Villages by the Sea Season 5 Episode 5 - Bucklers Hard

Airdate: 2024-Dec-09

Episode summary:

In Hampshire, archaeologist Ben Robinson investigates how a tiny village, originally meant to be a free port to process sugar, became a bustling naval shipyard. Ben learns that three ships built here would lead Nelson to victory at Trafalgar. Then, in an almost untouched 18th-century labourer's cottage, Ben gets a feel for just how basic life was for hardworking rural families 250 years ago.

About Villages by the Sea series:

Archaeologist Ben Robinson visits the English coast and reveals how some of our best loved villages played a vital part in significant moments of o...Show more >