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?

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

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

Between 1968 and 1970, J M Goodger, a lecturer at the University of Salford, made a film record of t...

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

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

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

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

A shy and quiet World War II evacuee is housed by a disgruntled old man, and they soon develop a clo...

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

Cédric is a child like millions of others. The only difference is that the little boy is seriously i...

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

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

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

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

Three boxing athletes and one coach open up about their journey within the demanding sport. This tou...

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

In this hour-long documentary, Oxford academic Janina Ramirez tours the country in search of Anglo-S...
The history of Westminster Abbey and a tour of the monuments within it; accompanied by choral music ...

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