Ian Hislop rescues the reputation of the maverick 'Do-Gooders' who he believes fixed the 19th century's version of 'broken Britain' in this new history series. Irresistibly easy to mock, these busy bodies are highly unfashionable today. But they are heroes to Ian - extraordinary men and women who precipitated the most remarkable period of social change in British history and, Ian argues, left us with a nation worth living in. And yet unlike notable Victorian royals, inventors, politicians and generals, many of them have been all but forgotten.
A look back at a cruel conflict, the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71), which changed the political geog...
It was a time when England was a nation on the cusp of change, an evolving landscape tht lay between...
Around the World in 80 Days is an animated television series that lasted one season of sixteen episo...
Taking a 'bottom-up' view of history by exploring everyday lives of the nations ordinary people.
Victorian Pharmacy is a historical documentary TV series in four parts, first shown on BBC Two in Ju...
The history of decolonization from the point of view of colonized peoples, an epic story that still ...
This series travels the length and breadth of Britain to find out how the Victorians built Britain. ...
Historical observational documentary series following a team who live the life of Victorian farmers ...
Recounts the largest migration movement in history in which 55 million Europeans left their home cou...
The history of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution...
Lucy Worsley delves into the history of romance to uncover the forces shaping our very British happi...
Four professional bakers leave their modern businesses behind to bake their way through the Victoria...
Suzannah Lipscomb reveals the killers that lurked in every room of the home.
With Nicholas Rowe, Helen Rappaport, Lucinda Hawksley, Matthew Sweet.
Living history show presented by Fi Glover. Six celebrities travel back in time to the relentless gr...
Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic...
Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Y...
Set during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, a young and shy midshipman, rises t...