Ian Hislop's Olden Days - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Heroes for All Times
Documentary series in which Ian Hislop explores the British trait of obsession with the past. Here he examines King Arthur and King Alfred.
Forward into the Past
In this episode, Ian shows how the Victorians turned to the Middle Ages to make sense of their era of progress.
Green Imagined Land
In the final episode of the series, Ian looks at the rural olden days - Britain's idealised vision of the countryside.
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