Summary Richard flies from Great Yarmouth in Suffolk to Wroxeter in Shropshire, looking at Roman roads, forts and towns. He flies south-west along the A12 towards the outskirts of London, passing over Burgh Castle (Garianonum), Lowestoft, Colchester, Chelmsford and Ingatestone Hall. He then turns north-west along Watling Street (the A2 and A5), flying over St Albans (Verulamium), Dunstable (at the cross-roads of Watling Street and the Icknield Way), Bletchley Park ("Station X", the World War II Enigma decoding station), Watford Gap (crossing point of the A5, a major east-west coaching route, the M1 motorway, the West Coast Main Line railway and the Grand Union Canal), Rugby transmitting station (Rugby time-signal and submarine communication), Rugby School, Nuneaton (the Battle of Watling Street: Romans against Queen Boudica), Sutton Park at Sutton Colefield, Birmingham, Spaghetti Junction (intersection of M6, A3, A38 and A5127 roads, crossing two railways, two canals and three rivers), Telford, Ironbridge (Telford's iron bridge across the River Severn) and The Wrekin (conical hill), before arriving at Wroxeter (Viroconium).
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Ruth England Richard Mervyn Mark Barry-Jackson Marie Ashby
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Jul 24, 2008
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : ITV - Independent Television Central Independent Television Skyworks
Summary Richard flies from Great Yarmouth in Suffolk to Wroxeter in Shropshire, looking at Roman roads, forts and towns. He flies south-west along the A12 towards the outskirts of London, passing over Burgh Castle (Garianonum), Lowestoft, Colchester, Chelmsford and Ingatestone Hall. He then turns north-west along Watling Street (the A2 and A5), flying over St Albans (Verulamium), Dunstable (at the cross-roads of Watling Street and the Icknield Way), Bletchley Park ("Station X", the World War II Enigma decoding station), Watford Gap (crossing point of the A5, a major east-west coaching route, the M1 motorway, the West Coast Main Line railway and the Grand Union Canal), Rugby transmitting station (Rugby time-signal and submarine communication), Rugby School, Nuneaton (the Battle of Watling Street: Romans against Queen Boudica), Sutton Park at Sutton Colefield, Birmingham, Spaghetti Junction (intersection of M6, A3, A38 and A5127 roads, crossing two railways, two canals and three rivers), Telford, Ironbridge (Telford's iron bridge across the River Severn) and The Wrekin (conical hill), before arriving at Wroxeter (Viroconium).
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Jul 24, 2008
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : ITV - Independent Television Central Independent Television Skyworks
