ELEANOR RISING

3PM, RADIO 4

Eleanor of Aquitaine (right), along with a band of armour-clad women warriors, her husband Louis and a vast army, set off on the Second Crusade. At first their campaign went well, but the Siege of Damascus in 1148 was a disaster, forcing Eleanor and co to make the dangerous journey home. Bettrys Jones and Joel Maccormack star as Eleanor and Louis in this two-part drama, the third instalment in this tale of an extraordinary woman.