Mike Loades


Mike Loades is a British writer, television presenter, director, and military historian.

Career

As a television presenter/host he is best known for the BBC series' Time Commanders, Weapons That Made Britain for Channel 4, Weapon Masters for Discovery Networks and Going Medieval.
Loades appears regularly in television history documentaries as a military historian/historical weapons specialist.
He also works as a director for television and as a historical consultant for the video games industry. Additionally he works as a fight choreographer/action arranger, who specializes in historical combat.
Loades has had several books published. These are on arms and armour topics in addition to one about the history of dogs.
Loades provided commentary about the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in a short documentary for the videogame . While referring to Assassin's Creed, he said that he was "blown away" by the work that was put in by the video game industry to make their work more historically authentic.

Filmography

Loades has also directed several television drama/documentary specials, including: