• 2019
London: 2000 Years of History

Summary Historians Dan Jones and Dr Suzannah Lipscomb and engineer Rob Bell explore how London faced daring invasions, catastrophic fires and deadly plague. Also, how it grew from a small Roman trading post, to the capital of the British Empire, and ultimately to the thriving mega-city we know today. View more details

  • 2019

London: 2000 Years of History

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Rob Bell Suzannah Lipscomb Dan Jones Jelena Bekvalac

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7.7

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Mar 4, 2019

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : production company website

Language : English

Production companies : Voltage TV

Summary Historians Dan Jones and Dr Suzannah Lipscomb and engineer Rob Bell explore how London faced daring invasions, catastrophic fires and deadly plague. Also, how it grew from a small Roman trading post, to the capital of the British Empire, and ultimately to the thriving mega-city we know today. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Mar 4, 2019

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : production company website

Language : English

Production companies : Voltage TV

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Episode 1 • Mar 04, 2019
Episode #1.1
Dan Jones explores Crossrail to discover the ruins of Roman Londinium, Suzannah Lipscomb gets to know Boudica, and Rob Bell investigates the first London Bridge, built by the Romans but ransacked by the Vikings.
Episode 2 • Mar 11, 2019
Episode #1.2
Doctor Suzannah Lipscomb is granted access to view artifacts from Henry VIII's pleasure palace. Dan Jones tells the story of Dick Whittington in full and discovers what 14th Century skeletons reveal about the Black Death. Rob Bell finds out how Elizabethan adventurers bailed out Queen Elizabeth I, and transformed the city.
Episode 3 • Mar 18, 2019
Episode #1.3
Dr Suzannah Lipscomb investigates how London's West End became the playground of the wealthy elite, while Dan Jones follows in the footsteps of London's poor in the east of the city. Rob Bell explores the impact of the greatest invention of the Victorian age, the railways.
Episode 4 • Mar 25, 2019
Episode #1.4
As the team reaches the 20th century, Dan Jones heads in search of the origins of London's vast suburbia, then goes underground to explore how Crossrail will propel the capital into the future.
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