The Great Fire - In Real Time

Dan Jones visits the exact location of the bakery where it started Suzannah Lipscomb reveals how Londoners tried to save their belongings and Rob Bell investigates 17thcentury building materials and the prevailing weather conditions

Dan Jones follows the path of the fire on the worst day of its rampage as it swept through some of Londons iconic buildings Suzannah Lipscomb finds evidence in the archives of who was blamed and who escaped scot free Rob Bell visits Imperial College London for more information about the spread of the fire and to recreate the intense heat it generated

Dan reveals why Londoners were desperate to stop the fire reach the Tower Rob looks at the bizarre 17century methods of treating burns and Suzannah examines a controversial new theory about how many people died They also examine how the authorities dealt with the 100000 people who had lost everything and how a new city was built from the ashes