Channel 4 - Walking Through History Series 3 Part 1 Bronte Country (2014)

Walking Through History: Series 3

Tony Robinson embarks on spectacular walks through some of Britain's most historic landscapes in search of the richest stories from our past

Part 1: Bronte Country

The moors and valleys of West Yorkshire were the home of, and inspiration for, the Brontes, the literary family who produced such classics as Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre. Over four days, Tony heads out from the Victorian wool capital of Bradford and treks in a giant loop around what is now known as Bronte Country. From the birth of Charlotte, Emily, Anne and their brother Branwell in the suburb of Thornton, he traces their childhoods to the much-romanticised Bronte hub of Haworth, finding that the harsh reality of 1820s life was far removed both from the fantasy world dreamed up by the children at their father's parsonage home.

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