Tony Robinson's History of Britain - Season 2
Season 2
Episodes
Romans
Tony takes us back nearly 2000 years to a time when Britain was under the Roman Empire. He tells the story of an African Roman soldier who gets posted to its most northerly outpost at Hadrian's Wall.
Edwardians
Tony takes us back to the beginning of last century. It's a time of elegance, innovation, class division and social progress: the Edwardian period, and he begins with two people who travelled on the Titanic.
The 1950s
Tony heads back to the 1950s, fondly remembered as an optimistic period of social and economic regeneration. Tony begins with the story of Irish woman Mary Powell, who joins the NHS, following her childhood dream of becoming a nurse.
The Middle Ages
Tony goes back to a time of knights in shining armour, big-shot kings, and fabulous clothes - if you could afford them. His first encounter is with someone you wouldn't want to meet on a dark night, or any time, really.
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