Britain's Most Historic Towns

3:00 AM to 4:00 AM

Saturday 16 November

Civil War Oxford

Season 2 Episode 4 of 6

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

Britain's Most Historic Towns airs on Sky History at 3:00 AM, Saturday 16 November.

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History

Alice Roberts

Presenter

Dominic Bowles

Executive Producer

Liam McArdle

Series Producer

Jenny MacLeod

Director