Secret Weapons: WWII - Season 1

World War II was a battle for supremacy at sea more than any other conflict before or since; in this episode, we explore how the secret weapons of naval warfare changed the tides of history.

World War II - Battles for Europe - Season 1

December 1944: Hitler has picked the Ardennes sector for a major offensive. The surprise attack, spearheaded by elite divisions, initially sends American units reeling.

Greatest Events of World War II In Colour - Season 1

The Allies plan how to break through Hitler's Atlantic Wall for years. The D-Day fleet is the biggest assembled in history, responsible for one of the bloodiest and most extraordinary battles of WW2.

Treasures with Bettany Hughes - Season 3

Bettany explores the Sultanate of Oman, a land full of surprises and contrasts that is wedged between the vast sands of the Arabian Desert and the glistening waves of the Indian Ocean.

Conquistadors: The Rise and Fall - Season 1

Following the success of Hernán Cortés over the Aztecs, conquistador Francisco Pizarro sets his sights on conquering the Incas, the largest civilisation in the Americas.

The Spanish Flu: The Invisible Enemy

Forbidden History - Season 7

Thousands of people were dosed with LSD by the CIA; did the CIA murder its own people, poison a whole French town, experiment on New Yorkers and assassinate Bobby Kennedy?

Myths: Great Mysteries of Humanity - Season 3

Millennia-old stone monuments - the so-called megaliths - are scattered across Europe; they come with no written sources and how and why these structures were built remains a mystery to this day.

Deadman's Curse: The Lost Spanish Gold - Season 2

A recurring marker points to a lost Spanish gold mine directly on Slumach's path to the gold.

Secret Weapons: WWII - Season 1

World War II was a battle for supremacy at sea more than any other conflict before or since; in this episode, we explore how the secret weapons of naval warfare changed the tides of history.

Greatest Events of World War II In Colour - Season 1

The Allies plan how to break through Hitler's Atlantic Wall for years. The D-Day fleet is the biggest assembled in history, responsible for one of the bloodiest and most extraordinary battles of WW2.

Top Ten Warfare - Season 1

From the super-dreadnought battleships of the First World War to the stealth submarines of the Cold War, maritime vessels have proved decisive in the fight for naval supremacy.

Myths: Great Mysteries of Humanity - Season 3

Countless stories have circulated about Cleopatra for over 2000 years; which ones are true, and will the latest archaeological discoveries give insight into the real life story of Egypt's final queen?

Mummies Unwrapped - Season 1

Could an exhibit from an oddities museum in Niagara Falls be a genuine long-lost pharaoh from Egypt's most iconic dynasty? A team of leading Egyptologists and scientists re-examine the evidence.

Abu Simbel: Giants of the Nile

Voices of the Dead - Season 1

Using the latest geological and forensic research, Bettany reveals a sequence of events as Vesuvius erupts, culminating in the deaths of our characters and the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Crucifixion Bones

Pompeii: Buried Secrets of the Villa Giuliana

Secret Weapons: WWII - Season 1

World War II was a battle for supremacy at sea more than any other conflict before or since; in this episode, we explore how the secret weapons of naval warfare changed the tides of history.

Greatest Events of World War II In Colour - Season 1

The Allies plan how to break through Hitler's Atlantic Wall for years. The D-Day fleet is the biggest assembled in history, responsible for one of the bloodiest and most extraordinary battles of WW2.

Top Ten Warfare - Season 1

Weapons win wars; it's been claimed that the human race has spent more time, money, and effort in developing weapons than in any other single field of human endeavour.

Treasures with Bettany Hughes - Season 3 New

Bettany explores the Sultanate of Oman, a land full of surprises and contrasts that is wedged between the vast sands of the Arabian Desert and the glistening waves of the Indian Ocean.

Voices of the Dead - Season 1

Using the latest geological and forensic research, Bettany reveals a sequence of events as Vesuvius erupts, culminating in the deaths of our characters and the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Crucifixion Bones