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.

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...

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

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...

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

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Dominic Sandbrook takes a fresh look at a dynamic decade. 1980s Britain changed in everything from p...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Normans is a British television documentary series first aired on BBC Two in 2010. Over three ep...

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