

2018–now · Channel 4 · Running
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.
Saturday at 20:00 (Europe/London)
No upcoming episode has been announced yet.
Last aired
S03E07 · Industrial Revolution Manchester
2020-12-19
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Medieval Lincoln
2020-11-07 · 60 min
Restoration London
2020-11-14 · 60 min
Portsmouth - Age of Empire
2020-11-21 · 60 min
Elizabethan Plymouth
2020-11-28 · 60 min
Glasgow's Age of Steam
2020-12-05 · 60 min
Georgian Edinburgh
2020-12-12 · 60 min
Industrial Revolution Manchester
2020-12-19 · 60 min
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