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?

‘Voices from the Shadows’ shows the brave and sometimes heartrending stories of five ME patients and...

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

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

Traffic chaos and parking pandemonium in London is nothing new around the capital.

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

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

Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. Aft...

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for contro...
They are young, all-American girls who enjoy horse riding, karate and Sherlock Holmes. But there's m...
The history of Westminster Abbey and a tour of the monuments within it; accompanied by choral music ...

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

Paris, June 1940. The de Gaulle couple is confronted with the military and political collapse of Fra...

In this hour-long documentary, Oxford academic Janina Ramirez tours the country in search of Anglo-S...

After a great year for grime, MC Frisco and Risky Roadz go back to its pirate radio roots. - How Pir...

A backstage and on-stage look at Nicki Minaj's career during the Pink Friday Tour, festivals, and mo...

A look at the "private clubs" of London. From the famous political clubs of the 18th century to the ...

Melvyn Bragg explores the dramatic story of William Tyndale and his mission to translate the Bible i...

The 43 Group was an English anti-fascist group set up by Jewish ex-servicemen in the immediate wake ...