc and how a physician would've dealt with that injury and he tells all while wearing an appropriate Medieval costume. Hope you have a look at his Channel and hopefully it's the sort of History stuff you like.🙂

[@RobertHarrison-oe3qg]

​@alicemilne1444 the man said british history, Scotland is part of the british Isles is it not

[@terryhayward7905]

The music is stupidly loud on the video, it almost blocks out the speaking, but as you said, its worth watching.

[@ryldauril2228]

you cant do no wrong your a youtube treasure.

[@bellalanevance630]

I think its fabulous and truly a pleasure to listen and learn! Thank you 🙇

[@Zine2me]

Love these. It's a shame about the sound engineering.

[@matthewtoll694]

was literally gonna comment this

[@kathyjohnson2043]

it is an issue from converting it to the KZbin format.

[@phoenixskeptic7698]

The background music is distracting and detracts from the value of the video.

[@henriettalowe4689]

That water glass has been used in the Bahamas for fishing for the past 200:years or more. They are made of wood with the glass bottom.

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

The guy said it was used in Medieval times and by pearl fishers, by which I assume he means the freshwater pearl fishers of Scotland.

[@42218102742]

Never knew Lil Jon had such an eventful life prior to his music career. Very interesting.

[@cherylmaden5989]

🤣

[@encoresbar]

This is time well spent! Thoroughly enjoyed it!

[@Hstry380]

This is the second All Out History documentary that I have not watched to completion due to the ridiculously loud background sounds and music. With the first documentary I assumed that the issue was a one off, and that it would not be repeated. However the comments on this documentary indicate that All Out History feels that it is the viewers issue to deal with. I don’t agree. There are other content makers who seem to have their act together and who value the viewers.

[@johnnybravo9096]

It's to do with youtube and how it encodes information. It's not good at distinguishing between even volume two tones of sounds, so enhances the wrong part.

[@cherylmaden5989]

I don't get it. I mean it's a little off but I can still hear the narration easily. Are you very auditorily sensitive? Some ppl are...I just am not.

[@cherylmaden5989]

Oooohhh. Yeah that sounds right...lol so it would mean that KZbin doesn't care...not the poster

[@kimberlypatton205]

This is such a treasure!

[@joycewilson4939]

I read that recently the grave of Richard III was uncovered in a parking lot. The discovery was also that he had "Scoliosis of the Spine ." So much for the theory that he wasn't a hunchback. The Richard III Society loved that the body was found but was chagrined to find it included a real abnormality. If he commissioned a painting of himself, would it have included this deformity? More than likely, his enemy would have doctored the painting which attested to the fact they KNEW it to be true and wanted everyone to know it. I guess in this final revenge they were saying "Oh yeah, whitewash the deformity we've seen for years, will you? I think not." They outed him. I believe paintings of that era were designed to show royalty in the best light: minus any warts. Like the old Virgin Queen with her mouth closed over her rotting teeth. Finally, that doesn't mean he was a monster who had his nephews killed only that his disability made him seem as "the person most likely . . ."

[@Ionabrodie69]

Oh another Tudor fan parroting lies.. Show me the PROOF that he killed his nephews? ..give me a valid reason why he would..?You obviously know nothing other than the Tudor propaganda..Here’s a fact…Bishop Stillington testified that despite Edward lV having had a pre contract with Lady Eleanor Talbot he still married the Wydeville woman..so the crown and the bishop brought Titulus Regius therefore removing those children from the line of succession..this was made clear to the people of London so negating the need for Richard to have them killed… however Margaret Beaufort had PLENTY of motive. ..but people like you are ignorant to common sense.. And ACTUALLY Richard didn’t have a HUNCHBACK..scoliosis doesn’t always present as a hunchback and it didn’t with him. You know how we know this..? Because IF you’d watched the documentary ,then you would have seen a man with the same skeletal scoliosis that Richard had and he did NOT have a hunch.. 😡🇬🇧

[@suescourfield7902]

Of course, this interesting documentary now shows it’s age…..(who’d have thought it) Richard 111 was discovered under a car park in Leicester and was reinterred in Leicester cathedral in 2015 in a simple but respectful ceremony with worldwide interest.

