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Walking Through History - Season 1

Series: Walking Through History
4.7
(59)
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Episodes
4
Rating
NRC
Year
2017
Language
English
Publisher
Dreamscape Media

About

In a four-part series that will appeal to history buffs and dedicated ramblers alike, Tony Robinson embarks on spectacular walks through some of Britain's most historic landscapes in search of the richest stories from Britain's past. In each program, Tony follows a route that allows him to explore on foot both the history of a particularly colorful historical period or event and the spectacular landscape, including its geographical features, in which those events unfolded. These walks are proper expeditions with each one taking Tony a week. Along with the various experts he encounters, Tony reveals and discovers the places and their hidden stories that ordinary walkers and ramblers might otherwise miss.

Related Subjects

  • History
  • Dreamscape

Episodes

1. Frontline Dorset

48m

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This week, Tony's walk takes him back to 1940 when extraordinarily, the sleepy county of Dorset became the frontline in the war against Hitler. His five day 60 mile walk along the Jurassic coast reveals the county's hidden World War II story.

2. The Birth of Industry

48m

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Tony heads off on a 40 mile walk through the glorious Peak District and along the Derwent Valley. The landscape here is incredible; wild, dramatic and romantic. But it's also the place where one of the most extraordinary chapters in British history unfolded; the Derwent Valley is the place where the Industrial Revolution began. This is a journey that reveals how Britain transformed itself from a nation of farmers into the industrial powerhouse of the world. Richard Arkwright established the world's first factory in the quiet Peaks village of Cromford. Nearby is the building that would lay the foundations for today's skyscrapers.

3. The Tudor Way

47m

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From the impressively preserved Penshurst Place, where author Philippa Gregory helps Tony relish the fate of the grand Duke of Buckingham at the hands of the young Henry the Eighth, he travels up what used to be secret paths to Hever Castle.

4. Battle In The Glens

48m

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Tony's journey of discovery starts in Sheil Bridge, at the mouth of Glen Shiel, where he heads to the site of the earliest known dwellings here, the 'skyscrapers' of the Iron Age.

Extended Details

  • SeriesWalking Through History
  • Closed CaptionsEnglish

Artists

Flame Distribution, LimitedProducer
Sir Tony RobinsonActor