Rebels and Redcoats: The American Revolutionary War is a History Documentary programme.

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Rebels and Redcoats: The American Revolutionary War: The World Turned Upside Down

Series 1, episode 0

Four-part history of America's War of Independence. By 1781, the war had become a brutal struggle in which neither side had the upper hand. Richard Holmes looks at the series of British mistakes made that year that would transform America's destiny, and the reputation of British commander Colonel Banastre Tarleton, vilified in the Hollywood film, The Patriot