Britain's Most Historic Towns

Alice Roberts explores Lincoln's fascinating medieval story, from a cathedral to a battle, crossbows and social climbing.

Alice Roberts is in Restoration London, exploring the plague, St Paul's, the story of crown and slavery, and the birth of modern science. And in theatreland, women take to the stage.

Alice explores Nelson's dark side, the heat of the battle at Trafalgar, the role of the Navy in the British Empire, and the lives of Portsmouth's sex workers.

In Plymouth, Alice explores the story of England's 'Golden Age', from Sir Francis Drake to the Spanish Armada, piracy, theft and local connections to the slave trade.

Alice Roberts 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.

On a visit to Georgian Edinburgh, Alice Roberts explores the city's finest architecture, 'Auld Reekie', the roots of modern Scottishness, and some dark imperial controversies.

Alice explores Manchester's rich history of working-class protest and revolution during the Industrial Revolution, from the Peterloo massacre, to Marx, and onwards to the suffragettes.