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.

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

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

Historian Lucy Worsley presents a series marking the 200th anniversary of one of the most explosive ...

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

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

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

Dr Xand Van Tulleken and Raksha Dave investigate the Great Smog of 1952 - the deadliest environmenta...

Lucy Worsley, chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces, explores how the physical and mental health o...

In this 3-part documentary series, Lucy Worsley travels across Britain and Europe visiting the locat...

In an ambitious and groundbreaking approach to drama and history featuring dramatic reconstruction, ...

Series tracing the events of 1940, when Britain faced alone the threat of invasion and defeat by Hit...

Historian Dan Jones explores the millennium of history behind six of Great Britain's most famous cas...

This is the true tale of the biggest scandal ever to engulf the British Royal Family – a forbidden ...

Aubrey Manning sets out on a journey to study the changing face of Britain's countryside
Dominic Sandbrook takes a fresh look at a dynamic decade. 1980s Britain changed in everything from p...

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

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

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

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

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