In advance of the construction of HS2, the biggest ever cemetery excavation in Britain reveals the forgotten stories of rich and poor in Georgian London.

Professor Alice Roberts and Dr Yasmin Khan dig deeper through the excavations at St James’s burial ground on the hunt for the lost explorer who extended Britain’s empire across the globe.

Working-class Victorians made Birmingham one of the most important industrial cities on the planet. Professor Roberts and Dr Khan present discoveries ranging from skeletons bearing mysterious cut marks to the rise of the real Peaky Blinders.