Medieval Italy was a hotch-potch of City States – among them Venice, Florence and Genoa – which were very, very rich and therefore juicy targets for envious foreign powers.
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Tony traces the Norman conquest of this part of Wales, which still feels more English than the rest of the country, nearly 1000 years later.
Tony sets out on a walk across the Cairngorms to Balmoral, in the footsteps of Victoria and Albert, who promoted the Scottish Highlands.
Tony heads out on a walk that reveals the story of the remarkable Bronte family, exploring how the moors inspired their most famous novels.
Tony takes in the wonderful seascapes of the North Norfolk coast, determined to uncover how it remained so unchanged through the Victorian age of industry.
Tony sets out on the trail of St Cuthbert across the ancient kingdom of Northumbria stretching across its 7th-century extent from Edinburgh to York.
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.
On the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta, Tony unravels the history from the myths surrounding King John and Robin Hood.
Tony sets out on the trail of St Cuthbert across the ancient kingdom of Northumbria stretching across its 7th-century extent from Edinburgh to York.
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.
On the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta, Tony unravels the history from the myths surrounding King John and Robin Hood.
For five years, the Channel Islands were occupied by Nazi Germany. Here, Tony traces the still-visible story of the occupation.
Tony traces the Norman conquest of this part of Wales, which still feels more English than the rest of the country, nearly 1000 years later.
Tony sets out on a walk across the Cairngorms to Balmoral, in the footsteps of Victoria and Albert, who promoted the Scottish Highlands.
Tony heads out on a walk that reveals the story of the remarkable Bronte family, exploring how the moors inspired their most famous novels.
Tony takes in the wonderful seascapes of the North Norfolk coast, determined to uncover how it remained so unchanged through the Victorian age of industry.
Alice Roberts learns more about mankind's Stone Age ancestors, and travels to Jersey to meet a team hoping to shed new light on the Neanderthals.
The great Cleopatra VII was not the only Egyptian queen to bear that name. Exploring the shocking story of two other Cleopatras, who ruled Egypt jointly with Ptolemy VIII. It's a grim tale of incest, murder, rape, mutilation and war.
Investigating the story of Queen Tiye, who rose to dazzling heights 3,300 years ago. Ambitious and stunningly beautiful, Tiye helped Egypt become the greatest nation in the world.
Professor Alice Roberts looks at one of the most cursed periods in European history: the Middle Ages. Archaeologists reveal how wars, pandemics, and cataclysmic floods toppled the world of our ancestors. So how did Western society survive?
Exploring why the Celts moved from prosperous cities into smaller fortified settlements and how this triggered their decline in Central Europe.
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