Peek into the lives of ordinary folks in the era of Emperor Hadrians famous wall Walk the beat with an AfricanRoman soldier examine a pendant bearing the names of an actress and a gladiator meet a slave girl and bang around with a metalworker

Skip the drawingroom dramas of King Edward VIIs era and peer inside the sweaty world of a ships fireman and the delicate dealings of a ladys maid aboard the Titanic Link up with a chain maker and meet a footballer and a dentist joined by blood

Enjoy a taste of Atomic Age living Get to know an Irishwoman who fulfills her dream to be a nurse and follow a ragandbone man through a typical day Cheer on an early working mom then get down to business with a car maker and an aspiring singer

Contemplate the divine escape of a nun who faked her own death then delve into the pit of despair with a gong farmer aka medieval sanitation worker Laugh it up with a gasprone jester and examine the crafts of armour making and spinning