In the wake of the exceptional and entertaining thread by @Joke2000 about the current greatest Britons (congrats to Joke), I thought it would be interesting to revisit the list of 100 Greatest Britons compiled by the BBC, based on public votes, back in 2002.
I’ll drop the list in chunks over coming days, of course you could go and look them up yourself but why spoil the fun? There are some… interesting choices. And don’t worry, the BBC is definitely At It in a few instances.
Sir Walter Raleigh, Explorer. Explored in Central America and sent expeditions to North America.
Edward I, king (1272–1307). The “Hammer of the Scots”. Edward turned the longbow into England’s most deadly weapon against the Scottish and French with devastating results, most notably at the Battle of Falkirk.