Countdown to Surrender - Season 1

April 16th, 1945: the Red Army begins its offensive on Berlin; the first concentration camps have been liberated by British and US forces; on May 8th, the Second World War comes to an end in Europe.

Adolf Hitler: Decoding A Dictator - Season 1

From his troubled childhood in Austria to his meteoric rise as Führer of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler's ruthless personality and distorted worldview were shaped by his daily life.

Secret Nazi Science - Season 1

What secrets did the Nazis hope to find inside the cells and DNA of the human body? Some of the most nauseating Nazi experiments were performed in the name of creating a pure Aryan race.

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?

Treasures with Bettany Hughes - Season 4

Bettany returns to Azerbaijan to uncover the secrets of the Silk Road; she explores two art forms, carpets and poetry, that were shaped and traded along this ancient superhighway of goods and ideas.

Forbidden History - Season 7

The Devil's Bible has long intrigued experts; who wrote it? In search of the truth, we visit a castle said to house a gate to Hell, huge rock-carved demons, and the palaces of heretical monarchs.

Cursed Bloodlines - Season 1

J. Paul Getty was renowned for his wealth and frugality as well as his lack of empathy and compassion for his family. He would marry four times and sire five sons, but he died old and alone.

Cursed Bloodlines - Season 1

The Habsburgs were the most powerful family in Europe for centuries; why was their destiny so fatal, and were all their tribulations connected to some kind of curse?

Forbidden History - Season 7

What happened to Mary Magdalene after the resurrection of Jesus? We follow history enthusiasts in southern France on their quest to find the remains of the saint in a place no-one has searched before.

Adolf Hitler: Decoding A Dictator - Season 1

From his troubled childhood in Austria to his meteoric rise as Führer of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler's ruthless personality and distorted worldview were shaped by his daily life.

Countdown to Surrender - Season 1

April 16th, 1945: the Red Army begins its offensive on Berlin; the first concentration camps have been liberated by British and US forces; on May 8th, the Second World War comes to an end in Europe.

Secret Nazi Science - Season 1

What secrets did the Nazis hope to find inside the cells and DNA of the human body? Some of the most nauseating Nazi experiments were performed in the name of creating a pure Aryan race.

Emperor: The Rise and Fall of a Dynasty - Season 1

The first empress of Rome, the ruthless Livia Drusilla, carved a corpse-strewn path to putting her own son on the emperor's throne before her golden dynasty descended into an age of terror.

Secret Lives of the Roman Emperors with Mary Beard

Pompeii: The New Dig - Season 1

Italian archaeologists begin the biggest dig in a generation at Pompeiil; they find a bakery, a wealthy house, and a fresco of a so-called 'pizza' before making a grisly discovery.

Tsunami: The Day The Wave Hit - Season 1

Charlie is on the beach in Khao Lak with his dad Simon when the tsunami crashes into the hotel they are staying in; trapped in swirling water, Simon somehow saves Charlie from certain drowning.

Tsunami: The Day The Wave Hit - Season 1

15 minutes after the tsunami hit Thailand, it crashes into the east coast of Sri Lanka; despite being 1100 miles from the epicentre, the waves are travelling at the speed of a passenger jet.

Machu Picchu: City of Stone

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.

Conquistadors: The Rise and Fall - Season 1

Columbus' return voyage to the Americas began with bloodshed when he discovered that the Spanish left behind at Hispaniola were killed by the indigenous Taíno.

The Frontier - Season 1

As the former British colonies on the East Coast became the United States of America, their sights were now set on what lay west; a land deal with France unlocks a wilderness open for the taking.

The Frontier - Season 1

What appeared to be a boundless empty terrain was in fact a richly inhabited landscape of diverse indigenous peoples who were not about to surrender their lands without a fight.

Pompeii: The New Dig - Season 1

A new excavation at Pompeii continues to unearth rich discoveries while a pioneering new investigation finds evidence that some Pompeiians survived the eruption of A.D. / C.E. 79.

Emperor: The Rise and Fall of a Dynasty - Season 1

Livia, the first empress of Rome, came to regret the scheming that put her son Tiberius on the throne as he and his heir Caligula dragged the empire into an age of tyranny and shocking depravity.

Real Life of a Roman Soldier - Season 1

Two sites are emblematic of legionary life in Ancient Roman times: the fort of Vindolanda and the garrison of Lugdunum. Excavations have unearthed objects that shed light on the life of these sites.