Back from the Dead

Using cutting-edge forensic techniques on the skeletons of long-dead warriors, this series examines the lives and deaths of soldiers from history [S] More on Back from the Dead

Last broadcast: 18 September 2011, on

Richard III: The King in the Car Park

Was a skeleton found under a Leicester car park really Richard III? With exclusive access to the investigating team, this documentary reveals the answer. [S] More on Richard III: The King in the Car Park

Next on: Saturday 22 June, 9PM on More4

Ken Follett's Journey into the Dark Ages

Author Ken Follett presents two dramatic historical documentaries in which he explores the facts behind the setting of his fictional works [S] More on Ken Follett's Journey into the Dark Ages

Last broadcast: Saturday 19 January, 8PM on More4

Monarchy

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 [S] More on Monarchy

Walking Through History

Tony Robinson embarks on spectacular walks through some of Britain's most historic landscapes in search of the richest stories from the country's past [S] [AD] More on Walking Through History

Next on: Saturday 22 June, 8PM on More4

Time Team Specials

From the secrets of Stonehenge to the hidden tunnels and dugouts of World War I, Sir Tony Robinson and the Team take on some very special archaeological assignments [S] [AD] More on Time Team Specials

Last broadcast: Thursday 30 May, 8PM on Channel 4

Edward VIII: The Lion King

The untold story of Edward VIII's campaign to protect Africa's wildlife [S] [AD] More on Edward VIII: The Lion King

Last broadcast: Tuesday 28 May, 9PM on Channel 4

Spying on Hitler's Army: Secret Recordings

The story of an audacious British operation to eavesdrop on the private conversations of 10,000 German prisoners of war [S] [AD] More on Spying on Hitler's Army: Secret Recordings

Last broadcast: Sunday 02 June, 8PM on Channel 4

Clare Balding's Secrets of a Suffragette

Clare Balding examines the story of Emily Davison, her death at the Derby, and the Suffragette movement [S] [AD] More on Clare Balding's Secrets of a Suffragette

Last broadcast: Sunday 26 May, 8PM on Channel 4

D-Day: As It Happens

A real-time multi-platform history event telling the story of D-Day in a new way, following the stories of seven people who were there [S] More on D-Day: As It Happens

Last broadcast: Thursday 06 June, 9PM on Channel 4

The Queen's Coronation: Behind Palace Doors

This documentary uncovers the tensions and conflict between the Queen Mother and Prince Philip in the build up to Princess Elizabeth's coronation in 1953 [S] More on The Queen's Coronation: Behind Palace Doors

The Real King's Speech

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 [S] More on The Real King's Speech

Last broadcast: 23 February 2011, on

The Queen's Mother in Law

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 [S] More on The Queen's Mother in Law

Last broadcast: 21 August 2012, on

Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King

A revelatory film about Archbishop Cosmo Gordon Lang, who was at the centre of a group of establishment big-wigs and grandees who came together in 1936 to oust King Edward VIII [S] More on Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King

Last broadcast: 09 May 2012, on

Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters

This explosive film examines recently discovered letters written by Wallis Simpson that reveal her secret love, and chart her fear as she found herself becoming trapped into marrying Edward VIII [S] More on Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters

Last broadcast: 24 August 2011, on

Edward VIII's Murderous Mistress

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 [S] [AD] More on Edward VIII's Murderous Mistress

Last broadcast: Tuesday 23 April, 9PM on Channel 4

Queen Victoria's Last Love

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 [S] More on Queen Victoria's Last Love

Last broadcast: Saturday 09 March, 7PM on Channel 4

Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons

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. [S] [AD] More on Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons

Last broadcast: Sunday 10 March, 8PM on Channel 4

Falklands' Most Daring Raid

The humorous, heroic story of how a Cold War-era Vulcan flew the then-longest-range bombing mission in history with a Second World War bomb that changed the outcome of the Falklands War [S] More on Falklands' Most Daring Raid

Last broadcast: 18 March 2012, on

Ned Kelly Uncovered

Tony Robinson sets out to discover the truth behind the Ned Kelly legend, excavating the site of his famous last stand [S] More on Ned Kelly Uncovered

Last broadcast: Sunday 21 April, 1.30AM on More4

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 More on What Sank the Mary Rose?

