Britain's Most Historic Towns

Sky History HD

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Saturday 7 December

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Alice Roberts explores Edinburgh and its role in the union between England and Scotland. She discovers how the famous case of Burke and Hare's bodysnatching influenced British medical law, and visits the Royal Bank of Scotland, where she uncovers evidence of the world's first overdraft. Plus, the role played by Henry Dundas, whose statue stands in St Andrew's Square, in the continuation of the slave trade