Thursday 24 July 2008

As the new European Capital of Culture rockets towards the future, Tony Robinson and the team delve into its past and uncover how Liverpool catapulted itself onto the international trading stage. Regeneration has created a mammoth building site, the trenches of which become the team's playground for unearthing clues to Liverpool's past. The earliest commercial wet dock is their first find, a technological wonder that turned the city's fortunes around and helped to make it a world-class port.