Professor Alice Roberts joins the team excavating a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age village in the Cambridgeshire Fens that's been called the 'British Pompeii' due to the remarkable levels of preservation.
The story of the Trojan Horse is probably one of the most famous stories ever told: after ten years ...
Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having...
It was perhaps the most spectacular flourishing of imagination and achievement in recorded history. ...
A story about one of the most famous and mysterious archaeological sites in the world.
Explorer Bruce Parry visits nomadic tribes in Borneo and the Amazon in hope to better understand hum...
British progressive rock band Pink Floyd perform at the ancient Roman Amphitheater in the ruins of P...
Forensic experts scan Pompeii’s victims to investigate why they didn’t escape the eruption.
In the beginning was sex. To the ancient cultures, sexuality, love and sex were inextricably connect...
The causes underlying the collapse of civilizations are usually traced to overuse of resources. As w...
The History of the Devil charts the evolution the idea of a supreme embodiment of evil from the time...
One of history's most enigmatic mysteries is unraveled in this fascinating one-hour special. Stunnin...
An impression of the state of the world in 1929, contrasting similarities and differences in religio...
Why did the Roman Empire, which dominated Europe and the Mediterranean for five centuries, inexorabl...
An exploration of the contrast between modern civilization and isolated groups of people, often refe...
What life was like in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii moments before it was devastated by the erup...
In a one off landmark drama documentary for BBC One, Dr Margaret Mountford presents Pompeii: The Mys...
At the time of Nero, the Empire is at the height of its power, but Rome, where a million inhabitants...
The volcanic eruption that ravaged Pompeii in year 79 is one of the most famous in history. It is kn...
Narrated by Sir Derek Jacobi - star of the landmark television series "I, Claudius" - this documenta...