Britain's Most Historic Towns - Season 3

Britain's Most Historic Towns - Season 3

Season 3

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DatesNov 7, 2020 - Dec 19, 2020
Previous Season

Episodes

Medieval Lincoln
Season 3Episode 160 min

Medieval Lincoln

Alice is in Lincoln, getting to grips with life in medieval England. She visits the magnificent cathedral that was once the tallest building in the world and re-lives the battle at Lincoln Castle.

Nov 7, 2020
Restoration London
Season 3Episode 260 min

Restoration London

Alice Roberts explores London's Restoration history, including the founding of the Royal Society and the violent dark side behind Charles II's carefully crafted public image. She visits St Paul's Cathedral, reveals how women performed on stage for the first time during this period, and uncovers shocking details of the slave trade at the National Maritime Museum. Plus, a look at parallels between the plague that struck London during the 1660s and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Nov 14, 2020
Portsmouth - Age of Empire
Season 3Episode 360 min

Portsmouth - Age of Empire

Professor Alice Roberts visits Portsmouth to investigate the history of the Royal Navy, uncovering some uncomfortable truths behind the myth surrounding Lord Horatio Nelson and getting first-hand experience of what life would have been like in the heat of battle at Trafalgar. She also visits an archaeological dig on Burrow Island and a lantern show at the New Theatre Royal, and discovers the brutal punishments doled out for even minor offences by the Victorian penal system.

Nov 21, 2020
Elizabethan Plymouth
Season 3Episode 460 min

Elizabethan Plymouth

Alice Roberts visits Elizabethan Plymouth, exploring the story of England's `Golden Age', from Sir Francis Drake to the Spanish Armada, piracy, theft, and the slave trade.

Nov 28, 2020
Glasgow's Age of Steam
Season 3Episode 560 min

Glasgow's Age of Steam

Alice Roberts explores Glasgow's age of steam, from lethal diseases and industrial injury to genteel tea rooms, football at Celtic Park, and the beautiful Loch Katrine

Dec 5, 2020
Georgian Edinburgh
Season 3Episode 660 min

Georgian Edinburgh

On a visit to Georgian Edinburgh, Alice Roberts explores the city's finest architecture, 'Auld Reekie', the roots of modern Scottishness, and some dark imperial controversies

Dec 12, 2020
Industrial Revolution Manchester
Season 3Episode 760 min

Industrial Revolution Manchester

Alice explores Manchester's rich history of working-class protest and revolution during the Industrial Revolution, from the Peterloo massacre, to Marx, and onwards to the suffragettes

Dec 19, 2020

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