Name: The Great Fire of London
Released: 2017-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Rob Bell, Dan Jones, Suzannah Lipscomb

TV Show · Documentary · History

Historians Dan Jones and Suzannah Lipscomb join forces with engineer Rob Bell to reconstruct the story of the Great Fire of London to explore what happened in real time, hour by hour and street by street, as the fire blazed across London.

2017 · 44m

Starring Rob Bell, Dan Jones, Suzannah Lipscomb

Director Luke Korzun-Martin

EPISODE 1

London Burns

Dan Jones visits the site of the fire's origin; Suzannah Lipscomb explains how Londoners attempted to save their belongings; Rob Bell examines the building materials of the time and the weather conditions.
EPISODE 2

Death and Destruction

Dan retraces the fire's path through London on the worst day of its rampage; Suzannah discovers archival evidence about who was blamed and who escaped without incrimination.
EPISODE 3

A City Rebuilt

Dan explains why Londoners wanted to stop the blaze before it reached the Tower; Rob looks at how burns were treated in the 17th-century; Suzannah examines a controversial new theory outlining how many died.