New Yeoman Warder Barry learns the ropes and gets to grips with his first Tower tour. Then everything changes when Coronavirus leads to a national lockdown and the Tower closing its gates for the first time since World War II.
The crowds re-enter for the first time since the lockdown. Chief Yeoman Warder Pete welcomes guests as they return after the Tower's longest closure for 75 years. The day begins with a special ceremonial lowering of the drawbridge.
New Yeoman Warder Barry is grilled on Henry VIII's wives by a young visitor. Chief Curator Tracy researches a notorious Tudor con-woman, who came to a sticky end.
Highlights of past episodes. The 20th century saw the most executions in the Tower's history, all German spies captured in the two world wars. Suffragette Leonora Cohen took aim at the Crown Jewels. The Tower acts as a site of remembrance.
Compilation focusing on the men and women who guard the Tower, known as the Beefeaters, revealing how they live and work inside the UK's most famous fortress, and what goes on behind the scenes away from the tours and tourists.
Special compilation exploring the Tower of London's reputation as the most terrifying prison in the country, looking back at stories of some of its most famed inmates and their daring escapes.
A special compilation edition exploring the Tower of London's dark and infamous past as a place of terror and execution, and revealing how it got its grisly reputation.
