Britain's Most Historic Towns

7:00 AM to 8:00 AM

Sunday 30 August

Viking York

Season 1 Episode 2 of 6

Alice Roberts tells the story of Viking England by studying the history of York. She takes part in a Viking battle, meets the metal detectorists behind one of the UK's greatest archaeological finds and gets her hands on an almost 1,000-year-old poo. Aerial archaeologist Ben Robinson takes to the skies to see how the current layout of York reflects its history

Britain's Most Historic Towns airs on Sky History at 7:00 AM, Sunday 30 August.

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Topics

Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics

History

Alice Roberts

Presenter

Dominic Bowles

Executive Producer

Dominic Ozanne

Series Producer