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Britain's Most Historic Towns(2018–)

April 7, 20183 Seasons · 19 Episodes

Returning Series

Documentary

3.9from 7 users

Overview

In this unique take on British history, Professor Alice Roberts explores Britain's rich and varied past through the stories of individual towns and cities. In each programme Alice studies one key period in history by delving into the secrets of a historic town that encapsulates the era, providing an accurate impression of what life was really like at key moments in our turbulent past. At the climax of each programme, cutting-edge CGI reveals the entire historic town in all its former glory.

Network Channel 4

Seasons

Britain's Most Historic Towns (2018) | Couchpile

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Season 2

6 Episodes

2019

Wartime Dover

E01

Wartime Dover

5/18/2019·45m

Professor Alice Roberts examines Britain in wartime by looking at the coastal town of Dover

Georgian Bristol

E02

Georgian Bristol

5/25/2019·45m

Alice explores the Georgian era in Bristol, from Clifton's architectural gems to the world's first chocolate factory, backstreet gin and the horror of the slave trade

Edwardian Cardiff

E03

Edwardian Cardiff

6/1/2019·45m

Alice tells the story of Edwardian Britain by visiting Cardiff. She explores the coal trade and Cardiff's pioneering multicultural heritage, and experiences the life of a lady of leisure.

Civil War Oxford

E04

Civil War Oxford

6/8/2019·45m

Alice Roberts explores the history of Oxford during the Civil War, when the city became a power base for the royalist forces and a rival capital for nine years of conflict. Aerial archaeologist Ben Robinson discovers why the city was such a good strategic position, while Alice takes up Charles I's favourite sport and learns to fire a 17th-century musket.

Plantagenet Canterbury

E05

Plantagenet Canterbury

6/15/2019·45m

Alice Roberts visits Canterbury to explore the Plantagenet era, when the powerful house held the throne between 1154 and 1485. She discovers the secrets of the city's cathedral, the lasting impact of the Black Death, and joins a modern-day pilgrimage in medieval garb. Aerial archaeologist Ben Robinson provides a bird's-eye view of how the religious institutions of the era still dominate the city's topography.

Stewart Stirling

E06

Stewart Stirling

6/22/2019·45m

Professor Alice Roberts explores the story of Stewart Britain by visiting Stirling, the seat of the Scottish royal family for 200 years. She joins a team of archaeologists in uncovering remnants of the docks, explores the secret passageways of Stirling Castle, learns how to make medieval ale, and discovers the origins of football. Last in the series.

Season 1 poster

Season 1

6 Episodes

2018

Roman Chester

E01

Roman Chester

4/7/2018·45m

In Chester, Britain's most Roman city, Alice enjoys a Roman feast, checks out an extraordinary archaeological find deep underground and explores a radical theory on the Romans' plans for the city

Viking York

E02

Viking York

4/14/2018·45m

Alice tells the story of Viking England by studying the history of York, Britain's most Viking city. She takes part in a Viking battle, meets the metal detectorists behind one of the UK's greatest archaeological finds and gets her hands on an almost 1000-year-old Viking poo.

Norman Winchester

E03

Norman Winchester

4/21/2018·45m

Alice tells the story of Norman England by studying the history of Winchester, Britain's most Norman city. Alice attempts to storm a castle in chain mail, investigates the origins of modern surgery and tucks into an appetising eel pie.

Tudor Norwich

E04

Tudor Norwich

4/28/2018·45m

Alice learns the harsh reality of religious intolerance, uncovers the origins of Norwich City FC's iconic canary, and experiences humiliating Tudor justice

Regency Cheltenham

E05

Regency Cheltenham

5/5/2018·45m

In Cheltenham, Britain's most Regency town, Alice attends a period society ball, investigates the rigid social hierarchy of the age and explores the Regency fondness for enemas

Victorian Belfast

E06

Victorian Belfast

5/12/2018·45m

Alice reveals the history of Belfast, the UK's most Victorian city. She visits the shipyards that built the Titanic, gets locked up in the notorious Crumlin Road gaol and takes a crash course in 19th-century female etiquette.

Season 3

7 Episodes

2020

Medieval Lincoln

E01

Medieval Lincoln

11/7/2020·45m

Alice is in Lincoln, getting to grips with life in medieval England. She visits the magnificent cathedral that was once the tallest building in the world and re-lives the battle at Lincoln Castle.

Restoration London

E02

Restoration London

11/14/2020·45m

Alice is in London, as she attempts to make sense of the world-changing events during the short but eventful Restoration period. She learns the violent and vengeful truth behind Charles II's carefully crafted public image.

Naval Portsmouth

E03

Naval Portsmouth

11/21/2020·45m

Alice explores Nelson's dark side, the heat of the battle at Trafalgar, the role of the Navy in the British Empire, and the lives of Portsmouth's sex workers.

Elizabethan Plymouth

E04

Elizabethan Plymouth

11/28/2020·45m

Alice Roberts visits Elizabethan Plymouth, exploring the story of England's `Golden Age', from Sir Francis Drake to the Spanish Armada, piracy, theft, and the slave trade.

Glasgow's Age of Steam

E05

Glasgow's Age of Steam

12/5/2020·45m

Alice Roberts explores Glasgow's age of steam, from lethal diseases and industrial injury to genteel tea rooms, football at Celtic Park, and the beautiful Loch Katrine.

Georgian Edinburgh

E06

Georgian Edinburgh

12/12/2020·45m

Alice Roberts explores Georgian Edinburgh's finest architecture, the origins of `Auld Reekie', the roots of modern Scottishness, and some dark imperial controversies.

Industrial Revolution Manchester

E07

Industrial Revolution Manchester

12/19/2020·45m

Professor Alice Roberts explores Manchester's history of protest and revolution during the Industrial Revolution, from Marx to the Suffragettes and the Peterloo massacre.

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Alice Roberts

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