Beat the Lotto vs Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum
Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Beat the Lotto). Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum is the shorter watch at 59m compared with 1h 21m. Beat the Lotto is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Beat the Lotto
Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum| Beat the Lotto | Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 21m | 59m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary, History, TV Movie |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Ross Whitaker | Joe Myerscough |
| Main cast | Stefan Klincewicz | Michael Palin, Dan Snow, David Olusoga, Janina Ramirez |
Synopsis
Beat the Lotto
When downtrodden 1980s Ireland inaugurated a National Lottery, the people began to dream. For Stefan, it was an obsession. Seeing a flaw in the system, he attempted to fix the draw but the heist became public and the lottery tried to stop him, dividing the nation on a very public caper.
Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum
The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the treasures of the medieval world. Across 70 metres of exquisitely embroidered scenes, it tells the story of one of the most seismic events in British history – the Norman Invasion of 1066. For the last 950 years, this crucial part of Britain's national story has remained on the other side of the English Channel, in Bayeux, Normandy, but now it’s coming back to the UK. A stellar cast of historians and experts…
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