← Britain's Most Historic Towns · Season 2

Civil War Oxford

S2 · E4 · 08 Jun 2019 · 45 min

Alice Roberts explores the history of Oxford during the Civil War, when the city became a power base for the royalist forces and a rival capital for nine years of conflict. Aerial archaeologist Ben Robinson discovers why the city was such a good strategic position, while Alice takes up Charles I's favourite sport and learns to fire a 17th-century musket.

Guest Stars (1)

Ben Robinson as Himself