Ashes to ashes

Dan Snow and Dr Kate Lister find out what life was really like in an Ancient Roman city...

- HANNAH DAVIES, SEAN MARLAND.

POMPEII: LIFE IN THE CITY
Tuesday, 9pm, 5 Factual.

It's been almost 2,000 years since the eruption of Mount Vesuvius covered Pompeii with volcanic ash, preserving the city as a time capsule of Roman life.

In this four-part series, historians Dan Snow and Dr Kate Lister will be examining the site's remains to reveal how its residents lived.