Patreon Newsletter #40 (Patreon)

Dear Patron,

Here's our monthly roundup of channel news, with sneak peeks at some exciting, upcoming videos, and get to the end for a new project announcement!

Annual Membership Discounts

Annual Patreon membership plans are now available, with a 20% discount!

This is a new feature for us, recently enabled by Patreon. So if you are one of our many free followers, now is a great time to sign up to one our tiers, support our work, and get extra perks such as voting rights, name in credits, and ad free early access to new videos. Also makes a great gift for a fellow history lover!

Production Updates

Alexander's Mutiny Speech Remaster

We're putting the finishing touches on this one, with release confirmed for August. Martin Klekner has created some phenomenal animations to illustrate Alexander's famous speech - here are some final peeks ahead of the Patreon Premiere...

Hundred Days - Parts 2 & 3

We're currently working on the next two episodes in our Hundred Days series at the same time, meaning the much anticipated showdown at Waterloo is tantalisingly close. But first, we have some important business to attend to at Ligny and Quatre Bras...

Raid on the Medway

We're delighted to have signed up Professor Andrew Lambert as our historical consultant for this video - he's probably the UK's top naval historian, and tells us the Medway Raid is his favourite topic! We've finished the script, and now we're animating the Dutch navy's audacious attack on England's naval bases, including 3D scenes with some new ships' models...

WW2: 1940 and ULTRA Part 3 are also in the works, as well as...

HORATIO NELSON RETURNS!

Behind the scenes, we've been working on a script that fills in all the gaps we left in Nelson's astonishing career. It's an episode's worth of content, which will slot in around our four existing videos (Cape St. Vincent, Nile, Copenhagen, Trafalgar) to tell the complete story of Nelson, with new 3D animations. We begin with the disastrous San Juan expedition of 1780, and cover various escapades and actions, including another disaster - the attack on Santa Cruz de Tenerife - that cost Nelson his right arm. We'll also explore Nelson's scandalous affair with Lady Hamilton, and the one and only time he met the future Duke of Wellington, in a Whitehall waiting room. The new 2.5 hour Nelson megavideo drops this autumn!

Ad Free Video Collection

And finally, a quick reminder that all paid members can access all our past videos ad free, here on Patreon. Just head to the 'Collections' section, where you'll also find playlists for our most popular series.

That's all for now, but we can't wait to bring you Alexander's Mutiny Speech and the next Hundred Days video very soon! Thanks as always for your fantastic support.

Toby