Crusades
Dressed in chainmail and trudging a Crusade route in period shoes, Terry Jones provides fascinating details and a historical perspective on a serious (and sometimes gruesome) subject with humor and frankness. An enjoyable four-part series.

Knights and Armor
Very nicely done program by the Arts & Entertainment network explores the weapons, armor, and lives of knights who jousted, tourneyed and fought in the middle ages. Includes wonderful video of period weapons and recreations of jousts.