Season 3
6 episodes · May 17, 2013
Tony Robinson continues his walking trek visiting Wigan Pier, Northumbria, and North Norfolk
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- S3E1
Bronte Country
May 17, 201360mWalking between Bronte family places and meeting people knowledgeable about the family. This is a long walk, finishing in Haworth, visiting places from the novels and used in real life by the Bronte family.
- S3E2
Victoria and Albert's Highland Fling
May 24, 201360mThis walk explores the Victorianisation of Deeside.
- S3E3
The Norman Conquest of Pembrokeshire
May 31, 201360mPembrokeshire Coastal Path provides a start but the walk soon leaves the route and heads inland. The conquest by Norman barons in to southern Wales is explained.
- S3E4
Nazi Occupation: The Channel Islands
Jun 7, 2013On 30th June 1940 a plane full of German soldiers touched down at Guernsey airport. It was the start of 5 years of occupation. The traditional image of the Channel Islands is sun, sea and sandy beaches. But Tony embarks on a 5 day walk to explore the darkest chapter in the Islands' history, which 70 years on is itself becoming a tourist draw. Starting out in Guernsey to uncover memories of the German aerial attack on the port and the invasion itself, Tony voyages to Jersey which is littered with physical reminders of the Nazi presence.
- S3E5
King John's Ruin: The Peak District
Jun 14, 2013The presenter walks over 3 days joining together King John's connections in the Midlands to the Magna Carta.
- S3E6
England's Last Battle: The West Country
Jun 21, 2013England's Last Battle - West Country. In 1685, a rebel army landed at the pretty Dorset port of Lyme Regis and swept up through Somerset, pausing at Taunton to declare its leader, Duke of Monmouth, the rightful king.