Quote Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome
I'm just trying to figure out why the Picts would be mentioned at all in a documentary about Kinf Henry VIII (1491-1547).

Henry VIII is closer to our own time than he is to the time of the Picts.

M
Matt, you really have to be careful with History Channel programs. Their "history" can be very questionable at times and they tend to stretch things out of shape and proportion for the sake of being entertaining quite often. It is a good source to start from fairly often in extra reading and research though. Sometimes I make a game of finding their errors and plain bad history.