The Unsinkable Titanic

An iceberg may have sunk the Titanic, but this documentary argues that it was actually a long chain of misjudgements, human errors and misfortunes that led to this maritime catastrophe [S] More on The Unsinkable Titanic

How the Bismarck Sank HMS Hood

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 [S] More on How the Bismarck Sank HMS Hood

Last broadcast: 09 December 2012, on

The Churchills

Dr David Starkey tells the story of the two greatest war leaders in British history: Winston Churchill and his ancestor John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough [S] [AD] More on The Churchills

Last broadcast: 09 August 2012, on

Churchill and the Fascist Plot

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 [S] [AD] More on Churchill and the Fascist Plot

Last broadcast: Saturday 16 March, 7PM on Channel 4

The Great Inca Rebellion

An examination of new evidence suggesting the Incas fought a decades-long guerrilla war against the Spanish conquistadors [S] More on The Great Inca Rebellion

Last broadcast: 30 November 2011, on

Iceman Murder Mystery

Ötzi, the Neolithic mummy pulled from a glacier 20 years ago, is our key to understanding his times. Now scientists are briefly thawing him out to look inside and discover more secrets. [S] More on Iceman Murder Mystery

Last broadcast: Wednesday 13 March, 9PM on More4

Tony Robinson's Gods and Monsters

Tony Robinson reveals a terrifying world of walking corpses and evil spirits - the world that our ancestors thought they lived in [S] More on Tony Robinson's Gods and Monsters

Last broadcast: Friday 15 March, 3.05AM on Channel 4

War Horse: The Real Story

The extraordinary and deeply moving story of the million British horses that served in World War I [S] More on War Horse: The Real Story

Last broadcast: 04 March 2012, on

Fact or Fiction

Tony Robinson uncovers the real stories behind some of the greatest figures in history [S] More on Fact or Fiction

Last broadcast: 26 February 2009, on

Blitz: London's Firestorm

The story of the night when the German Luftwaffe attacked London with devastating results [S] More on Blitz: London's Firestorm

WWI: Finding the Lost Battalions

Three UK families investigate whether their relatives are amongst the remains of 250 soldiers found in unmarked graves near a village in northern France [S] More on WWI: Finding the Lost Battalions

Last broadcast: 19 July 2010, on

Fighting the Red Baron

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 [S] More on Fighting the Red Baron

Last broadcast: 04 June 2010, on

Apocalypse: The Second World War

The story of World War II, told in painstakingly digitally colourised and evocative footage, and through the personal testimony of those who were there [S] More on Apocalypse: The Second World War

Last broadcast: 04 December 2010, on

Escape from Colditz

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. [S] More on Escape from Colditz

Last broadcast: 13 August 2012, on

A Short History of Everything Else

Griff Rhys Jones hosts a new comedy panel show providing alternative perspectives on our past [S] More on A Short History of Everything Else

Last broadcast: 20 July 2012, on

Time Team USA

Time Team searches for the first colony in America, examines Native American structures in Utah, and tries to uncover a Wild West fort [S] More on Time Team USA

Last broadcast: 22 June 2012, on

The 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 [S] More on The Great Wall of China

The House the 50s Built

An examination of the ingenuity and life-changing technology behind the 1950s inventions that launched drab, black-and-white post-war Britain into a Technicolor-drenched world of the future [S] More on The House the 50s Built

Last broadcast: 28 June 2012, on

The Royal History of Pop

Documentary celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee by looking back at the 60 year relationship between pop and the Royals, from the anarchic Sex Pistols to Brian May on top of Buckingham Palace [S] More on The Royal History of Pop

Last broadcast: 10 June 2012, on

Gladiators: Back from the Dead

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 [S] More on Gladiators: Back from the Dead

The Ancient Skeletons of Peru

High in the Andes in the 16th century, the fiercely independent Chachapoya tribes suddenly disappeared. Now archaeologists have found startling evidence that may indicate what happened to them. [S] More on The Ancient Skeletons of Peru

Last broadcast: 14 May 2011, on

Saving The Titanic

This drama-documentary tells a poignant story of self-sacrifice by the Titanic's engineers, stokers and firemen in the face of impending death More on Saving The Titanic

Last broadcast: 15 April 2012, on

Birth of Britain

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 [S] More on Birth of Britain

Last broadcast: 31 January 2011, on

Britain AD: King Arthur's Britain

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 [S] More on Britain AD: King Arthur's Britain

Warsaw Ghetto: The Unfinished Film

An examination of a mysterious Nazi propaganda film that juxtaposed staged scenes of Jews living a life of luxury in the Warsaw Ghetto with chilling images that required no staging at all More on Warsaw Ghetto: The Unfinished Film

Last broadcast: 30 October 2010, on

Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty

A brand new scientific investigation brings state-of-the-art CT scans to Egypt's Valley of the Kings to investigate a mysterious family of pharaohs and examine their links to King Tutankhamun [S] More on Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty

Last broadcast: 12 February 2011, on

Rome Wasn't Built in a Day

Six builders attempt to build an authentic Roman villa working with only the tools and materials that the Romans themselves would have used [S] More on Rome Wasn't Built in a Day

Last broadcast: 24 February 2011, on

Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

Drama documentary recording the brilliance - and the destruction - of one of the 20th century's greatest minds More on Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

Last broadcast: 21 November 2011, on