Britain's Most Historic Towns

Britain's Most Historic Towns (2018)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • First Air Date: 2018-04-07
  • Last Air Date: 2020-12-19
  • Total Seasons: 3
  • Total Episodes: 19
  • Status: Returning Series
  • Episode Runtime: 45 min.
  • Production Company: IWC Media
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Network: Channel 4
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Summary

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.

  • Keywords: british history, social history
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    Britain's Most Historic Towns Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2018-04-07
    6 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 2019-05-18
    6 Episodes

    Season 3

    First Air Date: 2020-11-07
    7 Episodes

    Britain's Most Historic Towns Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1Roman Chester60 min
    Season 1Episode 2Viking York60 min
    Season 1Episode 3Norman Winchester60 min
    Season 1Episode 4Tudor Norwich60 min
    Season 1Episode 5Regency Cheltenham60 min
    Season 1Episode 6Victorian Belfast60 min
    Season 2Episode 1Wartime Dover60 min
    Season 2Episode 2Georgian Bristol60 min
    Season 2Episode 3Edwardian Cardiff60 min
    Season 2Episode 4Civil War Oxford60 min
    Season 2Episode 5Plantagenet Canterbury60 min
    Season 2Episode 6Stewart Stirling60 min
    Season 3Episode 1Medieval Lincoln60 min
    Season 3Episode 2Restoration London60 min
    Season 3Episode 3Portsmouth - Age of Empire60 min
    Season 3Episode 4Elizabethan Plymouth60 min
    Season 3Episode 5Glasgow's Age of Steam60 min
    Season 3Episode 6Georgian Edinburgh60 min
    Season 3Episode 7Industrial Revolution Manchester60 min
    • Alice Roberts

      as Self - Presenter

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