[@coolteamblt]

I'm American, but I'm pretty sure there haven't been 111 King Richards altogether, let alone in England 😂

[@avkay12]

​@@coolteamblt Somebody apparently doesn't know Roman numerals. 😂🤣

[@coolteamblt]

@@avkay12 I've only seen it as Richard III (three i's) as Roman numerals don't use Arabic numbers

[@johnhealy6676]

Pedantic

[@johnhealy6676]

@@coolteambltpedant

[@lawrencesilvestro5756]

NO ESCAPE FROM COMMERCIALS. I'M GONE.

[@jonathanneuhaus4755]

Who mixed this thing? The sound track is more than distracting it is absolutely oberpowering! FIX IT OR LOSE IT!

[@moondancer4660]

36:22 oh my! What a beautiful sky!

[@dougbritt3784]

When was this made? I can’t find a date anywhere.

[@PipPop2]

Billy, take the rectory and leave it big for receptions, weddings, community parties, just a lovely room for large gatherings. The library is a beautiful idea, but the monetary value is much less than what a large community room would bring. Use another room for the library, as you have all the beautiful cabinetry.

[@janetmackinnon3411]

Perhaps this iwas meant foe "The Pethericks"?

[@PipPop2]

@@janetmackinnon3411 ... Yes, sorry about that.

[@absofjelly]

That 'roast' wasn't a roast. It was all in her head.

[@Andy_Babb]

Thanks for actually posting the WHOLE series tho

[@iluvledzepp]

1:22:33 Even the horse knows the story, he's nodding lol

[@MDBellamy]

Tony Robinson does a "Jack Douglas" at 1:33"00. "Scots Way Hey" indeed!

[@troymoore9866]

I've seen you that care free and happy before it was wonderful

[@pollenatrix]

I wish I could watch this but the music is so loud I can't make out a lot of what he is saying.

[@frogz]

i dont know who you are or what your channel is about but i saw baldrick/tony robinson and i clicked subscribe

[@tommythompson7941]

We need you to go to Washington DC Mister Hood. Take no prisoners, eh?

[@sandranorman5469]

Richard III and King Edward V. I wonder who murdered the the Princes in the Tower?

[@tumblindice5412]

Edward V was one of the boys in the tower

[@kevinrbarker]

it was almost certainly richard or henry tudor...

[@Nepetita69696]

​@@kevinrbarkerWhy Henry?

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

@@Nepetita69696 Because they were a greater risk to him. Richard had declared them illegitimate, thereby removing their claim to the throne. Henry had to Legitimise Edward's children in order to marry Elizabeth. Which meant the boys were rightful heirs to the throne Not him He wasn't anyway. I probably have a better claim than he did! In fact the stray cat I feed probably has a better claim than he did! The Tudors were total Usurpers who were only there because of a rash decision and an act of treachery on a battle field. Until someone gets another look at those bones, there is actually No evidence that they were ever killed at all But the Royals won't allow that. I wonder why?

[@peterbradbury784]

You don't fire arrows, you loose them.

[@outdoorloser4340]

What about when you loose fire Arrows?

[@trevorjones3292]

It depends if you are ordering a volley. Fire! Wasn’t used back then cos fire was something used to cook and heat with or to burn a building as an attack. In describing in modern times that arrows were used then it is ok to say ‘fire’ cos we associate that work with projectiles used in an attack. Just semantics really.

[@trevorjones3292]

@@outdoorloser4340lol I’ve done that…I hit the target but it was the one 3 metres to the left😮

[@deborahbaker4770]

I ENJOYED THIS HISTORY LESSON I LIKE TONY HE KNOWS HOW TO TELL A STORY AND KEEP YOU INTERESTED IN IT THE MUSIC DIDN’T BOTHER ME BECAUSE I WAS LISTENING TO WHAT TONY HAD TO SAY

[@dalestaley5637]

The argument that Stanley was for Stanley belies the fact he was married to Margaret Beaufort, Henry's mother, who had done all she could to place him on the throne. I can't imagine that Stanley would go against Margaret who was rich and powerful in her own right. Do ppl think if he had gone for Richard instead of Henry that he'd walk through the door, "Honey, sorrow your beloved son is dead and I helped". Margaret would find out the facts. He couldn't lie to her and get away with it.

[@paulstrawbridge5687]

As an american, I'm interested to know who the Brits consider to be their best "national treasure" hosts...tony robinson, david starkey, suzanna lipscomb, Dan jones?

[@BenSHammonds]

good program, highly enjoyable and tops

[@WayneGames781]

Great documentory by Tony

[@Zhuikin13]

The content is great. But the sound mix is horrible. Half the time loud music or other sounds playing over the narration make it very difficult to understands.

