The Great Fire - In Real Time
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The Great Fire - In Real Time

Season 1
350 years ago the Great Fire of London was the most devastating fire Britain has ever experienced It destroyed almost the entire old city and has become a national memory burnt into our consciousness 350 years on we have all heard of the Great Firehellip but what do we actually know about what happened Now this exciting threepart stripped series will take us inside one of the most significant
IMDb 7.63 episodesTV-14
DocumentaryHistorical
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - London Burns

    May 16, 2017
    45min
    TV-14
    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
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  2. S1 E2 - Death and Destruction

    May 31, 2017
    45min
    TV-14
    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
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  3. S1 E3 - A City Rebuilt

    June 1, 2023
    45min
    TV-14
    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
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