Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
4 episodes
E01
Episode 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.
E02
Episode 2
Dr Suzannah Lipscomb is granted access to view artefacts 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.
E03
Episode 3
Dr Suzannah Lipscomb investigates how London's West End became the playground of the wealthy elite.
E04
Episode 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.