Karosta: Life After the USSR 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 6.5/10 for Karosta: Life After the USSR). Karosta: Life After the USSR is the shorter watch at 49m compared with 59m. Karosta: Life After the USSR is the older of the two (2008 against 2026). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Karosta: Life After the USSR posterKarosta: Life After the USSR2008 VS Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum posterSecrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum2026
Karosta: Life After the USSRSecrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 10.0/10
Year20082026
Length49m59m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary, History, TV Movie
Country––
DirectorPeter KingJoe Myerscough
Main cast–Michael Palin, Dan Snow, David Olusoga, Janina Ramirez

Synopsis

Karosta: Life After the USSR

A portrait of an abandoned Soviet military settlement that was neglected when the army personnel and their families left.

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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