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.
Rating: 7.80/10 (avg out of 140 votes)
Britain's Most Historic Towns Airs: Saturday
Britain's Most Historic Towns Status: Break
Returns: Unknown
BRITAIN'S MOST HISTORIC TOWNS - General Information
Series Premiere: April 07, 2018 Classification: Documentary Genre: Action | Documentary | History Network: Channel 4 Airs: Saturday at 08:00 pm Runtime: 60 Minutes
BRITAIN'S MOST HISTORIC TOWNS - Season 1 -- 6 Episodes
1x1 -- Apr 07, 2018 -- Roman Chester 1x2 -- Apr 14, 2018 -- Viking York 1x3 -- Apr 21, 2018 -- Norman Winchester 1x4 -- Apr 28, 2018 -- Tudor Norwich 1x5 -- May 05, 2018 -- Regency Cheltenham 1x6 -- May 12, 2018 -- Victorian Belfast
BRITAIN'S MOST HISTORIC TOWNS - Season 2 -- 6 Episodes
2x1 -- May 18, 2019 -- Wartime Dover 2x2 -- May 25, 2019 -- Georgian Bristol 2x3 -- Jun 01, 2019 -- Edwardian Cardiff 2x4 -- Jun 08, 2019 -- Civil War Oxford 2x5 -- Jun 15, 2019 -- Plantagenet Canterbury 2x6 -- Jun 22, 2019 -- Stewart Stirling
BRITAIN'S MOST HISTORIC TOWNS - Season 3 -- 7 Episodes
3x1 -- Nov 07, 2020 -- Medieval Lincoln 3x2 -- Nov 14, 2020 -- Restoration London 3x3 -- Nov 21, 2020 -- Portsmouth 3x4 -- Nov 28, 2020 -- Elizabethan Plymouth 3x5 -- Dec 05, 2020 -- Glasgow's Age of Steam 3x6 -- Dec 12, 2020 -- Georgian Edinburgh 3x7 -- Dec 19, 2020 -- Industrial Revolution Manchester
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