Mike Loades

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Mike Loades is a British military historian, television presenter and expert on the manufacture and use of historical weapons.

Career

Loades is best known as a presenter for the BBC series Time Commanders as well as Weapons That Made Britain and Weapon Masters .

Loades provided a commentary on the battle in the Teutoburg Forest in a short documentary on the video game Total War: Rome 2 . Regarding Assassin's Creed , he said that despite his age, he was impressed by the video game industry's efforts to make their work more historically authentic.

Filmography

Loades has directed several television drama / documentary specials including:

  • USS Constellation - Battling For Freedom , Indigo Films. History Channel , 2007
  • The Hunt For Lincoln's Assassin , Indigo Films. National Geographic channel, 2006
  • The Plot to Kill Jesse James , Indigo Films. History Channel, 2006
  • The Plot to Kill Reagan , Indigo Films for History Channel, 2005
  • Archery - Its History and Forms , Running Wolf Productions, 1995 (video)
  • Blow by Blow Guide to Swordfighting , Running Wolf Productions. 1991 (video)

bibliography

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thomas Gaffney: What's On Today. In: query.nytimes.com. December 22, 2011, accessed February 24, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Stephany Nunneley: Total War: Rome 2 mini documentary Provides a history lesson on The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. In: vg247.com. November 27, 2013, accessed on February 24, 2018 (English, history lesson about the battle in the Teutoburg Forest).
  3. ↑ a b Colin Campbell: Truth and fantasy in Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag. In: polygon.com. July 22, 2013, accessed February 24, 2018 .
  4. ^ Keith Ducklin, John Waller: Sword fighting: a manual for actors and directors . Robert Hale, 2001, ISBN 978-0-7090-6703-0 , pp. 9 .
  5. ^ Nicola Lees: Greenlit: Developing Factual TV Ideas from Concept to Pitch: The Professional Guide to Pitching Factual Shows . A&C Black, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2333-1 .
  6. ↑ USS Constellation: Battling for Freedom (2007). In: imdb.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018 .

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SURNAME Loades, Mike
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British military historian, television presenter and specialist in historical weapons manufacture and use
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century