Britain's Most Historic Towns - Season 2 - Eps 4: Civil War Oxford
Alice Roberts explores the history of Oxford during the Civil War, when the city became a power base for the royalist forces and a rival capital for nine years of conflict. Aerial archaeologist Ben Robinson discovers why the city was such a good strategic position, while Alice takes up Charles I's favourite sport and learns to fire a 17th-century musket.
About Britain's Most Historic Towns
Title: Britain's Most Historic Towns
First Air Date: 2018-04-07
Last Air Date: 2020-12-19
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 7.8/10 (from 5 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 3
Total Episodes: 19
Network: Channel 4
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: IWC Media
Synopsis
In this unique take on British history, Professor Alice Roberts explores Britain's rich and varied past through the stories of individual towns and cities. In each programme Alice studies one key period in history by delving into the secrets of a historic town that encapsulates the era, providing an accurate impression of what life was really like at key moments in our turbulent past. At the climax of each programme, cutting-edge CGI reveals the entire historic town in all its former glory.
Cast
Alice Roberts
Self - Presenter
