London: 2,000 Years of History

Dan Jones explores Crossrail to discover the ruins of Roman Londinium, Suzannah Lipscomb gets to know Boudica, and Rob Bell investigates the first London Bridge, built by the Romans but ransacked by the Vikings.

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb is granted access to view artefacts from Henry VIII's pleasure palace. Dan Jones tells the story of Dick Whittington in full and discovers what 14th Century skeletons reveal about the Black Death. Rob Bell finds out how Elizabethan adventurers bailed out Queen Elizabeth I, and transformed the city.

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb investigates how London's West End became the playground of the wealthy elite, while Dan Jones follows in the footsteps of London's poor in the east of the city. Rob Bell explores the impact of the greatest invention of the Victorian age, the railways.

As the team reaches the 20th century, Dan Jones heads in search of the origins of London's vast suburbia, then goes underground to explore how Crossrail will propel the capital into the future.