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In this new series of Hidden Britain by Drone, history and travel enthusiast, Sir Tony Robinson, uses the latest aerial filming technology to show us new aspects of our country in a completely different way.
Dispatching flying cameras of every shape and size, Tony opens up the far reaches of Britain. He soars above historic sites normally closed off to visitors, gets behind the doors of some of our biggest British brands, explores some top-secret military locations, and finds unexpected hidden treasures in pockets of our rolling countryside.
Join Tony and his drones in an aerial adventure of Hidden Britain.
In this episode Tony Robinson sends his drones around an immense stately home, into the underground wine vaults of billionaires, and around an abandoned theme park. The drones discover the backroom secrets of Argos, and delight in a stunning flower farm fully in bloom, hidden away for fifty weeks of the year.
In this episode; Tony Robinson sends his drones to discover the mysterious workings of a sewage plant, a top-secret underground Cold War bunker, a super-sized luxury car emporium, and a collection of rusting sea-forts that once became a hideaway for pirates.
In this episode Tony Robinson sends his drones to discover the largest cave complex in Britain, hidden beehives on top of Fortnum and Mason, and a ginormous recycling plant for aeroplanes.
In this final episode Tony Robinson sends his drones to a top-security active nuclear decommissioning site, to discover the mysterious truth behind crop circles, and to explore the hidden world of some much misunderstood creatures - bats!
One of the hottest summers on record created an adrenalin rush among Britain’s aerial archaeologists. As their drones took to the skies, they were uncovering significant new finds emerging from the parched landscape.
All over the country, hundreds of unknown historic sites have been revealed from the air. And it’s not just the professionals that are striking gold! An army of drone-flying amateurs have made some incredible discoveries!
In this Heatwave special edition of ‘Hidden Britain by Drone’, history and archaeology enthusiast, Sir Tony Robinson, will investigate how the 2018 summer’s long dry spell created the perfect conditions for the mysterious, ‘parch marks’, that led to these remarkable discoveries.
He meets the archaeologists and drone pilots that have been flying all over the country to record this transient phenomenon. Once it rains, the marks disappear; but the hidden secrets have been revealed.
Now it’s a question of what happens next to these hidden historic gems.
| Series Producer | Jo Woolf |
| Executive Producer | David Dugan |
| Production Executive | Ben Sutton |
| Production Manager | Denise Furey |
| Producer & Directors | James Coldwell , Jonathan Hanney , Libby Overton |
| Archive Producer | Carmen Locke |
| Assistant Producers | Emma Dempsey , Johanna Fry , Rachel Carmichael , Didi Mae Hand |
| Production Coordinator | Hinesh Patel |
| Researcher | Sana Serroukh |
| Production Secretary | Liam Walsh |