Britain's Greatest Generation

Professor Alice Roberts and Dr Yasmin Khan dig deeper into he fortunes of rich and poor in Georgian London through the excavations at St James's...

Lucy Worsley explores how British history is a concoction of fibs and stories manipulated by whoever was in power at the time.

Historian Lucy Worsley debunks popular myths and royal as well as anti-royal propaganda about key events from British royal history including the...

Hawaii, Pacific Ocean. A postcard decor. Clean. Azure. Yet in this heavenly place, one of the most memorable battles of WWII took place 80 years ago.

Tori Herridge and a team of scientists piece together life stories behind unearthed bones

A reassessment of the role Albert Speer played in the Third Reich. Speer, who was ultimately convicted at the Nuremburg trials and served a 20-year...

Taking a 'bottom-up' view of history by exploring everyday lives of the nations ordinary people.

The story of how the Battleship was used and not used as the ultimate weapon of war during its day up to its demise.

Documentary series that tells the stories of the extraordinary last survivors of the generation who fought or lived through World War II.

This exhaustive collection encompasses all the events that occurred during World War II. Covering an astonishing amount of ground, events in France,...

In this unique take on British history, Professor Alice Roberts explores Britain's rich and varied past through the stories of individual towns and...

During the second world war, the Nazis looted everything they could get their hands on, including an estimated 600 tons of gold, thousands of pieces...