Tony Robinson's History Of Britain
Tony Robinson's History Of Britain is a TV show on SBS ONE. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 8 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in October 2024.
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Tony takes us back to the Middle Ages, a time of knights in shining armour, big-shot kings, and fabulous clothes, if you could afford them. His first encounter is with someone you really wouldn't want to meet. Richard Rakiere has the vital role of a 'Gong Farmer', or Nightman, a...
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Tony takes us back to the 1950s. Fondly remembered today as an optimistic period of social and economic regeneration. A period that was tough but rewarding for many. Tony begins with the story of Irish woman, Mary Powell, who joins the NHS, following her childhood dream of becoming a nurse, despite militaristic matrons and... 42:52 Expired
Tony Robinson takes us back to the beginning of last century. It's a time of elegance, innovation, class division and social progress: The Edwardian Period. Tony begins with two people who travelled on the Titanic. One is ship's fireman, Arthur Priest, who tends the ship's furnaces. The other is Lady's Maid, Nellie Barber ... 42:58 Expired
Tony takes us back nearly 2000 years to a time when Britain was under the Roman Empire. He tells the story of an African Roman soldier who gets posted to its most northerly outpost at Hadrian's Wall. The young recruit spends most of his time building roads, including some that we still use today. Unfortunately, our Roman s...Season 1
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Tony Robinson takes us back to the Second World War. This was a people's war, fought by bakers, office workers, delivery drivers and housewives. Tony meets Eastender, Babs Clark, who was just eight when the war began. Like thousands of others, Babs depended on the newly built Bethnal Green tube station as an air raid shelt... 42:54 Expired
Tony Robinson takes us back 200 years to Georgian times, a period as nasty and cruel as any in history. Tony meets Jack Rann, a poor peddler in the luxurious tourist hub of Bath, who wangled a job as a coach driver. Georgians carried their money with them, and Jack couldn’t believe how wealthy his clients were. 43:42 Expired
Tony travels back to the 1800s, to Victorian times. In London’s East End, Tony encounters thirteen-year-old Sarah Chapman, a ‘Match Girl’, who worked fourteen-hour shifts, six days a week in the ‘Bryant & May’ factory. But the worst thing was constant exposure to the chemical phosphorous. 44:10 Expired
Tony Robinson takes a bottom-up view of the history of Britain by exploring the everyday lives of ordinary people. In this episode, Tony takes us back 500 years, to life under Tudor king, Henry VIII. Tudor towns were evil-smelling places, but amongst the smelliest homes would have been that of the local ‘knacker’. Tony int...