Britain's Most Historic Towns

Bone Detectives: Britain's Buried Secrets

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

2020

Britain's Biggest Dig

Profiling two of the massive archaeological digs along the 150-mile route of HS2, the UK’s new high-speed rail link, ahead of its start of constructio

2020

British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

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

2017

The Twenties In Colour

Thirties in Colour: Countdown to War takes black-and-white films from the era and colourises the footage, bringing the past vividly back to life.

2007

Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

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

2020

If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home

Lucy Worsley, chief curator of the historic royal palaces, takes us through 800 years of domestic history by exploring the British home through four r

2011

A Very Royal Crisis: Countdown to Abdication

This is the true tale of the biggest scandal ever to engulf the British Royal Family – a forbidden love affair which had a devastating impact. This B

2023

London: 2000 Years of History

History series telling the glorious and gory story of the city's rise to power.

2019

Susan Calman's Grand Day Out

The comedian explores the British isles in her vintage camper van, Helen, taking in some dramatic scenery, unspoilt countryside and incredible histori

2021

In the Footsteps of... with Gyles Brandreth

This four-part series tells the stories of the landscapes, towns and cities which inspired four of the UK's greatest writers - Jane Austen, Thomas Har

2021

Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain

Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain is a 2009 BBC documentary television series presented by Andrew Marr that covers the period of British hist

2009

Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War

The Hundred Years’ war between England and France gave us the victories of Crecy and Agincourt, and made the reputations of Edward III and Henry V. It

2013

King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons

Michael Wood argues that the most important and influential British kings were a father, son and grandson who lived over a thousand years ago during t

2013

Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork

Series looking at the British genius for woodwork over the centuries.

2013

Time Team

Time Team is a British television series which has been aired on British Channel 4 from 1994. Created by television producer Tim Taylor and presented

1994

Seven Ages of Britain

Seven Ages of Britain is a BBC television documentary series which is written and presented by David Dimbleby. The seven part series was first aired o

2010

Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal

This two-part series profiles Princess Margaret, whose life and loves reflected the social and sexual revolution that transformed Britain during the 2

2018

Abroad Again in Britain

Jonathan Meades gives a personal perspective of British history.

2005

Lucy Worsley Investigates

Lucy Worsley re-investigates some of the most dramatic chapters in British history. She uncovers forgotten witnesses, re-examines old evidence and fol

2022

1066: The Year that Changed Everything

With 1066, Professor Jennifer Paxton's exciting and historically rich six-lecture course, experience for yourself the drama of this dynamic year in me

2021