How did a small island once rule over a quarter of the world's population? This shared history still shapes us today - and billions of people are part of its story.

This series explores the facts and investigates the truth behind the British Redcoat Army's campaign...

Tutored by Aristotle, helpless witness to his father's assassination, and a brilliant, pioneering ta...

Following on from the earlier series 'Trawlermen', documentary series `Trawlermen: Hunting the Catch...

Empire is a major five-part series presented by Jeremy Paxman. It tells the story of the British Emp...

How To Survive the End of the World examines terrifying and scientifically plausible doomsday scenar...

Jonathan Meades gives a personal perspective of British history.

Series in which intrepid presenter Kate Humble follows the ancient frankincense trade route of Arabi...

It's about human history, how humans shaped the world we live in. A history through cultures and civ...

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,...

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

Series using the Rank Organisation's "Look at Life" documentary shorts to examine British society du...

Summer 1943: Hitler engages in a decisive battle in Kursk to win the war in the East. This is withou...

Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led...

Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II wages an epic campaign to take the Byzantine capital of Constantinople and ...

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