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Last broadcast: Monday 28 June, 8PM on Channel 4
From the secrets of Stonehenge to the hidden tunnels and dugouts of World War I, Tony Robinson and the Team take on some very special archaeological assignments
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Last broadcast: Sunday 23 May, 5.30PM on Channel 4
In this popular and (literally) groundbreaking programme, Tony Robinson and a team of experts travel the country to investigate a wide range of archaeological sites of historical importance
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David Starkey tells the extraordinary story of Queen Elizabeth I, whose reign transformed England into a global power
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Last broadcast: Wednesday 05 May, 9PM on More4
A new film about Alexandria provides the centrepiece of Bettany Hughes' definitive history of the ancient world and classical civilisation
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A team of experts from the fields of shipbuilding, science, history and archaeology gather to try and pin down why Henry VIII's flagship, The Mary Rose, capsized and sank without warning in 1545
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Dr David Starkey's complete history of the British Monarchy, which reveals the epic and bloody stories of our Kings and Queens and charts the course of the oldest surviving political institution in Europe
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Last broadcast: Monday 19 July, 8PM on Channel 4
Three UK families investigate whether their relatives are amongst the remains of 250 soldiers found in unmarked graves near a village in northern France
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The Dad's Army sitcom created an enduring myth of the Home Guard as a bumbling army of misfits. But this three-part series reveals the deadly seriousness behind Britain's wartime defence force...
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Last broadcast: Thursday 01 July, 9PM on Channel 4
The story of Septimus Severus: Rome's African Emperor who fought a brutal campaign in Britain, crossing Hadrian's Wall and helping to forge the English-Scottish divide familiar to us today
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Last broadcast: Wednesday 30 June, 10PM on More4
This four-part series tells the true story of Churchill's band of brothers - an unorthodox mix of misfits and buccaneers who operated outside the normal rules of warfare
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Last broadcast: Tuesday 29 June, 9PM on Channel 4
The story of 303 Squadron: 34 Polish fighter pilots who overturned RAF prejudices to earn their chance to fight in the Battle of Britain, in which they shot down 126 Luftwaffe aircraft
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Last broadcast: Monday 28 June, 9PM on Channel 4
Twenty-five different nationalities fought on behalf of Nelson at Trafalgar. For many, the Royal Navy was the first equal opportunities employer, offering freedom and potential fortune.
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The true story of the 76 Allied airmen who famously escaped from Stalag Luft in 1944, and the subsequent hunt for the Gestapo officers who executed 50 of the re-captured airmen
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Last broadcast: Saturday 19 June, 10PM on More4
Epic drama revealing the untold story of the Norman Conquest through the eyes of the ordinary villagers caught up in the chaos
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Last broadcast: Monday 14 June, 9PM on Channel 4
Drawing on sensational new archaeological discoveries, this programme recreates the world of the Roman arena through the lives and violent deaths of six British gladiators
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Last broadcast: Friday 04 June, 9PM on Channel 4
Two Red Arrows pilots recreate the challenges the aviators of World War I faced, flying original WWI aircraft, to find out how this pioneering form of warfare changed so rapidly during the conflict
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Victor Hervey was no run-of-the-mill aristocratic playboy, he was a criminal mastermind - or so he thought. This is the tale of the self-styled Moriarty whose grandiose fantasies led him directly to jail.
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This intriguing documentary tells the story behind the Great Wall of China, one of the world's great wonders and the most ambitious building project ever attempted
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Last broadcast: Monday 24 May, 8PM on Channel 4
The world's most valuable diamond has a sinister reputation and is a geological anomaly. Scientists conduct a pioneering investigation to unlock the secrets of its strange behaviour.
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Last broadcast: Saturday 22 May, 10.15PM on More4
Puyi, China's last Emperor, lived through one of the most tumultuous periods of Chinese and world history. This film juxtaposes the major political events of the time with his strange domestic life.
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Rupert Everett takes a revealing and witty journey, retracing the steps of one of his great heroes: the infamous author, explorer and sexual adventurer, Sir Richard Burton
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This historical drama presents an alternative view of the Battle of Trafalgar, through the eyes of HMS Victory's surgeon, William Beatty, and his team
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Last broadcast: Monday 10 May, 9PM on Channel 4
Tony Robinson explores what it was like to live through the Blitz, on a specially-constructed street that is subjected to explosions similar to those inflicted by the Luftwaffe
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Last broadcast: Saturday 01 May, 8PM on Channel 4
A comprehensive history of the SAS, revealing compelling true-life Boy's Own stories of grit and heroism
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After WWII, Britain was desperate to retain its status as a great power alongside the United States and the Soviet Union. Investing millions in increasingly powerful weapons seemed the only option.
