Britain's Ancient Tracks with Tony Robinson
Britain is crisscrossed by an amazing network of ancient trackways. These remarkable routes are our oldest roads and have been travelled for more than 5000 years. Walked by pilgrims and traders, hunters and invaders, Celts and Romans, Saxons and Vikings, each track is bound up in myth, mystery and legend. Tony Robinson sets out to explore the truth behind the megaliths, burial sites, ley lines and hidden caves along these ancient pathways and connect the clues they have left hidden in the British landscape.
- 2016-2017
- 2 seasons
- Documentary
Britain is crisscrossed by an amazing network of ancient trackways. These remarkable routes are our oldest roads and have been travelled for more than 5000 years. Walked by pilgrims and traders, hunters and invaders, Celts and Romans, Saxons and Vikings, each track is bound up in myth, mystery and legend. Tony Robinson sets out to explore the truth behind the megaliths, burial sites, ley lines and hidden caves along these ancient pathways and connect the clues they have left hidden in the British landscape.
Season 1 Episode Guide
3 Episodes 2016
Episode 1
The Icknield Way
Tony Robinson delves into the stories, songs and sacred places along the Icknield Way from Norfolk to Bedfordshire. Prehistoric mines, hidden caves, demon dogs and mysterious ley lines all feature in this opening edition of the show.
Episode 2
The Ridgeway
Tony follows in the tracks of Celtic chariots, explores a burial chamber that's older than the pyramids of Egypt and uncovers the secrets of a great white horse as he travels along the Ridgeway.
Episode 3
The North Downs Way
For his final journey of the series, Tony Robinson travels along the North Downs Way visiting one of Britain's oldest oak trees, a shrine of Thomas Becket and a lost Roman battle site.