Dr Xand Van Tulleken and Raksha Dave investigate the Great Smog of 1952 - the deadliest environmental disaster ever recorded and one of the world's worst peacetime catastrophes. Lasting just over four days, the Great Smog plunged London into a terrifyingly murky gloom - the acrid pollution seeping into homes, leaving Londoners gasping for breath, shutting down transport and emergency services, and overwhelming hospitals and undertakers alike.
Ambitious 11-part docudrama of the life, teaching, and work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. This ...
Jonathan Meades gives a personal perspective of British history.
London is a 2004 three-part BBC history documentary series about the history of London, presented by...
Lucy Worsley re-investigates some of the most dramatic chapters in British history. She uncovers for...
Inimitable actress Miriam Margolyes is on a mission to confront her fear of ageing and death and tac...
With 1066, Professor Jennifer Paxton's exciting and historically rich six-lecture course, experience...
Michael Wood argues that the most important and influential British kings were a father, son and gra...
Stephen K. Amos and Susan Calman present a unique series in which LGBTQ people from across the UK ta...
Food critic and food lover Grace Dent explores the phenomenon of Greggs.
The show first appeared in the summer of 1975, produced some 130 episodes up till the ending of 1979...
Series telling the story of the architects, engineers and spin doctors who entered a frantic two yea...
The Hundred Years’ war between England and France gave us the victories of Crecy and Agincourt, and ...
Docuseries following the top paramedics, doctors, nurses, and surgeons from across London.
Series looking at the British genius for woodwork over the centuries.
History series telling the glorious and gory story of the city's rise to power.
Delve into heart-wrenching crimes through the lens of real footage of victim’s last moments alive. E...
Two times guinness world record holder and world-renowned endurance rider Kevin Sanders has a dream....