TV Schedule

  • 00:15

    19 Dec

    Secret Nazi Bases - Season 1

    The Maisy Battery was made up of three-and-a-half miles of recently-excavated trenches, bunkers, barracks, and gun encasements near Pointe du Hoc that tell a new story of D-Day.

  • 01:15

    19 Dec

    World War II: The Price of Empire - Season 1

    The Germans continue their retreat from Russia, but the most significant event at this stage of the war is the second front in Europe with the D-Day landings on June 6th - Operation Overlord.

  • 02:15

    19 Dec

    The Secret Story of the Knights Templar - Season 1

    The Knights Templar were established as a special religious-military order within the tradition of medieval knighthood, but the rise and fall of the Order involves several secrets and mysteries.

  • 03:05

    19 Dec

    History Uncovered - Season 3

    We often think of partisans struggling on their own during WWII, yet many clandestine networks were mobilised, organised and funded by a secret British organisation, the S.O.E.

  • 04:00

    19 Dec

    Cursed Treasures - Season 1

    A discovery by peat-cutters in Cheshire in England reveals whispers of a curse, and a car in Austria is believed to bring doom and death to those who owned or rode in it.

  • 04:50

    19 Dec

    Strangest Things - Season 1

    Is the 11,000-year-old heavily worked skull of a deer evidence of the earliest known religion, and is a Bronze Age disk covered in gold decoration the earliest representation of the cosmos?

  • 05:35

    19 Dec

    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.

  • 06:05

    19 Dec

    Cursed Bloodlines - Season 1

    Like the Kennedy dynasty in the US, the Agnelli story is marked by an over-sized influence on the history of their country and by a succession of tragedies that has spanned generations.

  • 06:25

    19 Dec

    D-Day: The 80th Anniversary

  • 07:30

    19 Dec

    Treasures with Bettany Hughes - Season 2

    Bettany explores the artistic and cultural wonders of Jordan; a strategic crossing point for East and West, Jordan has been the centre of great civilisations throughout human history.

  • 08:30

    19 Dec

    Ancient Superstructures - Season 3

    Commonly known as Notre Dame, Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral is one of the most emblematic monuments of Paris and France; its construction began in 1163 and lasted for two centuries.

  • 09:35

    19 Dec

    The Crusades - Season 1

    This final episode explains how 200 years of holy war were decided not in a pitched battle before Jerusalem, but by a failed campaign led by a French king later anointed a Catholic saint... in Egypt.

  • 10:35

    19 Dec

    The Rise of the Dictators - Season 1

    A strong decisive leader will emerge when the conditions are right, but there's a process to winning over a population; they need to sell themselves and build a cult of personality.

  • 11:40

    19 Dec

    World War II: The Price of Empire - Season 1

    The Germans continue their retreat from Russia, but the most significant event at this stage of the war is the second front in Europe with the D-Day landings on June 6th - Operation Overlord.

  • 12:40

    19 Dec

    Secret Weapons: WWII - Season 1

    Espionage and intelligence were crucial during WWII; clever camouflage, the Enigma machine, and concealable weapons were as important as any tank, ship, aircraft or bomb.

  • 13:45

    19 Dec

    D-Day: The 80th Anniversary

  • 14:50

    19 Dec

    Ancient Superstructures - Season 3

    Commonly known as Notre Dame, Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral is one of the most emblematic monuments of Paris and France; its construction began in 1163 and lasted for two centuries.

  • 15:55

    19 Dec

    Treasures with Bettany Hughes - Season 2

    Bettany explores the artistic and cultural wonders of Jordan; a strategic crossing point for East and West, Jordan has been the centre of great civilisations throughout human history.

  • 16:55

    19 Dec

    The Crusades - Season 1

    This final episode explains how 200 years of holy war were decided not in a pitched battle before Jerusalem, but by a failed campaign led by a French king later anointed a Catholic saint... in Egypt.

  • 17:55

    19 Dec

    The World War: 1914-1945 - Season 1

    After a snub in Munich, the Soviets make a pact with the Germans; with the invasion of Poland, the pretence of peace is gone as France and the UK declare war on Germany.

  • 18:55

    19 Dec

    World War II: The Price of Empire - Season 1

    The Germans continue their retreat from Russia, but the most significant event at this stage of the war is the second front in Europe with the D-Day landings on June 6th - Operation Overlord.

  • 20:05

    19 Dec

    The Secret Story of the Knights Templar - Season 1

    The Knights Templar were established as a special religious-military order within the tradition of medieval knighthood, but the rise and fall of the Order involves several secrets and mysteries.

  • 21:00

    19 Dec

    History Uncovered - Season 3

    We often think of partisans struggling on their own during WWII, yet many clandestine networks were mobilised, organised and funded by a secret British organisation, the S.O.E.

  • 22:10

    19 Dec

    Secret Weapons: WWII - Season 1

    Espionage and intelligence were crucial during WWII; clever camouflage, the Enigma machine, and concealable weapons were as important as any tank, ship, aircraft or bomb.

  • 23:15

    19 Dec

    The Secret Story of the Knights Templar - Season 1

    The Knights Templar were established as a special religious-military order within the tradition of medieval knighthood, but the rise and fall of the Order involves several secrets and mysteries.

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