Tony travels to find stories of the people you never hear about at the beginning of the last century, the Edwardian Period - it's a time of elegance, innovation and class warfare. (S2 Ep 2)[S]
Tony takes us back nearly 2,000 years to a time when Britain was under the rule of the Roman Empire - a time of Roman soldiers, gladiators and European slaves. (S2 Ep1)[S]
Tony talks to a survivor of the Bethnal Green tube tragedy, an ATS driver who worked with Princess Elizabeth, a resistance fighter's daughter in Guernsey and a GI bride. (Ep4)[S]
A "bottom-up" approach to history, told by exploring the lives of ordinary people. Tony Robinson travels back to the 1800s, meeting a girl who worked in a match factory. (S1 Ep 2) [S]
Quirky real-life tales include a sailor's attempt to leave behind his scurvy existence for a Tahitian girl, and a gin entrepreneur who fell foul of the law. (Ep3)[S]
A "bottom-up" view of history, exploring the lives of ordinary people. Tony Robinson looks at The king's knacker Thomas Grimes, who was pressed into service as executioner. (S1 Ep1) [S]
Quirky real-life tales include a sailor's attempt to leave behind his scurvy existence for a Tahitian girl, and a gin entrepreneur who fell foul of the law. (Ep3)[S]
A "bottom-up" view of history, exploring the lives of ordinary people. Tony Robinson looks at The king's knacker Thomas Grimes, who was pressed into service as executioner. (S1 Ep1)
Tony talks to a survivor of the Bethnal Green tube tragedy, an ATS driver who worked with Princess Elizabeth, a resistance fighter's daughter in Guernsey and a GI bride. (Ep4)[S]
A "bottom-up" approach to history, told by exploring the lives of ordinary people. Tony Robinson travels back to the 1800s, meeting a girl who worked in a match factory. (S1 Ep 2) [S]
Tony Robinson travels to the most tumultuous periods of British history, uncovering tales of everyday people. This time: one of the nastiest and cruel era's, the Georgians. (S1 Ep 3)[S]