Professor Alice Roberts explores British history through the stories of individual towns. Alice examines Britain in wartime by looking at the coastal town of Dover.
Alice Roberts visits the shipyards that built the Titanic in Belfast, the UK's most Victorian city.
In Cheltenham, Britain's most Regency town, Professor Alice Roberts attends a period society ball.
Professor Roberts learns about religious intolerance in the United Kingdom's most Tudor city.
Alice tells the story of Norman England by studying the history of Winchester, Britain's most Norman city.
In Cheltenham, Britain's most Regency town, Professor Alice Roberts attends a period society ball.
Professor Roberts learns about religious intolerance in the United Kingdom's most Tudor city.
Alice tells the story of Norman England by studying the history of Winchester, Britain's most Norman city.
Professor Roberts participates in a Viking battle in York, gets her hands on Viking poo.
Alice enjoys a Roman feast in Britain's most Roman city, Chester. She examines a radical theory on the Romans' plans for the city.
A look at the camp from which Vikings invaded Britain, and groundbreaking evidence that the world-famous Avebury stone circle isn't just a sacred site but a place where people lived and worked.
War of the Roses: In the East of Britain, Dr Alice Roberts finds new revelations from 'Britain's Pompeii' and the theatre where Shakespeare premiered Romeo and Juliet.
In 1685, a rebel army landed at the pretty Dorset port of Lyme Regis and swept up through Somerset, pausing at Taunton to declare its leader, Duke of Monmouth, the rightful king.
Nowhere is fact and fiction so entwined than in the stories of King John, Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham. Yet out of this legendary time came Magna Carta, a foundation stone of modern democracy.
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.
Alice Roberts explores the story of Stewart Britain by visiting Stirling, the home of the Scottish royals.
Rick and river-searching expert Beau head to Salisbury and explore the wildlife and culture in the River Avon
Rick and river-searching expert Beau explore important landmarks on the shores of the River Wear, a natural fortress protecting Durham and its cathedral.
Rick and Beau discover a variety of intriguing items as they search the rough waters of the River Tees for lost Tudor relics.
The Anglo Saxons: In Northumbria, skeletons tell tales of violent death and tenderness, and people curate grave goods in an amazing community project.