[@francisaugistino701]

Yes that’s why the apology is pinned.

[@terracottaneemtree6697]

Was the archer a sniper? 😢

[@rorykeegan1895]

The Confessor went to school in Ely ... He wasn't a stranger to England!

[@Crickiepoohlala]

I wish the music and background sounds weren’t so loud. It makes it hard to understand what he’s saying in many parts

[@franciscotoro9454]

Respectfully, Saxon England is not "native English civilization", since the saxons were invaders as were the britons before them. England has been a land invaded for millenia.

[@rantymcrant-pants9536]

England; Land of the Ang. When exactly does one become native? Apparently half a millennia is not enough, so pray do tell the line you draw. Apparently it is as ancient as you can get; so the Beaker people? (not the first either.) Or what, we're actually all native to Africa and are just invaders to everywhere else?

[@darftvaderosw-uk4790]

Respectfully you are running off old theorys... now it is postulated that is was a more peaceful intermingling of the people with far less evidence of invaders and more of migration.

[@foundationofBritain]

yes the land was invaded for millennia, yet it matters not about land but the people, this might be hard for you to understand, England is a Nation, not simply a land, the Greek word for 'nation' is 'ethnos' which is related to our English word 'ethnicity',... also, England did not unify (that's to say acquire a single State) until at least 927. The Anglo-Saxon's (as we call them today) were not invaders, they were wholly emergent from Britain and not an import, they were literally descent's of native Britons an incoming Germanic settles... England did not exist until the ethnogenesis of the English via Christianisation, the name 'England' means 'land of the Angles'.

[@benfisher1376]

England was created by the Anglo saxons though. Its even named after them. Wales too wasn't wales 2000 years ago, because its wasn't a nation, Welsh us even an English word "Wealisc" . Just because the land mass was there doesn't mean a country existed. England has only existed since the 10th century as a country. You need to realise that countries aren't just land, but cultures too, and arise from that.

[@rantymcrant-pants9536]

@@benfisher1376 'fun' fact; Wales comes from the Saxon word for foreigner.

[@HamCubes]

Merci mille fois! 🙏

[@Treayom]

Couldn't take the loud music anymore and left after 10 minutes, I realky wanted to warch this

[@SoCoolScience]

44:03 - so she saw his "WANG" and was like yup that him.

[@katedelaughter9201]

The sound mixing needs some work. I could hardly hear the narrator over the music at different parts of the documentary.

[@cyndeefoley7045]

At times the music overpowered the voice. I had to fight to understand the spoken words. I was unable to continue to watch program.

[@luannnelson547]

What is with the weird too-loud music?

[@cricket.1067]

OMG that battle took place on my B-day 10/14....

[@tariamesser3068]

Thank you.

[@stacyliddell5038]

It's wild how barbaric people were. Imagine seeing that today in England.

[@RJ-xf4om]

Sometimes I hear nothing of the narration due to background music so I'm skipping this.😢😢

[@foundationofBritain]

the monarch's right to sit on the throne is in no way shape or form derived only from being descended from the right person... in English law, its legality of a clam... which actually trumps pure blood descent... it wasn't till James I that a King of England clamed indefeasibility hereditary, not legal, right to sit on the throne... that was what sparked the bloody debate over the nature of English Kingship in the 17th.c, something which could have been avoided if they had not side stepped the law in 1603 in regards to Henry's third will, which passed the Crown down to the house of Grey and excluded the house of Stuart, thus James's accession in England was illegal. England's monarchy has always been based on the Common Law, and not on divine right and or indeed, indefeasibility hereditary right, such was James Charles Stuart's clam.

[@newgabe09]

Interesting, and presumably you mean 'claim', not 'clam'.

[@bbmtge]

Utter foolishness. Law this, law that. You do not know what you are talking about. You're nothing but selective as to what you choose to believe.

[@martieflagg4671]

A third of the way through, I gave up bc of the loud music! Why do some of these videos have the music so loud it is annoying and you cannot hear some of the words?!

[@kevinrbarker]

richard III --- fascinating!

[@blobrana8515]

The patton hasn't enough penetration for frontal armour attacks, so you need to flank and shoot the rear or sides. The gun depression and accuracy is superb and so holding ridgelines is easy. For me the T62A or Leopard is slightly more versatile.

[@nathanaelstunt7317]

"Rory, Rory, tell me a story '

[@barbarayates6392]

Can't hear you over the music.

