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

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

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

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

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. ...

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

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

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

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

Jonathan Meades gives a personal perspective of British history.

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

Mary Berry discovers the rich history of Great Britain's greatest stately homes through the prism of...

A history of the eleven years which Thatcher spent as Prime Minister of the UK.

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

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