Explains our theory that the Battle of Brunanburh was fought at Wigan, and that an earlier battle between Guthfrith and Æthelstan was fought at Brasside near Durham

George Stephenson is widely regarded as 'Father of the Railways' and as one of Britain's greatest engineers. We investigate, then tour the places he lived and worked.

We investigate whether William Murdoch, inventor of gas lighting, is Britain's most underrated mechanical engineer, then visit the places he lived and worked

Sir Christopher Wren is widely believed to be Britain's greatest architect. We investigate these claims then take a tour around the places he lived and worked.

After a 40 year search, we believe that we have found the real battlefield some three miles northeast of the traditional location. Here we present how we worked it out and how experts might have been misled for nearly a thousand years.

Thomas Telford vies with Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the soubriquet of Britain's Greatest Civil Engineer. We investigate his bona fides, then tour the places he lived and worked.

On the 200th anniversary of her birth, we investigate whether Ada Lovelace is, as usually claimed, the world's first computer programmer, then tour the places she lived and worked

Charles Darwin is widely regarded as Britain's greatest scientist. A few dissenters accuse him of being a charlatan and fraudster. We investigate their evidence, then conduct a Darwin pilgrimage of the places he lived and worked.