Episode 1

Jay Blades explores the fascinating history of London's East End, from the Shoreditch site of a theatre where Shakespeare performed to the story of the original Jack the Lad.

Episode 2

Jay reveals the secrets of the East End's Victorian age. He discovers the extraordinary underground engineering beneath the Thames and meets the Pearly King of Mile End.

Episode 3

Jay hears about Sylvia Pankhurst's suffragettes, the melting pot of Canning Town, the Kray twins, and how the East End coped with the Blitz of World War II.