London: 2000 Years of History
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201960 minEnded

London: 2000 Years of History

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Aired on Mar 26, 2019, 9:15 PM

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Description

History series telling the glorious and gory story of the city's rise to power.

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Status
Ended
Language
English
Runtime
60 min
Premiered
March 5, 2019
Ended
March 26, 2019
Schedule
Tuesday at 9:15 PM

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Episodes (1 Season · 4 Episodes)

Episode 1

Dan Jones explores Crossrail to discover the ruins of Roman Londinium, Suzannah Lipscomb gets to know Boudica, and Rob Bell investigates the first London Bridge, built by the Romans but ransacked by the Vikings.

Mar 5, 2019

60 min

Episode 2

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb is granted access to view artefacts from Henry VIII's pleasure palace. Dan Jones tells the story of Dick Whittington in full and discovers what 14th Century skeletons reveal about the Black Death. Rob Bell finds out how Elizabethan adventurers bailed out Queen Elizabeth I, and transformed the city.

Mar 12, 2019

60 min

Episode 3

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb investigates how London's West End became the playground of the wealthy elite.

Mar 19, 2019

60 min

Episode 4

As the team reaches the 20th century, Dan Jones heads in search of the origins of London's vast suburbia, then goes underground to explore how Crossrail will propel the capital into the future.

Mar 26, 2019

60 min

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