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.

Through this three part series Art Historian Dr Janina Ramirez tells the story of the Medieval monar...

Dr Xand Van Tulleken and Raksha Dave investigate the Great Smog of 1952 - the deadliest environmenta...

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...

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

Time Team is a British television series which has been aired on British Channel 4 from 1994. Create...

Seven Ages of Britain is a BBC television documentary series which is written and presented by David...

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

On the edge of London stands Hampton Court, one of Britain's biggest palaces and most popular touris...

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

In this four-part documentary series, leading Hollywood actors undertake a fascinating journey into ...
Dominic Sandbrook takes a fresh look at a dynamic decade. 1980s Britain changed in everything from p...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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