Historian Dan Snow charts the defining role the Royal Navy played in Britain's struggle for modernity - a grand tale of the twists and turns which thrust the people of the British Isles into an indelible relationship with the sea and ships.
The HMS Ark Royal carried the Harrier and 3 types of helicopter during its active service, these inc...
The Hundred Years’ war between England and France gave us the victories of Crecy and Agincourt, and ...
Jonathan Meades gives a personal perspective of British history.
On the edge of London stands Hampton Court, one of Britain's biggest palaces and most popular touris...
Historian Dan Jones explores the millennium of history behind six of Great Britain's most famous cas...
This 2-part documentary series reveals the truth about King Edward VIII's affair with American divor...
Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investiga...
Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain is a 2009 BBC documentary television series presented by ...
Seven Ages of Britain is a BBC television documentary series which is written and presented by David...
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...
Time Team is a British television series which has been aired on British Channel 4 from 1994. Create...
Presented by Dr Clare Jackson of Cambridge University, this new three-part series argues that the St...
Part documentary, part historical drama, this series follows the fortunes of the different members o...
Drama documentary about Edward Teach, also known as Blackbeard, who terrorised the British colonies ...
Dr Xand Van Tulleken and Raksha Dave investigate the Great Smog of 1952 - the deadliest environmenta...
In this blend of historical drama and original source material, the story of this decisive year is r...
The Normans is a British television documentary series first aired on BBC Two in 2010. Over three ep...
Historian Lucy Worsley presents a series marking the 200th anniversary of one of the most explosive ...
Dominic Sandbrook takes a fresh look at a dynamic decade. 1980s Britain changed in everything from p...