[@sherryd3299]

Unwatchable! The music is so loud you cant hear the naration.

[@denisekumar3654]

I like your comment too Jaz at the end 😍

[@crazyasalways9272]

I will say this much my son was born 6 weeks premature however he was very strong and healthy when he was born only needing to stay in hospital because of him having jaundice and having issues with feeding at first (turned out to be the nurse that was the problem not my son) he was fairly big for as early as he was and he's already half my height at not even 2

[@jeffarmfield2346]

Holy shit, the very last place i ever expected to see in this show was kalamazoo, michigan, the very place im watching this 20-25+yr old show(the Robin hood one) from in late 2023.

[@elizabeth-gl8ki]

❤Tony❤Robinson ❤😊

[@charlottewright8046]

Background music too loud

[@bellringer9975]

The soundtrack is louder than the vocal in too many places . The story gets lost .

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

Glad we're getting the truth after alll this time.

[@dalestaley5637]

Between the assassination of Kings, Queens (Anne Boleyn wasn't the first, others rotted in prison, one ate her dead child's face as they were starved to death) and all the drawing and quartering, England was incredibly barbaric, brutal and it seemed to delight in it. That's sadistic.

[@TheTewjr]

What queen ate her dead child’s face? Inquiring minds want to know.

[@zoemose7084]

It’s interesting watching other countries’ own documentaries. In America we typically take accountability of the horrible things people have done despite their accomplishments. It seems as though you “win” a battle and ignore the slaughtering that’s been done in order to do it. Although American history is an iPhone compared to this history

[@juliangrant9718]

It's hard to figure out fact or fiction when asking a Scot about Wallace.

[@murraygiles3191]

Open a book read history about William Wallace his life was nothing like the part fiction braveheart I'm a scot .

[@julielemmon6929]

I’m not able to watch, the background music is to loud.

[@bettyswollocks1670]

Amd dickie the third turns up in a car park

[@judithgockel1001]

I have found that angelic portrait of the boys nauseating. It”s quite obviously a nineteenth century valentine designed to support the common idea of Richard’s infamy. A pretty lie.

[@user-hb1mw8qg4y]

Can barely hear your narration over the too-loud music.

[@wendymoyer782]

Oh, for Pete's sake: no royal in the world is anything more than the descendant of whichever tribal chiefling was able to seize and hold the most power. Period.

[@kimeldiin1930]

HÅRDRÅDE , he who gives hard advise .

[@julietdavis5752]

Music way too loud in the intro. Almost stopped listening

[@AnhNguyen-hr6wh]

Music too loud ?

[@kellyshomemadekitchen]

I see that same complaint all the time and don’t understand it either. I’ve never experienced the music being too loud. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@gillbaldwin712]

I've got a bay tree and I dry bay leaves and send them to my daughter regularly

[@sandranorman5469]

Wonder how y’all got to be Normans. 13:56 13:57

[@stephenconnolly3018]

What a lot of Whining. No wonder my father left Scotland when he was eighteen.

[@MKSurvant]

But Richard did have scoliosis...

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

He wasn't visibly deformed by it. When dressed, especially, he would have appeared just like anyone else. They have been able to prove that since they found him.

[@user-ok9ft1iv4x]

We believe Robin Hood was a Forestor for King Richard hence the green clothing. He was actually managing the Forest for timber and game for the King. All we have heard about Robin Hood is that originally he is with King Richard in the Holy Land as a soldier. He returns back to England before the King but does not get along with the Kings brother who is in charge during the Kings absence. Robin Hood may have realized the futility of the Crusade to restore the Holy Lands, a noble jesture indeed. They had ran into fierce resistance from the Moslem Prince Saladian. So Robin Hood was still in service to the real King of England but was having considerable trouble with the Kings brother and those loyal to him. So Robin Hood actually was in accordance with the law and these cronies were the real criminals!

[@amylelas7197]

Disaster. Ruined by the god awful music drowning him out. Such a shame, it looks brilliant otherwise but sadly i couldn't manage beyond a few minutes. How is the original footage (before the music was added) not still available somewhere to redo it?

[@22vx]

Sound leveling on this one's a bit sketchy, making the narrator unintelligible, at times. Great episode tho👍

[@ujjvalw2684]

👍

[@aimeemorgado8715]

The sensationalism and myth gets in the way of the actual real history. Sadly I’d hope Tony would be beyond such tripe

[@seanfaherty]

Rory Stewart?