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.

Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain is a 2009 BBC documentary television series presented by ...

Our cities, transformed a mere century ago to accommodate cars, now want to rid their streets of the...

Journalist and writer Graham Hancock travels the globe hunting for evidence of mysterious, lost civi...

Historian Lucy Worsley presents a series marking the 200th anniversary of one of the most explosive ...
London is a 2004 three-part BBC history documentary series about the history of London, presented by...
An ordinary night bus has been kitted out with cameras for this series, witnessing the funny, surpri...

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

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

Myths die hard, and the history of the 20th century is no exception to this rule. Even today, we hol...

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

In this four-part documentary series, leading Hollywood actors undertake a fascinating journey into ...

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

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

Documentary looking at the 2005 attack on London's transport system and the ensuing police investiga...

This series travels the length and breadth of Britain to find out how the Victorians built Britain. ...

Martin Boudot, investigative journalist, investigates major environmental scandals around the world:...

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