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  • Cosmopolitan Mummy Discussing a Mummy

    A 2000-year-old mummy of a man with a Greek name who lived in Egypt as a Roman...

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    Codex

    Series 1, Episode 12, Codex

  • Roman Letters Tony Robinson looking at Roman letters

    A 2000-year-old snapshot of life on the edge of an empire

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    Codex

    Series 1, Episode 8, Codex

  • Mosaic Mask Mosaic mask

    A closer look at the terrifying symbol of an Aztec deity

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    Codex

    Series 1, Episode 8, Codex

  • Will or Pill Sir Roy Strong

    The slimmers are forced to think about how they'll cope once their stay is over

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    The Diets That Time Forgot

    Series 1, Episode 6, Extreme Measures

  • Shock Treatment Candice Edwards-Marchrones

    These dieting techniques have one thing in common: electricity

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    The Diets That Time Forgot

    Series 1, Episode 6, Extreme Measures

All History Programmes (120)

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  • Time Team Specials Tony Robinson

    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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  • Time Team The Time Team

    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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  • Elizabeth David Starkey

    David Starkey tells the extraordinary story of Queen Elizabeth I, whose reign transformed England into a global power

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  • The Ancient World with Bettany Hughes Ancient World with Bettany

    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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  • What Sank the Mary Rose? What Sank the Mary Rose?

    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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  • Monarchy Dr David Starkey

    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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  • WWI: Finding the Lost Battalions WWI: Finding the Lost Battalions

    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 Real Dad's Army Pensioner with gun

    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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  • The Untold Invasion of Britain The Untold Invasion of Britain

    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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  • Commando Commando

    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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  • The Untold Battle of Britain The Untold Battle of Britain

    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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  • The Untold Battle of Trafalgar The Untold Battle of Trafalgar

    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 Great Escape: The Reckoning The Great Escape: The Reckoning

    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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  • 1066 A soldier wearing a helmet in battle

    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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  • Gladiators: Back from the Dead A gladiator

    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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  • Fighting the Red Baron Fighting the Red Baron

    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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  • The Real Pink Panther: Lord Victor Hervey Lord Victor Hervey

    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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  • The Great Wall of China Great Wall of China

    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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  • The Curse of the Hope Diamond The Curse of the Hope Diamond

    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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  • The Last Emperor of China Puyi

    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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  • The Victorian Sex Explorer Actor and writer Rupert Everett

    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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  • Trafalgar Battle Surgeon Trafalgar Battle Surgeon

    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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  • Blitz Street Tony Robinson on Blitz Street

    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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  • SAS - The Real Story A soldier

    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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  • Engineering Britain's Superweapons Engineering Britain's Superweapons

    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.

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