UK Television: Birth of Britain with Tony Robinson

If you don't live in one of the countries of the British Commonwealth, chances are you might not be that familiar with Tony Robinson.  If you aren't British and you do know him then you most likely know him only as the hygenically-challenged S. Baldrick, dogsbody to Sir Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh from the wildly popular UK comedy series Blackadder.  While Baldrick always had a cunning plan to get himself, Edmund and Lord Percy Percy deeper into trouble (while supposedly trying to get them out), Tony Robinson has a cunning plan to educate the populace.  From Time Team, The Worst Jobs in History and Tony Robinson and the Paranormal to Man on Earth, Tony Robinson's Crime and Punishment and Catastrophe, Robinson has traveled throughout Europe to provide viewers with a wealth of knowledge on a fascinating array of subjects.

Robinson's latest project is Birth of Britain with Tony Robinson.  The three part documentary series airs on the UK National Geographic Channel.  The series has already aired once in its entirety and there are more repeats of each episode scheduled.  In each hour-long episode, Robinson looks at a different aspect of Britain's explosion (literally!) into life.