The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain

Si and Dave head to Yorkshire itching for a 17th century fight and learn about the bloodiest battle of the English Civil War, the Battle of Marston Moor.

David takes Si on a pub tour around the Lake District, following in the footsteps of poets Wordsworth and Coleridge. They try out negus, a wine-based drink from the late 1800s.

Si and Dave visit historic Manchester pubs from the heart of the city's industrial revolution. They discover politics and plotting were once rife in a Middleton back room during the early 1800s.

In Cornwall, Si and Dave step back into the 1700s to visit pubs at the centre of an illegal smuggling industry. The find a smugglers' tunnel in the tiny fishing village of Polperro.

A trip to Liverpool to see pubs where John Lennon and other 1960s music idols drank before they became famous.

Si and Dave explore the important heritage of British WWII pubs in a region known as Bomber County. They meet veterans and visit the Bluebell Inn, a pub that served the heroic Dambuster Squadron.