Walking Through History — Season 3
Tony Robinson continues his walking trek visiting Wigan Pier, Northumbria, and North Norfolk
About this season
Tony Robinson continues his walking trek visiting Wigan Pier, Northumbria, and North Norfolk
Episodes (6)
1. Bronte Country
Aired 17 May 2013 • 60 min
Walking between Bronte family places and meeting people knowledgeable about the family. This is a long walk, finishing in Haworth, visiting places from the novels and used in real life by the Bronte family.
2. Victoria and Albert's Highland Fling
Aired 24 May 2013 • 60 min
This walk explores the Victorianisation of Deeside.
3. The Norman Conquest of Pembrokeshire
Aired 31 May 2013 • 60 min
Pembrokeshire Coastal Path provides a start but the walk soon leaves the route and heads inland. The conquest by Norman barons in to southern Wales is explained.
4. Nazi Occupation: The Channel Islands
Aired 7 June 2013
On 30th June 1940 a plane full of German soldiers touched down at Guernsey airport. It was the start of 5 years of occupation. The traditional image of the Channel Islands is sun, sea and sandy beaches. But Tony embarks on a 5 day walk to explore the darkest chapter in the Islands' history, which 70 years on is itself becoming a tourist draw. Starting out in Guernsey to uncover memories of the German aerial attack on the port and the invasion itself, Tony voyages to Jersey which is littered with physical reminders of the Nazi presence.
5. King John's Ruin: The Peak District
Aired 14 June 2013
The presenter walks over 3 days joining together King John's connections in the Midlands to the Magna Carta.
6. England's Last Battle: The West Country
Aired 21 June 2013
England's Last Battle - West Country. In 1685, a rebel army landed at the pretty Dorset port of Lyme Regis and swept up through Somerset, pausing at Taunton to declare its leader, Duke of Monmouth, the rightful king.