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.
Tori Herridge and a team of scientists piece together life stories behind unearthed bones
Lucy Worsley, chief curator of the historic royal palaces, takes us through 800 years of domestic hi...
This is the true tale of the biggest scandal ever to engulf the British Royal Family – a forbidden ...
Thirties in Colour: Countdown to War takes black-and-white films from the era and colourises the foo...
Profiling two of the massive archaeological digs along the 150-mile route of HS2, the UK’s new high-...
Lucy Worsley explores how British history is a concoction of fibs and stories manipulated by whoever...
Historian Lucy Worsley debunks popular myths and royal as well as anti-royal propaganda about key ev...
This four-part series tells the stories of the landscapes, towns and cities which inspired four of t...
Michael Wood argues that the most important and influential British kings were a father, son and gra...
History series telling the glorious and gory story of the city's rise to power.
The Hundred Years’ war between England and France gave us the victories of Crecy and Agincourt, and ...
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Jonathan Meades gives a personal perspective of British history.
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Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investiga...
The comedian explores the British isles in her vintage camper van, Helen, taking in some dramatic sc...
This two-part series profiles Princess Margaret, whose life and loves reflected the social and sexua...
Series looking at the British genius for woodwork over the centuries.
Taking a 'bottom-up' view of history by exploring everyday lives of the nations ordinary people.