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.

Jonathan Meades gives a personal perspective of British history.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...
This four-part series tells the stories of the landscapes, towns and cities which inspired four of t...

An enthralling series exploring how the BBC fought not only Hitler but also the British government t...

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

Groundbreaking series in which Michael Wood tells the story of one place throughout the whole of Eng...

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

Documentary series that tells the stories of the extraordinary last survivors of the generation who ...