In Belfast, the UK's most Victorian city, Alice Roberts visits the shipyards that built the Titanic, gets locked up in the Crumlin Road gaol and learns about 19th-century etiquette. (Ep6/6)
Norwich is the UK's most Tudor city. Professor Alice Roberts reveals the Norwich City canary's origins, learns about religious intolerance and experiences humiliating Tudor justice. (Ep4/6)
In Winchester, Britain's most Norman city, Professor Alice Roberts storms a castle in chain mail, investigates the origins of modern surgery, and tucks in to an eel pie. (Ep3/6)
In York, Professor Alice Roberts takes part in a Viking battle, meets the metal detectorists behind one of the UK's greatest archaeological finds, and gets her hands on Viking poo. (Ep2/6) [AD,S]
Professor Alice Roberts explores Britain's history through the stories of individual towns and cities. In this episode Alice tells the story of Chester, Britain's most Roman city. (Ep1/6)