Taking a 'bottom-up' view of history by exploring everyday lives of the nations ordinary people.
1/4/2020
1485 to 1603 We find out how clothes were made and food prepared, a look at life during the reign of Tudor king Henry VIII.
1/11/2020
1837 to 1901 We meet a 13 year old girl that worked in a factory making matches and follow the journey of a woman that worked down the mines.
1/18/2020
1714 to 1837 We follow the tail of a sailor attempting to leave behind his scurvy existence for a Tahitian girl and a gin entrepreneur who fell foul of the law.
1/25/2020
1939 to 1945 We explore Bethnal Green's ordeal during the blitz and find out why Maisie's father was punished for his resistance in Guernsey.
