title: London (TV series)
text: London is a 2004 three-part BBC history documentary series about the history of London, presented by Peter Ackroyd.
  
  Episodes
  
  1: Fire and Destiny
  (7 May 2004)
  Boudicca, Great Fire of London, Blitz,
  
  2: Crowd
  (14 May 2004)
  Riots, Peasants' Revolt, Gordon Riots
  
  3: Water and Darkness
  (21 May 2004)
  Sewers, River Thames, London Bridge, Springheeled Jack
  
  Cast list
  The series made a visual trope of, as Ackroyd walked around London or was sitting in his study, the persons of famous and anonymous historical figures would fade in and out and act their testimonies. These were played, in alphabetical order, by:-
  Tyler Butterworth .... Merry Andrew
  Jim Carter .... Henry Fielding
  Michael Feast .... Christopher Wren
  William Forde .... Young Thomas de Quincey
  Tom Hollander .... T. S. Eliot
  Philip Jackson .... Samuel Pepys
  Derek Jacobi .... Tacitus
  Alex Jennings .... Stephen Spender
  Kara Kyne .... Jane Alsop
  Chris Langham .... Ned Ward
  Anton Lesser .... Charles Dickens
  Philip Madoc .... Geoffrey of Monmouth
  Joseph McFadden .... James Boswell
  Tim Pigott-Smith .... John Evelyn
  Amanda Root .... Charlotte Brontë
  Jack Shepherd .... Thomas de Quincey
  John Simm .... Friedrich Engels
  Toby Stephens .... Casanova
  Richard Stockwell .... Young Peter Ackroyd
  Ronan Vibert .... Joseph Conrad
  Harriet Walter .... Virginia Woolf
  Don Warrington .... Ignatius Sancho
  Timothy West .... Henry Mayhew
  John Woodvine .... Henry Moore
  
  External links
  
  BBC television documentaries
  2004 British television series debuts
  2004 British television series endings
  2000s British documentary television series
  2000s British television miniseries
  English-language television shows
  Social history of London