Fortress Britain with Alice Roberts Season 1 Episode 1 - Episode 1

Airdate: 2023-Mar-25

Episode summary:

The first episode examines the surviving traces of Henry VIII's fear of invasion from Catholic Europe. Alice gets her hands on a vast hoard of Tudor coins and a 500-year-old jousting scorecard, as she learns how Henry's greed and ambition led him to bankrupt the nation and lay the foundations for the modern secret service.

About Fortress Britain with Alice Roberts series:

Alice and fellow historians explore Britain's obsession with invasion through the centuries examining the physical reminders that remain.