If you tune in to watch Britain’s Lost Routes this Thursday (BBC1 at 8pm), you may spot some familiar faces and places. The programme sees Griff Rhys Jones retrace the route that Queen Elizabeth I took through the Cotswolds and into the West Country, on what was one of her regular 'progresses' through her realm, tracking her journey from Windsor to Bristol.

The programme makers discovered that when Queen Elizabeth I arrived in Bristol, Bristol Grammar School pupils greeted her with recitations of Latin poetry, and asked for our help to reconstruct the event for the programme. At the time of Elizabeth’s visit, BGS was based near the Christmas Steps so this was the chosen location for modern day BGS students to don their best Tudor dress and recite in Latin for their queen (aka Bristol Grammar School’s Deputy Head of School, Beatrice Vincent). Keep your eyes peeled and see how many BGS students you can recognise.