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HistorianDrThomasAsbridgeexplorestheBBC'sarchivetorevealhowtelevision'stellingoftheCrusadeshaschangedoverthelast60years.UsingfootagefromCrusadedocumentariesshotduringtheVietnamera,thePalestinianCrisis,theFirstGulfWarandthemorerecentWaronTerror,herevealshowourinterpretationofthismedievalstoryhasbeeninfluencedbymodernpoliticalandsocialchange.ThomashighlightsthealternativeArabicperspectivesontheCrusades,andaskswhetherthis1,000-year-oldstoryreallydoescastitslongshadowoverthemodernworld,assomanyhaveclaimed. WithcontributionsfromMontyPythonstarandmedievalistTerryJones,WashingtoneconomistJKGalbraith,andhistoriansSimonSebagMontefiore,DrPeterFrankopan,ProfKonradHirschlerandDrFoziaBora.