Profiling two of the massive archaeological digs along the 150-mile route of HS2, the UK’s new high-speed rail link, ahead of its start of construction. These cemetery excavations reveal forgotten stories of the rich and poor, and how Georgian-era London and industrial Birmingham left their mark on the thousands of skeletons buried there.

Through this three part series Art Historian Dr Janina Ramirez tells the story of the Medieval monar...

Jonathan Meades gives a personal perspective of British history.

Dr Xand Van Tulleken and Raksha Dave investigate the Great Smog of 1952 - the deadliest environmenta...

Presented by Dr Clare Jackson of Cambridge University, this new three-part series argues that the St...

Part documentary, part historical drama, this series follows the fortunes of the different members o...

On the edge of London stands Hampton Court, one of Britain's biggest palaces and most popular touris...

The construction of the Egyptian pyramids remains an enigma, an unsolved mystery. But today, Egyptol...

Seven Ages of Britain is a BBC television documentary series which is written and presented by David...

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Historian Lucy Worsley presents a series marking the 200th anniversary of one of the most explosive ...

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Time Team is a British television series which has been aired on British Channel 4 from 1994. Create...

Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investiga...

This is the true tale of the biggest scandal ever to engulf the British Royal Family – a forbidden ...

This series travels the length and breadth of Britain to find out how the Victorians built Britain. ...
Dominic Sandbrook takes a fresh look at a dynamic decade. 1980s Britain changed in everything from p...

Despite decades of research, many mysteries remain about the ancient Maya. Now, archaeologists are u...

Historian Dan Jones explores the millennium of history behind six of Great Britain's most famous cas...

Documentary series that tells the stories of the extraordinary last survivors of the generation who ...

In this 3-part documentary series, Lucy Worsley travels across Britain and Europe visiting the locat...