English Heritage's Hastings soldier has farms and cabbages to worry about
Four new uploads conclude the everyday-life Shorts series and give Amy Matthews' historians room to examine the battle.
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Who won the #battleofhastings ?
William has won, Harold is dead, and England's ordinary people have rather practical questions about what comes next. English Heritage closes its everyday-life account of 1066 with concerns about farms, cabbages and whether another claimant might soon want the crown.
The week's most-watched new upload, "Who won the #battleofhastings ?", puts an unnamed actor back on the battlefield as an Anglo-Saxon survivor. This is historical reenactment: a soldier recounting how a shield wall held against Norman attacks, then broke apart as men were drawn out of formation. It reached roughly 21,000 views. The following day's "REACTION: #battleofhastings #1066" brings the series to its conclusion, shifting from defeat to the uncertainty of living under new rulers.
For anyone who missed the installments, "1066 in 21 minutes" gathers the full dozen Shorts into a single sequence of gossip, call-ups and alarming developments across the Channel.
The strongest viewing momentum, though, belongs to "1066: The Battle of Hastings blow by blow | Episode 3". Amy Matthews joins curator Roy Porter and medieval historian Professor Tom Licence to examine the day's rumors and turning points, using established history alongside explicitly acknowledged creative speculation. The earlier buildup and Bayeux Tapestry episodes are also among the channel's busiest uploads right now.
Subscribers were unchanged over the week, while daily views are slightly below their usual level. Its weekly viewing audience was close to Oxford Mathematics, friendly company for a charity whose history lessons currently come with both expert discussion and worries about the cabbage crop.
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The videos drawing views on English Heritage right now
- Channel
- English Heritage
- Subscribers
- 1,400,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 193,861
- Videos published this week
- 4
- Video published
- October 14, 2026
- Video views so far
- 20,820
- Views on its first day
- 12,875
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