First Civilisations - Season 1

The secret to the stability of ancient Egypt was religion; when people share beliefs, they are more likely to identify as one. That was true for the first civilisations; it's just as true today.

Megapolis: The Ancient World Revealed - Season 1

Discover the ancient Maya city of Tikal remodelled using computer graphics; inhabited for over a thousand years, this ancient city would encompass up to 12,000 structures and two million inhabitants.

Machinery of War - Season 1

This episode explores the destructive capability of machinery on all fronts, from the portable Mk2 grenade to the ultimate weapon that ended WWII and brought on an era of fear with a single blast.

World War II: The Price of Empire - Season 1

Japanese troops occupy Southern Vietnam and Cambodia, but the day that changes the war comes on December 7th when Japanese aircraft attack the American Pacific Fleet at anchor in Pearl Harbor.

Living with Hitler - Season 1

1935-1940: living with Hitler now means living in a Germany that is shaped according to the Führer's vision - work, church, school, the Olympics, Kristallnacht, Munich, and finally war.

Forbidden History - Season 5

Jamie meets a real Freemason and learns what goes on behind closed doors. He looks into the Bilderberg Group and meets Professor Andrew Kakabadse to shed light on who runs the world.

Cursed Bloodlines - Season 1

One of the richest men on Earth, Aristotle Onassis left a string of broken hearts in his wake, but no romance would catapult him into the limelight like his marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy.

A Stitch In Time - Season 1

Fusing biography, art and the history of fashion, Amber Butchart explores the lives of historical figures through their clothes. Here, she looks at Dutch painter Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait.

Mysteries at the Museum - Season 10

Don Wildman investigates the death of a country music legend, examines surgical tools linked to a baffling medical mystery, and uncovers the truth behind the oldest cold case in human history.

Mysteries at the Museum - Season 11

Don Wildman uncovers a British plot to assassinate George Washington, investigates the bizarre trial of a rooster that hatched an egg, and examines America's most notorious family feud.

Castles - Bastions of Power - Season 1

We examine the military function of 11th to 16th-century castles, travelling from the White Tower in London to Chateau Gaillard in Normandy and the castle of the last of Europe's robber knights.

Deadly Intelligence - Season 1

In the summer of 1952, an explosion ripped through a makeshift laboratory in Pasadena, killing American rocket science pioneer Jack Parsons. Was it murder, accident, or suicide?

History of Weapons - Season 1

Armies develop ever more effective close combat weapons throughout history; the Roman short sword and the medieval war hammer aim for the severest damage, but bayonets rely on the deterrent effect.

Museum Secrets - Season 2

Once the palace of the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul is a vast treasury of Islamic culture, science and weaponry visited by over two million people every year.

First Civilisations - Season 1

The secret to the stability of ancient Egypt was religion; when people share beliefs, they are more likely to identify as one. That was true for the first civilisations; it's just as true today.

Megapolis: The Ancient World Revealed - Season 1

Discover the ancient Maya city of Tikal remodelled using computer graphics; inhabited for over a thousand years, this ancient city would encompass up to 12,000 structures and two million inhabitants.

Machinery of War - Season 1

This episode explores the destructive capability of machinery on all fronts, from the portable Mk2 grenade to the ultimate weapon that ended WWII and brought on an era of fear with a single blast.

World War II: The Price of Empire - Season 1

Japanese troops occupy Southern Vietnam and Cambodia, but the day that changes the war comes on December 7th when Japanese aircraft attack the American Pacific Fleet at anchor in Pearl Harbor.

Living with Hitler - Season 1

1935-1940: living with Hitler now means living in a Germany that is shaped according to the Führer's vision - work, church, school, the Olympics, Kristallnacht, Munich, and finally war.

Egypt's Lost Pyramid

Battle of Crete - Season 1

In May 1941, 14,000 German paratroopers supported by nearly a thousand aircraft were dropped on the island in a unique blitzkrieg operation; an airborne invasion of this scale would never be repeated.

Deadly Intelligence - Season 1

World-renowned ballistics genius Gerald Bull is a man who dreams big, but building the world's biggest gun puts Bull in a dangerous position, and his obsession will eventually cost him his life.

Secrets of the Nazi War Machine - Season 1

At the outbreak of World War II, the Nazis had the finest airforce in the entire world; James Holland learns how internecine squabbles led the Nazi High Command on the catastrophic road to defeat.

The Ghost of the Neolithic New

The Nazi Who Saved Jews: Karl Plagge