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74 The Tolpuddle Martyrs, Dorset
Season 1 Episode 74
In this episode as machines begin to flex their muscles the spectre of human poverty rises darkly and menacingly across the whole of the British Isle…
4 years, 2 months ago
73 Discovering Dinosaurs, The Jurassic Coast, Dorset
Season 1 Episode 73
In this episode Neil travels to the breathtakingly picturesque seaside side town of Lyme Regis. Sitting on the rugged Jurassic Coast the town was hom…
4 years, 3 months ago
72 The Bronte Sisters, Haworth, Yorkshire
Season 1 Episode 72
In this episode Neil strides across the beguilingly beautiful, wild Yorkshire moors to meet three sisters whose brilliance would shape and change the…
4 years, 3 months ago
71. Saving Lives at Sea, Smalls Lighthouse, Pembrokeshire
Season 1 Episode 71
This week Neil spends time on one of the most notorious lighthouses in the world – a place with a profound sense of isolation and a dark history.
The …
4 years, 3 months ago
70 Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar, HMS Victory, Portsmouth
Season 1 Episode 70
In this episode we’re stepping aboard a legend. A ship built from 6,000 trees, 27 miles of rigging and 4 acres of sail. She fought in the American an…
4 years, 3 months ago
69 Admiral Nelson, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk.
Season 1 Episode 69
In this episode we’re walking with a hero of mine, Admiral Nelson – a man with a life full of high drama and adventure, violence and great passion.
He…
4 years, 3 months ago
68. The Highland Clearances, Bettyhill, Sutherland
Season 1 Episode 68
In this episode Neil takes us on an emotional journey that affected hundreds of thousands of people and systematically destroyed an ancient way of li…
4 years, 4 months ago
67. Abolition of Slavery, Kingston upon Hull
Season 1 Episode 67
In this episode Neil takes us to walk side by side with William Wilberforce, one of the unwavering bright lights who stove to abolish slavery in the …
4 years, 4 months ago
66. The Last invasion of Britain, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
Season 1 Episode 66
In this episode we join Neil in1796 as a heavily armed French invasion fleet is spotted off Fishguard in south-west Wales.
Seven years earlier revolut…
4 years, 4 months ago
65. The Tobacco Lords & the Slave Trade, Merchant City, Glasgow
Season 1 Episode 65
In this episode Neil takes us on a very personal journey around his old stomping ground, the Merchant City district in Glasgow. It was built by the m…
4 years, 4 months ago