The black death had devastating effects in centuries past, but what actually caused it and how many lives did it take? The world has not seen a disease outbreak like it before or since. This film tells the story of skeletons recently unearthed in a long-lost plague cemetery beneath the streets of London. Was it the Bubonic Plague, or as scientists now suspect, an Ebola-like virus?

Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society wh...

Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. Aft...
They are young, all-American girls who enjoy horse riding, karate and Sherlock Holmes. But there's m...

The vivid and inspiring story of British film icon Michael Caine's personal journey through 1960s sw...

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French docto...

Twiggy takes a comprehensive look at the life story of UK model and cultural icon Twiggy, real name ...

Recreating festivities from Henry VIII's era, Lucy Worsley dresses, eats, drinks, sings and parties ...

Based on Geoffrey Fletcher’s book, this captivating documentary exposes the real London of the swing...

Actress Elizabeth Taylor, who was born in London, England, gives viewers a tour of the city, includi...

Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry ...

May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Speci...

The history of arguably the most famous shop in the world, which has been based on Brompton Road in ...
Jessie Wallace stars in this BBC drama based on the turbulent life and times of Marie Lloyd, known a...

Young William Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, 'Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daugh...

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled...

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for contro...

Documentary to mark the WI's centenary. Lucy Worsley goes beyond the stereotypes of jam and Jerusale...

In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the co...

Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir,...

St James's in London is renowned for being Britain's poshest high street. We meet the characters who...