Tony Robinson presents a show in which 10 celebrities experience life in different eras and undertake a series of challenges to see if they could have coped with life in the past. Kirstie Alley, Fern Britton, Louise Minchin, Zoe Smith, Meg Mathews, Keith Allen, Greg Rutherford, Charlie Condou, Jermaine Jenas and Chris Ramsey must work as servants in an Elizabethan manor house from 1588. 

1468 
In Episode they are split into two teams and assigned to work as squires for two knights preparing to face each other in a jousting tournament. 

1913 
The celebrities experience life as servants in an Edwardian stately home in 1913, where the staff have to answer to a stern butler and a strict housekeeper 2
796 
This time they are challenged to work on a Georgian farm. The men must prepare the animals and buildings for a visit from the landowner, while the women work in the dairy and prepare afternoon tea. 

1885 
The celebrities find themselves working in a Victorian fishery in 1885, where they have one day to fulfil a huge order destined for London's Billingsgate Market. 

43AD 
The final challenge takes the celebrities back to the Iron Age to experience life in 43AD