A guided tour of the history of numbers and how they’ve shaped the development of humankind is at the heart of this unique series. In five episodes that take us across time and around the world, we see how mathematics played an important role in ancient Egypt and Greece, early India, medieval Europe, and our own modern world. Computer graphics make mathematical formulae accessible and interesting, while dramatic reenactments of history pique the viewer’s interest.

Expert interviews and gripping reenactments combine to reveal the extraordinary life of Alexander th...

Documentary telling the stories of the men and women who travelled across Egypt to uncover the earli...
Numbers brings to life the genius mathematicians who discovered new theories and frontiers in math i...

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

Around 5000 years ago, one of the largest and most powerful empires in history emerged on the Nile –...

Egyptian archaeologist Dr. Yasmin el-Shazly and photographer Mahmoud Rashad investigate the life and...

John Romer recreates the glory and history of Byzantium. From the Hagia Sophia in present-day Istanb...

Where's Anne Rice when you really need her? Self-described medium Derek Acorah travels to Egypt wher...

A three-part British documentary film series about life in the Paleozoic, bringing to life extinct a...

Throughout human history, there have been sinister desires driven by animalistic lust, and the Ancie...

Joanna Lumley goes on the trip of a lifetime - exploring the longest river in the world, the River N...

Solve The Code and find a real-life treasure! The Code is a three-part TV series about maths in the ...

For more than 2,000 years, a mathematical riddle has baffled the world’s greatest minds. It’s a prob...

This three-part special tells the story of the Egyptian empire from its beginning in 1560 B.C. to it...