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Episode Guide
Frontline Dorset
Series: Walking Through History
Series Progress: Episode 8 of 1747% Completed
Synopsis
Tony Robinson takes a series of walks through some of Britain's most historic and spectacular landscapes. Tony's walk in this episode takes him back to 1940 when - extraordinarily - the sleepy county of Dorset became the frontline in the war against Hitler. His five-day, 60-mile walk along the Jurassic coast reveals the county's hidden World War II story. Starting by the defences on Chesil Beach (still standing 70 years on), Tony's journey encompasses stunning scenery and amazing acts of ingenuity and bravery as he heads east to finish in Swanage and Studland Bay. He uncovers the strange part a world-famous swannery played in developing a secret weapon. He hears of the bravery of the man who won the Victoria Cross serving in Portland Harbour when it became one of the first places in Britain to be bombed by the Germans. He reveals the role Dorset had to play in protecting Britain from invasion, and in an emotional climax he meets one of the veterans who survived after landing on Omaha Beach on D-Day.
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📊 Series Binge Profile
Total Content Density: 16 hours 33 minutes (17 episodes)
Intensity Rating: Moderate Burn - Story-dense episodes. Best spaced out over a week.
Binge Milestones
1 episode/day: 17 days
3 episodes/day: 6 days
5 episodes/day: 4 days
Episodes (17)
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- - Smuggler's Cornwall
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- S01E01 - The Birth of Industry
- S01E02 - Frontline Dorset Viewing
- S01E03 - The Tudor Way
- S01E04 - Battle in the Glens
- S02E01 - The Path to Stonehenge
- S03E01 - Wigan Pier
- S03E02 - Northumbria
- S03E03 - North Norfolk
- S04E02 - Victoria and Albert's Highland Fling
- S04E03 - Norman Conquest Of Pembrokeshire
- S04E06 - England's Last Battle - West Country