On the edge of London stands Hampton Court, one of Britain's biggest palaces and most popular tourist spots, attracting almost a million visitors every year. Spanning 750 acres of grounds, it boasts 1,300 rooms and 23 courtyards...along with a host of secrets and historic stories. This two-part special provides an exclusive and intimate look at life inside the court today for the people keeping Henry VIII's world alive in the modern age, and also explores what life was like in the palace where the private world of the Tudors began.
This two-part series profiles Princess Margaret, whose life and loves reflected the social and sexua...
Series looking at the British genius for woodwork over the centuries.
Tony Robinson goes for a walk through some of Britain's beautiful and historic landscapes.
With 1066, Professor Jennifer Paxton's exciting and historically rich six-lecture course, experience...
Lucy Worsley re-investigates some of the most dramatic chapters in British history. She uncovers for...
Stephen K. Amos and Susan Calman present a unique series in which LGBTQ people from across the UK ta...
Michael Wood argues that the most important and influential British kings were a father, son and gra...
History series telling the glorious and gory story of the city's rise to power.
Jonathan Meades gives a personal perspective of British history.
The Hundred Years’ war between England and France gave us the victories of Crecy and Agincourt, and ...
This 2-part documentary series reveals the truth about King Edward VIII's affair with American divor...
Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investiga...
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Dr Xand Van Tulleken and Raksha Dave investigate the Great Smog of 1952 - the deadliest environmenta...
Part documentary, part historical drama, this series follows the fortunes of the different members o...
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 ...
Aubrey Manning sets out on a journey to study the changing face of Britain's countryside
Dominic Sandbrook takes a fresh look at a dynamic decade. 1980s Britain changed in everything from p...