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.

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

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

Aubrey Manning sets out on a journey to study the changing face of Britain's countryside
Dominic Sandbrook takes a fresh look at a dynamic decade. 1980s Britain changed in everything from p...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

Jonathan Meades gives a personal perspective of British history.

Presented by Dr Clare Jackson of Cambridge University, this new three-part series argues that the St...

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

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

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In this blend of historical drama and original source material, the story of this decisive year is r...