Britain's Most Historic Towns

Alice enjoys a Roman feast in Britain's most Roman city, Chester. She examines a radical theory on the Romans' plans for the city and explores an incredible archaeological find deep underground.

Professor Roberts participates in a Viking battle in York, gets her hands on Viking poo, and encounters the metal detectorists responsible for one of the United Kingdom's greatest archaeological finds.

Alice tells the story of Norman England by studying the history of Winchester, Britain's most Norman city. Alice attempts to storm a castle in chain mail, investigates the origins of modern surgery and tucks in to an appetising eel pie.

Professor Roberts learns about religious intolerance in the United Kingdom's most Tudor city, experiencing humiliating Tudor justice and uncovering the origins of Norwich City Football Club's canary.

In Cheltenham, Britain's most Regency town, Professor Alice Roberts attends a period society ball, investigates social hierarchy and explores the Regency fondness for enemas.

Alice Roberts visits the shipyards that built the Titanic in Belfast, the UK's most Victorian city. She also gets locked up in the Crumlin Road jail and learns about etiquette in the 19th century.