Walking Through History

Walking from the stone circles of Avebury to Stonehenge, Tony explores the origins and the latest theories and the connections between Europe's finest collection of Neolithic monuments. On his three-day trek through the last centuries of the Stone Age, he discovers how all the sites are connected and secrets of life and death in Britain.

The Lake District is one of the country's most popular tourist destinations - but few see just how much the conquering Roman army made their mark on the stunning part of the world. Tony discovers that with the toughest landscape they had encountered in Britain and a rebellious tribe, is was no small task.

Tony walks a stretch of the fabulous Cornish coast, discovering why for decades, smuggling was the biggest industry in the area during the eighteenth century. Over his four-day walk, he discovers why smuggling became a way of life in Cornwall and what finally brought it to an end.

The Liverpool-Leeds canal is the longest single man-made waterway in the country; Tony travels the first 50 miles from Liverpool to the iconic Pier at Wigan, uncovering the extraordinary stories from its Georgian and Victorian origins. It connects the city of Liverpool with the rest of Britain, stretches 127 miles, took 46 years to build set and the city and Lancashire up for a mighty future.

From just north of the Scottish border, Tony Robinson sets off across the ancient kingdom of Northumbria which in the 7th century stretched from Edinburgh to York, on the trail of the truth about St Cuthbert, the greatest saint of his time. Over four days he walks the route known as Cuthbert's Way searching for pagan routes.

Tony takes in the seascapes of the North Norfolk coast, determined to discover how the area remained so blissfully unchanged when the Victorian age of industry and railways transformed lives and landscapes across the country. From the arrival of Bertie, Prince of Wales at Sandringham House to the opening of Cromer Pier, Tony's four-day walk unveils an extraordinary tale of landowning power.