A major BBC television documentary series, first shown in 1976. About the life on board the fourth HMS Ark Royal, a British aircraft carrier. It followed the ship on a five and a half month deployment to North America in 1976 & the follow up years later to find out about some of the characters.

Drama documentary about Edward Teach, also known as Blackbeard, who terrorised the British colonies ...

Historian Dan Snow charts the defining role the Royal Navy played in Britain's struggle for modernit...

Devonport is the largest naval base in Western Europe, home to most of the surface fleet and the nav...

Documentary series exploring everyday life on board various ships in the Royal Navy fleet.

Built especially for the challenging conditions of Antarctica, HMS Endurance is the Royal Navy’s onl...

The HMS Ark Royal carried the Harrier and 3 types of helicopter during its active service, these inc...

Set during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, a young and shy midshipman, rises t...

The story follows fisherman Ed Collier, who is highly protective over his family, which includes wif...

Written and filmed to reflect the reality of life in the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines in the 197...
Scientists who are experts in natural disasters identify the most extreme catastrophes to have hit t...
Robbie Coltrane examines bold attempts to push the limits of design.

In a four-part series, artist Lachlan Goudie traces the development of Scottish art from the Neolith...
Series delving into film and newsreel company British Pathé's treasure trove of images, which docume...

Four-part series in which Waldemar Januszczak challenges the traditional view of art's most importan...
In this series Tony Robinson explores the true story of the factory workers whose blood, sweat and t...

Gay Life was a groundbreaking documentary series on London Weekend Television, produced by its Londo...

Sir Mortimer Wheeler considers some of the outstanding features of the Roman Empire
Charles Windsor, heir to the British Crown, remains one of the most publicized figures in the world ...

Following the true stories of manipulative and deceptively dangerous criminals who use their charm t...