Tony Robinson’s History of Britain

Tony Robinson takes us back 500 years, to life under Tudor king, Henry VIII.

In this episode, Tony travels back to the 1800s, to Victorian times.

Tony Robinson takes us back 200 years to Georgian times, a period as nasty and cruel as any in history.

Tony Robinson takes us back to the Second World War. Beating Nazis wasn't only down to Churchill and his generals. This was a people's war, fought by bakers, office workers, delivery drivers, and housewives.

Tony takes us back nearly 2000 years to a time when Britain was under the Roman Empire.

This time, Tony takes us back to the beginning of the last century. It's a time of elegance, innovation, class division, and social progress: The Edwardian Period.