Britain's First Photo Album — Season 1, Episode 3: Reigate to Hythe
30 min • 1 season, 10 episodes
Episode synopsis
Using the old photographs as his guide, John Sergeant will be visiting the remains of Frith's home in Reigate and travelling south to investigate the smugglers' haunts of medieval Rye, before finding out where the riflemen of the Victorian British army learnt their skills.
About Britain's First Photo Album
Britain’s First Photo Album traces the extraordinary achievement of the pioneering Victorian photographer Francis Frith and his team. Frith embarked upon a colossal project to photograph as much of Great Britain as possible during the second half of the 19th century. In this series John Sergeant sets out to follow in Francis Frith’s footsteps to find out more about ‘Britain’s First Photo Album’ and celebrate our shared past.