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The historian, Ian Mortimer, journeys back in time to find out about how life was changing in Elizabethan England. His journey starts at the heart of the country in Stratford-upon-Avon where the arrival of the humble chimney and mass produced bricks revolutionised house building and made comfortable townhouses affordable for the Elizabethan middle classes. This was just as well as the country鈥檚 population was increasing rapidly.

Ian discovers that revolutionary change is not confined to house building; printing led to a big increase in literacy levels while the invention of gunpowder and the compass enabled the Elizabethans to embark on great voyages of exploration. The most famous adventurers included Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh who brought back untold riches and new plants and animals which had a profound effect on everyday life in sixteenth century.