History

Time Team Specials

21 Episodes

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

Edward VIII's Murderous Mistress

1 Episode

The extraordinary story of Edward VIII's first love affair, involving a high-society murder trial, a secret cache of missing letters, and an establishment cover-up to save his reputation

Richard III: The King in the Car Park

2 Episodes

Was a skeleton found under a Leicester car park really Richard III? With exclusive access to the investigating team, this documentary reveals the answer.

The Real King's Speech

1 Episode

The true story of King George VI's struggle to overcome his stammer, and the parts played in his battle with his disability by his speech therapist, brother, father and wife

How the Bismarck Sank HMS Hood

1 Episode

Two of the world's leading shipwreck detectives use state-of-the-art equipment to discover how the Hood battleship was sunk so quickly during World War II

Churchill and the Fascist Plot

1 Episode

The compelling story of how Winston Churchill and MI5 hunted down a group of British fascist aristocrats plotting to bring down the government and forge an alliance with Adolf Hitler

Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons

1 Episode

Ancient bodies lie buried beneath Stonehenge, but what can they tell us about Britain's greatest prehistoric monument? One man has found vital clues to this ancient puzzle.

Tony Robinson's Gods and Monsters

3 Episodes

Tony Robinson reveals a terrifying world of walking corpses and evil spirits - the world that our ancestors thought they lived in

Queen Victoria's Last Love

1 Episode

The story of Queen Victoria's relationship with her Indian servant Abdul Karim, which violated Victorian taboos and stoked royal jealousy, threatening her diamond jubilee celebrations

War Horse: The Real Story

1 Episode

The extraordinary and deeply moving story of the million British horses that served in World War I

The Queen's Mother in Law

1 Episode

The story of Prince Philip's mother, who fled revolution in Greece, suffered a breakdown, was experimented on by Sigmund Freud, hid Jews from the Nazis, gave all her possessions away to help the poor, and founded her own religious order

Monarchy

3 Series, 11 Episodes

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

Fact or Fiction

9 Episodes

Tony Robinson uncovers the real stories behind some of the greatest figures in history

Princes in the Tower

1 Episode

A gripping drama looking at one of the greatest mysteries of British history - what really happened to the two little princes imprisoned by Richard III? Did one of them secretly survive?

Blitz: London's Firestorm

1 Episode

The story of the night when the German Luftwaffe attacked London with devastating results

WWI: Finding the Lost Battalions

1 Episode

Three UK families investigate whether their relatives are amongst the remains of 250 soldiers found in unmarked graves near a village in northern France

Escape from Colditz

1 Episode

During World War II, a group of British officers planned to escape from Colditz POW camp in a glider made from sheets and floorboards. A team of engineers resurrect their plan.

Birth of Britain

3 Episodes

Tony Robinson tells the epic story of how Britain was formed, and how the earth beneath our feet has shaped the country we live in today

Britain AD: King Arthur's Britain

3 Episodes

Francis Pryor argues that the early history of Britain was a vibrant period, when the island thrived under foreign influences from as far a field as the Middle East without losing their cultural identity

Rome Wasn't Built in a Day

6 Episodes

Six builders attempt to build an authentic Roman villa working with only the tools and materials that the Romans themselves would have used

Sex and the Swastika

1 Episode

Located in the English countryside, a secret division created 'Black' propaganda and disseminated pornography to German troops and civilians illustrating the sexual perversions of their leaders

Digging the Great Escape

1 Episode

A team of experts visits Germany to examine the ingenious achievements of the Second World War's most daring and famous escape artists

Commando

4 Episodes

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

The Ancient World with Bettany Hughes

5 Episodes

A new film about Alexandria provides the centrepiece of Bettany Hughes' definitive history of the ancient world and classical civilisation

Men of Iron

3 Episodes

A three-part series charting a whole generation of great Victorian engineers, told through the rivalries of two great engineering families - the Stephensons and the Brunels

Civilization: Is the West History?

