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.
Taking a 'bottom-up' view of history by exploring everyday lives of the nations ordinary people.
Michael Wood argues that the most important and influential British kings were a father, son and gra...
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Jonathan Meades gives a personal perspective of British history.
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This two-part series profiles Princess Margaret, whose life and loves reflected the social and sexua...
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The Hundred Years’ war between England and France gave us the victories of Crecy and Agincourt, and ...
History series telling the glorious and gory story of the city's rise to power.
Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investiga...
Stephen K. Amos and Susan Calman present a unique series in which LGBTQ people from across the UK ta...
Lucy Worsley re-investigates some of the most dramatic chapters in British history. She uncovers for...
The comedian explores the British isles in her vintage camper van, Helen, taking in some dramatic sc...
Series looking at the British genius for woodwork over the centuries.
On the edge of London stands Hampton Court, one of Britain's biggest palaces and most popular touris...
Historian Dan Jones explores the millennium of history behind six of Great Britain's most famous cas...
Through this three part series Art Historian Dr Janina Ramirez tells the story of the Medieval monar...
How, from the 1920s to the present day, financial power has gradually strengthened a hidden alliance...
This 2-part documentary series reveals the truth about King Edward VIII's affair with American divor...