Walking Through History

Tony Robinson goes for a walk through the glorious Peak District, along the Derwent Valley, where the world's industrial revolution was born.

Tony Robinson hikes through the Weald in Kent and the Downs of East Sussex to discover the area's rich and surprising Tudor heritage.

Tony Robinson walks through the Kintail region in the west Scottish Highlands to explore the story of the Jacobite uprisings in the early 1700s.

Tony Robinson heads off for a 45-mile walk across Wiltshire to tell the story of life and death in the last centuries of the Stone Age. His route takes him through the greatest concentration of prehistoric sites in Europe.

Tony explores the Roman conquest of the Lake District, coming 30 years after they invaded Britain. He traces the long walk from Penrith to Ravenglass.

A look at the history of professional smuggling in 18th century Cornwall, where many secret smuggler's coves still exist.