6 Episodes

Niall Ferguson explores how Western civilization - a clear minority of mankind - secured a lion's share of the world's resources, and examines whether the West is about to be overtaken by the rest

The Battle of Hood and Bismarck

2 Episodes

Two-part documentary that uses unique archive footage, eyewitness testimony, dramatic reconstruction and state of the art computer graphics to tell the definitive story of this epic sea battle

Titanic: The Mission

5 Episodes

Four modern day engineers attempt to rebuild sections of the Titanic, using the tools and techniques of the early twentieth century

The Untold Battle of Britain

1 Episode

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

The Great Escape: The Reckoning

1 Episode

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

The Welsh Great Escape

1 Episode

The dramatic story of a German break-out from a prisoner-of-war camp in Wales

Time Team Digs

8 Episodes

Tony Robinson and Sheffield University's John Collis delve into the different archeological ages by looking back over Time Team digs

The Celts

1 Episode

From Queen Boudica to King Arthur, the ancient heritage of the Celts intrigues and inspires to this day. Richard Rudgley separates history from myth in a revealing journey across Europe's Celtic heartland.

The Devil's Whore

4 Episodes

Colourful four-part drama about the seismic events of 17th-century England, when political disobedience turned to revolution and bloody civil war, and English history was changed forever

The Man Who Killed Christ

1 Episode

A controversial film that questions the gospel accounts of Christ's trial and crucifixion and the role of Pontius Pilate, with testimony from some of Britain's most eminent theological and Roman scholars

Upstairs Downstairs Love

1 Episode

The remarkable real life story of barrister Arthur Munby and his servant lover Hannah Cullwick whose relationship transgressed the strict moral codes of nineteenth century Britain

The 1900 House

10 Episodes

In an experiment in living history to investigate how radically our lives have been changed by technology in the last 100 years, a modern family swap the luxury of1999 for a life of urban Victorian domesticity

Elizabeth I

2 Episodes

Helen Mirren portrays the 'Virgin Queen' in her later years in this major two-part drama by Nigel Williams. Also starring Jeremy Irons, Hugh Dancy, Ian McDiarmid and Patrick Malahide.

The English Church

6 Episodes

Journalist and author Simon Jenkins goes on a personal journey into the heart of English life and community, and tells a fascinating story of art, architecture and faith

Gunpowder, Treason and Plot

1 Episode

This dramatic story of Britain's most notorious terrorist conspiracy delves into a shadowy world of subterfuge, spying and surveillance

Hell in the Pacific

4 Episodes

Hell in the Pacific is a compelling and provocative four part series accounting the shocking Second World War conflict in the East

Longford

1 Episode

Compelling feature-length drama set in the last three decades of Lord Longford's life, during which time he waged a controversial campaign to win parole for Moors murderess Myra Hindley

Massive Landmarks of the Twentieth Century

6 Episodes

In this epic comedy series, Desmond Olivier Dingle and his historical research assistant Raymond Box attempt to reconstruct momentous events from the 20th century

Matt's Old Masters

4 Episodes

Matt Collings drags the Old Masters out of the rarefied, hallowed atmosphere of the museum, blinking into the light of the 21st century and asks: what do they have to offer us now?

The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies

1 Episode

Documentary questioning whether mummies found with high levels of cocaine provide proof of early trade routes between Egypt and South America

Pharaohs and Kings

3 Episodes

Egyptologist David Rohl sets out to prove that Egyptian chronology has been wrongly extended by several centuries - and examines how this has distorted our understanding of ancient history

Private Lives of the Pharaohs

3 Episodes

In this three part ground-breaking series, scientific and forensic tests reveal the truth behind the great civilisation of Ancient Egypt

Quest for the Lost Civilisation

3 Episodes

Beneath the Pacific Ocean off a small Japanese island, is an underwater mystery that could rewrite our human history. Graham Hancock goes on a quest to trace the remains of a lost civilisation

The Real Casanova

1 Episode

A documentary that explores the man behind the myth, painting a vivid portrait of the 18th century Venetian, but one that's far removed from his popular reputation