Aired: 5/7/2004
From Boudicca's torching of the city to the Blitz raids, Ackroyd examines how London survives fire.
Aired: 5/12/2004
Historical figures recall the city's drama of crime and punishment, and its unquenchable thirst for spectacle, drink and sex.
Aired: 5/19/2004
In the Victorian era London finally achieves its destiny as the heart of a world empire, but Peter Ackroyd and historical figures expose the city's rotten underbelly.