The three-part Channel 5 show sees The Repair Shop star visit Coventry to learn about the legend of Lady Godiva and Stoke-on-Trent to hear how Josiah Wedgwood made the area known for its pottery.

When he examined the history of the Staffordshire Hoard, found in a farmer’s field in 2009, Blades said he got the chance to try on a replica helmet.

“It was a surreal moment – when you come away you are like ‘hold on a minute, this is the hoard, no-one gets to try this on, touch it’,” he said.

When the show went to Ironbridge, where Blades’ own workshop is based, it focused on how the area became the birthplace of the industrial revolution.

“If you understand how important the area is and what it did for the world, it would be criminal for me not to mention that,” he said.