Britain's Most Historic Towns

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.

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The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family

The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family

2021

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

1981

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

2001

A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley

A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley

2015

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

2018

A Very Royal Crisis: Countdown to Abdication

A Very Royal Crisis: Countdown to Abdication

2023

Kings and Queens

Kings and Queens

2002

Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries

Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries

2015

The Twenties In Colour

The Twenties In Colour

2007

Tony Robinson's History of Britain

Tony Robinson's History of Britain

2020

If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home

If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home

2011

In the Footsteps of... with Gyles Brandreth

2021

Britain's Biggest Dig

Britain's Biggest Dig

2020

British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

2017

Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

2020

Bone Detectives: Britain's Buried Secrets

Bone Detectives: Britain's Buried Secrets

2020

The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper

1996

Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders

2013

Becoming Elizabeth

Becoming Elizabeth

2022

Camelot

Camelot

2011