Professor Alice Roberts visits Portsmouth to investigate the history of the Royal Navy, uncovering some uncomfortable truths behind the myth surrounding Lord Horatio Nelson and getting first-hand experience of what life would have been like in the heat of battle at Trafalgar. She also visits an archaeological dig on Burrow Island and a lantern show at the New Theatre Royal, and discovers the brutal punishments doled out for even minor offences by the Victorian penal system. |
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Title: | Portsmouth - Age of Empire | |
Air Date: | November 21, 2020 | |
Runtime: | 60 min | |
Genres: | History Travel | |
hellsingfan01 : Beat me to it lol.