Walking Through History

The dramatic moors and valleys of West Yorkshire are the setting for an unusual slice of the past in Tony Robinson's first walk from this new series. This evocative landscape was the home of, and inspiration for, the Brontes, the remarkable literary family that produced Wuthering Heights and Jane...

Tony Robinson visits the Cairngorms National Park to discover how Queen Victoria and Prince Albert helped to shape Scottish traditions and imagery such as tartan, bagpipes and caber tossing.

Tony Robinson is out to discover why Pembrokeshire feels so English. There are castles everywhere and it boasts one of the country's finest cathedrals, sure signs that the Normans stamped their mark all over this little slice of Wales.

Tony Robinson visits the British Channel Islands, which were occupied by Nazi Germany for five years between 1940 and 1945.

Tony Robinson visits Sherwood Forest and the Peak District as he sets out to discover the real King John.

Tony Robinson hikes up from Lyme Regis on Dorset's Jurassic Coast to the Somerset Levels in the footsteps of a ragtag rebel army led by the dashing young Duke of Monmouth, the illegitimate son of Charles II.