Britain's Most Historic Towns
Victorian Belfast
Season 1 Episode 6 of 6
Professor Alice Roberts reveals the history of Belfast, the UK's most Victorian city. She visits the shipyards that built the Titanic, gets locked up in the notorious Crumlin Road gaol and takes a crash course in 19th-century female etiquette. The final episode of this unique take on British history, in which the academic, writer and broadcaster studies one key period in history by delving into the secrets of a historic town that encapsulates the era, providing an impression of what life was really like at key moments in the turbulent past
Britain's Most Historic Towns airs on Sky History HD at 1:00 PM, Saturday 9 November.
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
History
Alice Roberts
Presenter
Dominic Bowles
Executive Producer
Dominic Ozanne
Series Producer