300 years ago, a battle took place in these German fields - a battle that few remember today, but in which British troops played a vital role. It was a fight which would determine the fate of Europe.

It is a story of a brilliant deception, of physical bravery and endurance, of sexual intrigue at court, of risk taking and of a man who dared - and won. For his services to Queen and Country the Duke of Marlborough was presented with Blenheim Palace, but for the hundreds of his countrymen who still lie buried beneath the wheat planted fields of Bavaria this program stands as a memorial.

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