How a knacker became an executioner, and how clothes were made. Finding Henry's sunken ship the Mary Rose. Showing us how food was prepared in Tudor England. A look at cumbersome armour.
Bethnal Green station was hit during the Blitz. Grocer's daughter Eileen worked with Princess Elizabeth in the ATS. Maisie's father was punished for his resistance in Guernsey. Joy married an American GI. Ch. 5 description.
Tony travels back to the 1800s, meeting a 13-year-old girl who worked 14-hour shifts in a match factory, a woman who worked down the mines, and one of the first employees of Marks and Spencer. (Ch. 5 description)
Quirky real-life tales include a sailor's attempt to leave behind his scurvy existence for a Tahitian girl, and a gin entrepreneur who fell foul of the law. Plus, a hungry poacher has a cunning plan. Ch. 5 description.
Tony takes us back nearly 2,000 years to a time when Britain was under the rule of the Roman Empire - a time of Roman soldiers, gladiators and European slaves.
Tony takes us back to the 1950s, fondly remembered as an optimistic time when 'people have never had it so good'. Life was tough, but people still managed to have a lot of fun.
Tony travels to find stories of the people you never hear about at the beginning of the last century, the Edwardian Period - it's a time of elegance, innovation and class warfare.