Civil War Oxford
Show: Britain's Most Historic Towns --> Season: 2 - Season 2
AirDate: 6/8/2019
Runtime: 45
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Overview: Alice Roberts explores the history of Oxford during the Civil War, when the city became a power base for the royalist forces and a rival capital for nine years of conflict. Aerial archaeologist Ben Robinson discovers why the city was such a good strategic position, while Alice takes up Charles I's favourite sport and learns to fire a 17th-century musket.