Saved by the Lioness 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 4.2/10 for Saved by the Lioness). Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum is the shorter watch at 59m compared with 1h 10m. Saved by the Lioness is the older of the two (2009 against 2026). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Saved by the Lioness posterSaved by the Lioness2009 VS Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum posterSecrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum2026
Saved by the LionessSecrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum
Audience score★ 4.2/10★ 10.0/10
Year20092026
Length1h 10m59m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary, History, TV Movie
Country––
DirectorMarjolein DuermeijerJoe Myerscough
Main castThom HoffmanMichael Palin, Dan Snow, David Olusoga, Janina Ramirez

Synopsis

Saved by the Lioness

Nature documentary about a young wildebeest in the wilderness of Africa. The gnu calf strays from the herd and comes upon a lioness that kidnaps it. Instinctively, it treats the lion like its mother. And miraculously enough, the lioness does not see the calf as its prey. Like a true Survivor, the calf manages to escape from the lion's den and find its way back to its real mother.

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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