Political history: Dan Snow on Blackadder TV lessons

Historian Dan Snow reckoned he learned about World War I through the Blackadder programme, and said its battles were "riddled with myths".

He looked at how people learn about history from TV - following the spat between actor Tony Robinson and Education Secretary Michael Gove - in a debate on BBC1's This Week with Andrew Neil, Michael Poritllo and Diane Abbott.

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