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  1. Time Team 2012

    Time Team

    17 Series, 177 Episodes

    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

  2. Francis Pryor

    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

  3. The builders

    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

  4. Adolf Hitler

    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

  5. Tony Robinson's Gods and Monsters

    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

  6. Tony Robinson

    Time Team Specials

    22 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

  7. The Real King's Speech

    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

  8. Commando

    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

  9. WWI: Finding the Lost Battalions

    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

  10. Fighting the Red Baron

    Fighting the Red Baron

    1 Episode

    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

  11. The Ancient World with Bettany Hughes

    The Ancient World with Bettany Hughes

    6 Episodes

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

  12. Brunel pauses to admire his work

    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

  13. Civilization: Is the West History?

    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

  14. Great Wall of China

    The Great Wall of China

    1 Episode

    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

  15. The Untold Battle of Britain

    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

  16. The Last Days of the Raj

    The Last Days of the Raj

    1 Episode

    This drama-documentary, filmed entirely on location in India, charts the events of six traumatic months in 1947 that saw the end of the British Raj

  17. The Untold Battle of Trafalgar

    The Untold Battle of Trafalgar

    1 Episode

    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.

  18. A Harlot's Progress

    A Harlot's Progress

    1 Episode

    A Harlot's Progress dramatically depicts the artist William Hogarth's exploration of sex trafficking and debauchery in Georgian London - an investigation that threatens to destroy his career

  19. Battle for Hood and Bismarck

    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

  20. The team

    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

  21. Birth of Britain

    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

  22. Apocalypse

    Apocalypse: The Second World War

    6 Episodes

    The story of World War II, told in painstakingly digitally colourised and evocative footage, and through the personal testimony of those who were there

  23. The Great Escape: The Reckoning

    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

  24. A soldier wearing a helmet in battle

    1066

    2 Episodes

    Epic drama revealing the untold story of the Norman Conquest through the eyes of the ordinary villagers caught up in the chaos

  25. A gladiator

    Gladiators: Back from the Dead

    1 Episode

    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

  26. Trafalgar Battle Surgeon

    Trafalgar Battle Surgeon

    1 Episode

    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

  27. A soldier

    SAS - The Real Story

    4 Episodes

    A comprehensive history of the SAS, revealing compelling true-life Boy's Own stories of grit and heroism

  28. The Welsh Great Escape

    The Welsh Great Escape

    1 Episode

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

  29. The Turin shroud

    Shroud of Christ?

    1 Episode

    An investigation into the Turin Shroud. Far from being a medieval relic, could the shroud indeed date from the time of Christ's death?

  30. Firefighters

    Blitz: London's Firestorm

    1 Episode

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

  31. The Enemy Within

    The Enemy Within

    1 Episode

    Innovative film drawing parallels between Anarchist attacks on Victorian London and today's radicalism, examining how feelings of oppression, persecution and anger can lead to extremism

  32. Tony Robinson

    The Worst Jobs in History

    6 Episodes

    In this five-part series, Tony Robinson sheds light on how a previously unsung army of workers shaped the world as we know it

  33. Rupert Everett

    The Scandalous Adventures of Lord Byron

    2 Episodes

    Rupert Everett travels in the footsteps of Lord Byron - sex explorer, celebrity, and the original 'mad, bad and dangerous to know' hero of the Romantic movement

  34. Dr David Starkey

    Monarchy

    4 Series, 17 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

  35. David Starkey

    Henry VIII: The Mind of a Tyrant

    4 Episodes

    To mark the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII's accession to the throne, Dr David Starkey travels across Europe to understand the inner life of this feared English king

  36. Tony Robinson

    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

  37. The Celts

    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.

  38. Fact or Fiction

    Fact or Fiction

    4 Episodes

    Tony Robinson travels around the UK on his quest to discover the real story behind some of the greatest figures in history: King Harold, Boudica, William Wallace and Robin Hood

  39. Cast of The Devil's Whore

    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

  40. Pilate

    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

  41. Upstairs Downstairs Love

    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

  42. Will this renaissance plane fly?

    Leonardo's Machines

    2 Episodes

    Is it possible that the Renaissance genius Leonardo Da Vinci was hundreds of years ahead of other scientists, and had actually developed the means with which people could fly?

  43. The 1900 House

    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

  44. Elizabeth

    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.

  45. An English church

    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

  46. ESCAPE_FROM_COLDITZ

    Escape from Colditz

    3 Episodes

    The Germans believed escape from Colditz was all but impossible. But they were proved wrong time and again, defeated by planning, ingenuity and boundless bravery.

  47. Gunpowder

    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

  48. Hell in the Pacific

    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

  49. Longford

    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

  50. Massive Landmarks of the Twentieth Century

    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

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