Britain's Most Historic Towns
Britain's Most Historic Towns is a TV show on SBS ONE. The program has been available since 2023. A total of 7 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in March 2023.
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Alice visits Manchester to explore the spirit of protest and revolution that grew out of the experience of Britain's working class during the Industrial Revolution. At the John Ryland Library, Alice is granted access to rarely seen period documents that highlight the true human ...
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Alice visits Edinburgh, which in the Georgian period found itself at the heart of the newly formed political union between England and Scotland. At Edinburgh’s iconic castle, she learns how the Jacobite rebels fought for the return of a Catholic King, whilst a tour of the Old Town reveals how it came to be known as ‘Auld R... 47:02 Expired
Alice 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. 46:34 Expired
Alice visits Plymouth where England’s golden age was launched in the Elizabethan era. She visits Buckland Abbey, the magnificent home of Plymouth's most famous son Sir Francis Drake, but learns that the wealth enjoyed by Drake and his second cousin John Hawkins was earned through piracy and slave trading, carried out with ... 46:45 Expired
Alice visits Portsmouth to investigate the role played by the Navy in the establishment of the British Empire. Along the way she learns some uncomfortable truths behind the myth surrounding naval hero Lord Horatio Nelson and gets first-hand experience of what life would have been like in the heat of battle at Trafalgar. 46:48 Expired
Alice is in Restoration London, exploring the plague, St Paul's, the story of crown and slavery, and the birth of modern science. In theatreland, women take to the stage. 46:52 Expired
Alice explores Lincoln's fascinating medieval story, from a cathedral to a battle, crossbows, and social climbing.