Air date: 2020-01-04

Runtime: 44 min

1485 to 1603 We find out how clothes were made and food prepared, a look at life during the reign of Tudor king Henry VIII.

Air date: 2020-01-11

Runtime: 44 min

1837 to 1901 We meet a 13 year old girl that worked in a factory making matches and follow the journey of a woman that worked down the mines.

Air date: 2020-01-18

Runtime: 44 min

1714 to 1837 We follow the tail of a sailor attempting to leave behind his scurvy existence for a Tahitian girl and a gin entrepreneur who fell foul of the law.

Air date: 2020-01-25

Runtime: 44 min

1939 to 1945 We explore Bethnal Green's ordeal during the blitz and find out why Maisie's father was punished for his resistance in Guernsey.