Professor Alice Roberts, Professor Danielle George and Dr Onyeka Nubia tell the story of Britain’s obsession with invasion through history. Alice, Danielle, and Onyeka explore Henry VIII’s fear ofinvasion from Catholic Europe through the physical reminders that remain to this day. At her base in Walmer Castle, 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.
The series is on https://www.channel4.com/ from Saturday 25th March 2023 at 8.30 pm for 4 weeks