Tony Robinson's Time Walks
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27:00Tony Robinson takes a walk around the New Zealand capital of Wellington. Along the way he meets visionary filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson who is helping to turn the city into the new Hollywood of the Pacific.
27:00Tony swaps his walking shoes for a steering wheel as he visits the beautiful towns & wineries of South Australia's Barossa Valley. Plenty of cracking good history makes Tony's journey one to savour.
28:00If you thought Canberra was nothing but pollies and public buildings...think again. Tony's walk through the nation's bush capital proves that the city is chock-a-block with some very surprising hidden history.
27:00For 160 years, the green, garden city of Christchurch was the antipodean England. Two devastating earthquakes changed that forever, but they haven't destroyed the city's will.
27:00Launceston was once a colonial powerhouse, home to explorers, farmers & entrepreneurs. Tony's walk proves that if you know where to look you can travel from ancient Aboriginal history through to modern day.
October 2018
29:00
29:00Welcome to Australia's wild west. Kalgoorlie was, and still is, the great frontier town. Gold built it, but Tony discovers the diamonds in the rough that are the people who live here.
September 2018 28:00
28:00Tony Robinson discovers that Bendigo was one of the biggest gold finds in history. The city sits atop a complex honeycomb of shafts & tunnels. Her grand hotels & theatres have played host to international celebrities.
27:00Tony Robinson discovers the the iconic sights & hidden history in a forgotten pocket-sized suburb of Sydney. From the Razor gangs of the 1930s to the Heritage Battles of the 1960s, Woolloomooloo has seen it all.
January 2017 28:00
28:00The major port of Australia's remote west coast, Fremantle began life as a place of punishment. The magnificently preserved sandstone prison conceals a thousand stories. (Series Premiere)
August 2016 29:00
29:00Tony's last walk finishes at one of Central Australia's most spectacular natural landmarks. Alice Springs is a tiny speck in a vast, red, dry interior...but it's a fertile oasis of historical highlights. (Final)
29:00Geelong missed out on being Victoria's capital thanks to a quirk of nature, but this beautiful seaside town doesn't lack for unusual history. Tony's walk around Geelong is one not to be missed.
29:00Sydney's city within a city, Parramatta has been home to some of Australia's most important colonial history. In modern times it has reinvented itself as a multicultural hub.
July 2016 28:00
28:00Tony's itchy feet take him to tropical Townsville. Plenty of war history here, but as usual, it's the hidden history that uncovers the not-so-well known side of a far North Queensland treasure.
June 2016 29:00
29:00City of Churches it may be but Adelaide has always been a strange mix of progressive politics and small town parochialism.
29:00St Kilda has endured a constant cycle of boom and bust - even carrying the label "Rock Capital of the World" for a few heady years in the 1980s. Today it is again one of Melbourne's most desired addresses.
May 2016 29:00
29:00In 1941 Brisbane was the nerve centre for the Pacific War effort, playing host to US military personnel. The former convict colony found itself changing quickly. The pace of progress has barely slowed since then.
29:00Originally a cemetery for the Port Phillip settlement, Carlton has grown into a suburb of incredible diversity. It's home to Australia's first world heritage listed building, the remarkable Exhibition Building.
29:00Taking its name from the English coastal mining town, Australia's Newcastle also has a reputation for toughness and heavy toil that began when the convicts were first dropped there to collect coal from the beaches.
April 2016 29:00
29:00Tony Robinson discovers the real story of Hobart's convict past - from playing tennis with Errol Flynn to the original wax-cylinder voice recordings of "the last Tasmanian aboriginal", Hobart has it all.
29:00Tony Robinson discovers the real story of Melbourne isn't found in the grand tree-lined boulevards or boomtown architecture. It's hidden down the lanes and alleyways.