Helen Castor presents an in depth and insightful series covering England's early Queens, from the High Middle Ages with Eleanor and get daughter-in-law Eleanor of Aquitane, through the Late Middle Ages with Isabella of France and Margaret of Anjou and finishing with Lady Jane Grey, Mary I and Elizabeth I.

The Prince of Guastalla falls in love with the young citizen Emilia Galotti, who is soon to marry Co...

The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she ...

As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the politi...

A strange story from Somerset, England about a filmmaking farmer and the inspiring legacy of his lon...
This short-form documentary focuses on the true story of Alfons Heck, who as an impressionable 10-y...

Documentary looking at a century of cycling. Commissioned to mark the arrival of the 2014 Tour de Fr...

With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this docu...

With exclusive access to research conducted by University College London and the Terracotta Army Mus...

Egyptians were famed for their extravagant building techniques and extraordinary gods, but what abou...

A fascinating compilation tracing the development of British trains throughout the 20th century. Thi...

During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Gr...

The full bizarre, tragic but celebratory story of Syd Barrett, the co-founder of Pink Floyd.

In the 19th century, China held the monopoly on tea, which was dear and fashionable in the West, and...

To mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Janina Ramirez tells the story of three books that...

It’s the hit musical that changed Broadway forever and brought the genius of Lin Manuel Miranda to t...
Documentary examining the medieval myth of the Philosopher's Stone, a Holy Grail-type relic which su...

In China, there exists an astonishing place. A burial ground to rival Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, w...

Before there was Disneyland, there was Coney Island. By the turn of the century, this tiny piece of...

New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it...

Archival footage of an American Nazi rally that attracted 20,000 people at Madison Square Garden in ...