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?
Writer Broadcaster and Newsnight arts correspondent Stephen Smith finds out what it took to get ahea...

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

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

Young William Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, 'Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daugh...
This lost WWI documentary appears to be about the German zeppelin attacks on Londonon September 2nd,...

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

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

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

Witness the life and loves of Marie Lloyd, the music hall legend known for her bawdy songs and outra...
The history of Westminster Abbey and a tour of the monuments within it; accompanied by choral music ...

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

Recreating festivities from Henry VIII's era, Lucy Worsley dresses, eats, drinks, sings and parties ...
They are young, all-American girls who enjoy horse riding, karate and Sherlock Holmes. But there's m...

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

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

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

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

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