In this unique take on British history, Professor Alice Roberts explores Britain's rich and varied past through the stories of individual towns and cities. In each programme Alice studies one key period in history by delving into the secrets of a historic town that encapsulates the era, providing an accurate impression of what life was really like at key moments in our turbulent past. At the climax of each programme, cutting-edge CGI reveals the entire historic town in all its former glory.

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

Jonathan Meades gives a personal perspective of British history.

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 ...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

Aubrey Manning sets out on a journey to study the changing face of Britain's countryside

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

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...

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

Investigating the most notorious murders ever to take place on the British railways. The cases start...

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

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