Border Country: The Story of Britain's Lost Middleland — Season 1, Episode 1: Episode 1
Documentary • 59 min • 1 season, 2 episodes
Episode synopsis
For historian and MP Rory Stewart, the building of Hadrian's Wall was the single most important event in Britain's history. Meeting experts and local people, and drawing on memories from his life in Iraq and Afghanistan, he explores the impact of Rome's occupation and departure, and tells the story of how the powerful new Kingdom of Northumbria was born in Britain's lost Middleland.
About Border Country: The Story of Britain's Lost Middleland
Two-part series which explores the extraordinary landscape, oral history and archaeology of the border country which surrounds Hadrian's Wall.