Bettany Hughes take viewers on armchair travels to explore household-name treasures and new finds from across the world.

Expert interviews and gripping reenactments combine to reveal the extraordinary life of Alexander th...

About Adolf Hitler's time in Germany. On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of ...

Art and culture define us - but in an age of change, who are we now? In divided times, Simon Schama ...

Vera Atkins' files were kept sealed until after she died, but the story of the female spies and the ...

Dogfights is a military aviation themed TV series depicting historical re-enactments of air-to-air c...

Each episode looks back at the news and events of a particular year, using news archive footage, alo...

Highlights the talented, often provocative entertainers whose brilliance and rise to stardom transfo...

The 3-part documentary series The Irish Civil War tells the epic and often challenging story of the ...

The long and storied history of the French warrior monks who fought in the Crusades, formed a powerf...

Bunch of recorded films about the life and death of the last Russian monarchs.

Jonathan Roberge dives into the world of Montréal crime during the 1957-1977 period, when the city s...

Thirties in Colour: Countdown to War takes black-and-white films from the era and colourises the foo...

The teletheater series "Katb Azam" is an adaptation of the book "Confessions of a Killed Scribe" wri...

People live in a world of cities; reflecting on ancient models of the city as a human phenomenon off...

Egypt's Cosmic Code charts Bradley Walsh's first trip to Egypt in search of answers to some of Ancie...

July 2014. When Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 crashes in Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board,...

Throughout history certain civilisations, events and objects have fascinated and inspired us, causin...