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Is Britain's Most Historic Towns coming back?

Britain's Most Historic Towns (2018–present) — travel · history on Channel 4

The answer: Between seasons — last episode December 19, 2020, no return date announced yet.
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Genre
Travel · History
Network / streamer
Channel 4
Premiered
April 7, 2018
Runtime
~60 min per episode
TVMaze rating
7.8 / 10
3seasons
19episodes
7.8/ 10

About Britain's Most Historic Towns

Britain's Most Historic Towns is currently between seasons. The show last aired on December 19, 2020, and no return date has been confirmed. It is not scheduled to return imminently, and viewers will need to wait for further announcements.

This series is a travel and history program that originally premiered on April 7, 2018, on Channel 4. In each episode, Professor Alice Roberts explored Britain's rich past by focusing on a specific town or city, examining a key historical period through detailed storytelling and visual reconstructions. The show aimed to provide an accurate view of life during significant moments in history, often using CGI to recreate the towns in their former glory.

The series featured Alice Roberts as the presenter, with Ben Robinson as the aerial archaeologist. It has a rating of 7.8 on TVMaze and each episode runs for about 60 minutes. The show has produced three seasons, with the most recent episode airing in December 2020.

Britain's Most Historic Towns episode schedule

19 aired

Aired · 19

DateEp.Title
December 19, 2020 S3·E7 Industrial Revolution Manchester
December 12, 2020 S3·E6 Georgian Edinburgh
December 5, 2020 S3·E5 Glasgow's Age of Steam
November 28, 2020 S3·E4 Elizabethan Plymouth
November 21, 2020 S3·E3 Portsmouth - Age of Empire
November 14, 2020 S3·E2 Restoration London
November 7, 2020 S3·E1 Medieval Lincoln
June 22, 2019 S2·E6 Stewart Stirling
June 15, 2019 S2·E5 Plantagenet Canterbury
June 8, 2019 S2·E4 Civil War Oxford
June 1, 2019 S2·E3 Edwardian Cardiff
May 25, 2019 S2·E2 Georgian Bristol
May 18, 2019 S2·E1 Wartime Dover
May 12, 2018 S1·E6 Victorian Belfast
May 5, 2018 S1·E5 Regency Cheltenham
April 28, 2018 S1·E4 Tudor Norwich
April 21, 2018 S1·E3 Norman Winchester
April 14, 2018 S1·E2 Viking York
April 7, 2018 S1·E1 Roman Chester

Britain's Most Historic Towns cast