In this unique take on British history, Professor Alice Roberts explores Britain's rich and varied past through the stories of individual towns. In each programme Alice studies key periods in British history by delving into the secrets of historic towns
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In this unique take on British history, Professor Alice Roberts explores Britain's rich and varied past through the stories of individual towns. In each programme Alice studies key periods in British history by delving into the secrets of historic towns
In medieval England, the North was ruled from York. Dan Jones explores the history of its castle, from the Viking Jorvik and the Normans, through the dark days of the anti-Jewish pogrom and the imprisonment of the Knights Templar, to one of its most colourful inmates - the legendary highwayman Dick Turpin.
With the aid of dramatic reconstruction, Dan Jones explores the 900-year history of the beautiful Leeds Castle in Kent, from its origins as a royal Saxon family's manor and Norman stronghold to the private property of six medieval queens.
Dr Alice Roberts visits excavations in Orkney and York on the hunt for Viking relics. Finds include an amazing collection of silver and gold.
A newly discovered town in Devon turns history on its head and there's a shocking find by the Thames - almost 100 baby skeletons.
In 1171 Henry II himself arrives to takes control of Ireland, and he grants land there to settlers from Britain. Now archaeology and cutting-edge science reveal their fascinating lives.
12th century Ireland, essentially a “Game of Thrones” society where provincial kings vie for supremacy. When two of these power players drive a rival into exile, he seeks help from Henry II, the Anglo-Norman king of England.
Alice Roberts explores the Georgian era in her hometown of Bristol, from architectural gems and the world's first chocolate factory to the horror of the slave trade.
In Northumbria, skeletons tell tales of violent death and tenderness, and people curate grave goods in an amazing community project.
Tony takes a tough four-day trek through the Kintail region of the Highlands to discover the incredible story of the Jacobite Uprisings of the early 1700s.
Tony arrives at the most rebellious corner of England as he looks back at the Duke of Monmouth's attempt to overthrow the British monarchy.
Phil Risko's team at Northstar work fast to refloat a trawler that's been blown onto the shore. At the mouth of the Demerara River, Guyana, Dutch Salvage company works blind to chop up and clear a sunken wreck that's a navigational hazard.
As Arctic conditions continue to wreak havoc in British Columbia, Jeremy Birch is tasked with raising a concrete-hulled vessel.
Could the source of Slumach's legendary lost gold actually be a lost Spanish mine east of the Pitt on Harrison Lake? Adam and Kru scour the Breakenridge landslide for evidence.
A recurring mine marker points the team east, to neighbouring Harrison Lake as leads and legend line up. Clues found in a 1950s article by an investigative reporter place a lost Spanish gold mine directly on Slumach's path.
Edinburgh's handsome hilltop bastion is Scotland's most popular paid tourist attraction. With a slew of sieges to its name, it is no surprise that the site boasts some formidable defences, and Dan puts one heavy duty cannon through its paces.
Dan Jones explores the history of Cardiff castle over more than 2,000 years and reveals how it became transformed from a strategically important Roman and Norman stronghold to a lavish fairy-tale Victorian home.
Dr Alice Roberts pays tribute to the Bard, visiting Shakespeare's first theatre in London's Shoreditch and sifting through the poet's rubbish!
In Northumbria, skeletons tell tales of violent death and tenderness, and people curate grave goods in an amazing community project.
An old map connected to testimony from an 1891 eyewitness account of Slumach's hanging sheds light on the legend. Adam's new theory pushes the team deep into the BC wilderness where the legend says Slumach found the gold.
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