TV Schedule

  • 00:05

    06 Dec

    Secret Nazi Bases - Season 1

    As the Red Army approached a forest in Poland toward the end of the war, they stumbled upon a complex containing more than 1,000 structures across 25 square kilometres.

  • 01:00

    06 Dec

    World War II: The Price of Empire - Season 1

    The inter-war years saw the rise of dictators, appeasement and the policies of the Third Reich until the invasion of Poland, and Japan's 1937 invasion of China escalated into a full-scale conflict.

  • 02:05

    06 Dec

    Bible Hunters - Season 1

    Discoveries in Egypt in the 19th and 20th centuries included strange zodiacs, hymns to Egypt's solar god, and heretical Christian texts. These threatened to shake the foundations of Christianity.

  • 03:00

    06 Dec

    Conquistadors: The Rise and Fall - Season 1

    The accidental discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus sparked an age of exploration for the Spanish Empire - and a dark new chapter in the history of the Americas.

  • 03:45

    06 Dec

    Cursed Treasures - Season 1

    The onset of a violent storm in Staffordshire in England announced the discovery of the largest Anglo-Saxon hoard ever uncovered, but was the storm an omen of things to come?

  • 04:35

    06 Dec

    Strangest Things - Season 1

    Was an ancient glass scarab in Tutankhamun's tomb created by forces that are literally out of this world, and does a 4,000-year-old tablet really have building instructions for Noah's Ark?

  • 05:20

    06 Dec

    Cursed Bloodlines - Season 1

    Starring in only a handful of films, Bruce Lee is revered as an icon in popular culture, but Lee died as young and as suddenly as his son. How could their tragic destinies share so many similarities?

  • 06:10

    06 Dec

    History Uncovered - Season 3

    Who instigated the Cold War? We investigate the misunderstandings, false impressions and President Truman's anti-Communism that tipped the world into decades of belligerent peace and nuclear dissuasion.

  • 07:15

    06 Dec

    Treasures with Bettany Hughes - Season 1

    Greece is home to epic human stories and birthplace of an astonishing culture that changed the world; Bettany starts her journey in Athens and travels to Nafplion, Sparta, Aegea and Olympia.

  • 08:15

    06 Dec

    Ancient Superstructures - Season 1

    Built on a massive block of granite, Mont-Saint-Michel holds many secrets; using the most advanced technology, experts scrutinise this ancient wonder on all scales to try to unravel its mysteries.

  • 09:20

    06 Dec

    Bible Hunters - Season 1

    We will examine the stories of people who travelled to Egypt in 19th-20th centuries to uncover the earliest Christian texts. Their discoveries shed controversial new light on the story of the Bible.

  • 10:25

    06 Dec

    The Rise of the Dictators - Season 1

    Dictators often want to extend their power beyond their country's borders; this generally means military aggression and the deaths of vast numbers of soldiers and civilians.

  • 11:35

    06 Dec

    World War II: The Price of Empire - Season 1

    The inter-war years saw the rise of dictators, appeasement and the policies of the Third Reich until the invasion of Poland, and Japan's 1937 invasion of China escalated into a full-scale conflict.

  • 12:35

    06 Dec

    Secret Nazi Science - Season 1

    Science was a tool to help the war effort for the Nazis; how could a Nazi soldier and its leadership be optimised, and what secret Nazi plans can we glean from a hidden crypt in Thuringia?

  • 13:35

    06 Dec

    History Uncovered - Season 3

    Who instigated the Cold War? We investigate the misunderstandings, false impressions and President Truman's anti-Communism that tipped the world into decades of belligerent peace and nuclear dissuasion.

  • 14:40

    06 Dec

    Ancient Superstructures - Season 1

    Built on a massive block of granite, Mont-Saint-Michel holds many secrets; using the most advanced technology, experts scrutinise this ancient wonder on all scales to try to unravel its mysteries.

  • 15:50

    06 Dec

    Treasures with Bettany Hughes - Season 1

    Greece is home to epic human stories and birthplace of an astonishing culture that changed the world; Bettany starts her journey in Athens and travels to Nafplion, Sparta, Aegea and Olympia.

  • 16:50

    06 Dec

    Bible Hunters - Season 1

    We will examine the stories of people who travelled to Egypt in 19th-20th centuries to uncover the earliest Christian texts. Their discoveries shed controversial new light on the story of the Bible.

  • 17:55

    06 Dec

    The World War: 1914-1945 - Season 1

    Hitler's invasion of the Rhineland was a gamble that paid off as his push west remained unchecked; while the leaders of Europe attempt 'peace', Kristallnacht signalled the horrors yet to come to many.

  • 18:55

    06 Dec

    World War II: The Price of Empire - Season 1

    The inter-war years saw the rise of dictators, appeasement and the policies of the Third Reich until the invasion of Poland, and Japan's 1937 invasion of China escalated into a full-scale conflict.

  • 20:00

    06 Dec

    Bible Hunters - Season 1

    Discoveries in Egypt in the 19th and 20th centuries included strange zodiacs, hymns to Egypt's solar god, and heretical Christian texts. These threatened to shake the foundations of Christianity.

  • 21:00

    06 Dec

    Conquistadors: The Rise and Fall - Season 1

    The accidental discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus sparked an age of exploration for the Spanish Empire - and a dark new chapter in the history of the Americas.

  • 22:00

    06 Dec

    Secret Nazi Science - Season 1

    Science was a tool to help the war effort for the Nazis; how could a Nazi soldier and its leadership be optimised, and what secret Nazi plans can we glean from a hidden crypt in Thuringia?

  • 23:00

    06 Dec

    Bible Hunters - Season 1

    Discoveries in Egypt in the 19th and 20th centuries included strange zodiacs, hymns to Egypt's solar god, and heretical Christian texts. These threatened to shake the foundations of Christianity.

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