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.
Cast
Alice Roberts
19 episodes
Ben Robinson
15 episodes
Media
Recommendations
How the Victorians Built Britain
Inside Hampton Court Palace
Out
Spying on the Royals
Lucy Worsley Investigates
The Twenties In Colour
The BBC at War
Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings
Time Team
Britain's Greatest Generation
Mary Berry's Country House Secrets
Thatcher: The Downing Street Years
Great Southern Landscapes
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Finest Hour
Abroad Again in Britain
The 80s with Dominic Sandbrook
The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family
Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain
A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley
