TV Schedule

  • 00:40

    25 May

    Mengele Unveiled - Season 1

    A thorough investigation into Mengele's youth explores the connections between medicine and Nazism that transformed an aspiring dentist into the Angel of Death of Auschwitz.

  • 01:45

    25 May

    World War II: The End - Season 1

    Hitler retreats into his bunker as the Allies advance on Nazi Germany; the Fuhrer issues frantic orders to non-existent armies as he loses his grip on reality.

  • 02:35

    25 May

    Secret Nazi Science - Season 1

    Adolf Hitler was famously against using chemical and biological weapons, but chemistry and biological science still played an incredible role in the Nazis' unquenchable quest for power.

  • 03:20

    25 May

    Cursed Treasures - Season 1

    One of the greatest palaeontology discoveries ever is made in the Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota, but the find brought nothing but trouble and suspicion to those who uncovered it.

  • 04:10

    25 May

    Treasures with Bettany Hughes - Season 4

    Bettany embarks on an exhilarating journey to Estonia, explores a remarkable medieval wreck, and discovers the story of a British World War I destroyer that may be polluting Estonian waters.

  • 04:55

    25 May

    Forbidden History - Season 7

    We discover an intriguing new theory about Göbekli Tepe in southern Turkey; one of the world's oldest mysteries dating back over 12,000 years, we still don't understand who built it or why.

  • 06:15

    25 May

    Cursed Bloodlines - Season 1

    The House of Romanov had imposed 300 years of strict Imperial rule, but royal authority was in question for the first time. The future of the Romanov dynasty was in danger.

  • 06:40

    25 May

    Forbidden History - Season 7

    The crucifixion of Jesus changed the world; how much of our understanding of this event is true, and what answers can be found in the Holy Land to back up the Bible's story?

  • 07:40

    25 May

    Hitler's Power - Season 1

    How could a nobody become a dictator and bring down a democracy in just a few years, what crucial events helped Hitler gain respectability and influence, and who were his supporters?

  • 08:40

    25 May

    World War II: The End - Season 1

    Hitler retreats into his bunker as the Allies advance on Nazi Germany; the Fuhrer issues frantic orders to non-existent armies as he loses his grip on reality.

  • 09:45

    25 May

    Secret Nazi Science - Season 1

    Adolf Hitler was famously against using chemical and biological weapons, but chemistry and biological science still played an incredible role in the Nazis' unquenchable quest for power.

  • 10:40

    25 May

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

    Claudius rose to the throne but was poisoned by his wife; after his successor Nero alienated Rome, Livia Drusilla's dynasty ended with brutal power struggles but having changed the course of history.

  • 11:40

    25 May

    Real Life of a Roman Soldier - Season 1

    Recent excavations in the city of Lyon shed light on the daily lives of Roman soldiers; numerous artefacts have been unearthed such as 1st-century A.D. / C.E. weapons and toiletry and leisure items.

  • 12:45

    25 May

    Pompeii: The New Dig - Season 1

    The excavation of a wealthy villa, bakery and laundry in Pompeii reaches its climax with chilling revelations about what people were doing in the final terrifying hours in A.D. / C.E. 79.

  • 14:00

    25 May

    Waco: Untold Stories - Season 1

    In 1993, 82 members of a religious sect called the Branch Davidians died due to a fire and an infamous 51-day siege by the FBI; many of these were British, and these are their stories.

  • 15:00

    25 May

    Waco: Untold Stories - Season 1

    The concluding episode of the series. As operations to enforce the law on the Branch Davidians begin, the siege ends with the deaths of men, women and children in a fire.

  • 16:00

    25 May

    Cities of Gold: The Reality Behind the Myth

  • 17:05

    25 May

    Conquistadors: The Rise and Fall - Season 1

    Spanish colonies have grown throughout the Americas after decades of conquests, but the Spanish monarchy struggles to control the guardians of 'New Spain' from afar.

  • 18:05

    25 May

    Conquistadors: The Rise and Fall - Season 1

    Disdain for Spain's wealth in the Americas leads to other European rulers propagating an anti-Spanish narrative; the 'Black Legend' is born and heralds the end of the era of conquistadors.

  • 19:05

    25 May

    The Frontier - Season 1

    A race of the railroads to join the East and West Coasts begins a new chapter in US dominance and leads to the rise of an American icon: the cowboy.

  • 20:00

    25 May

    The Frontier - Season 1

    As the century draws to a close, the scars of systematic ethnic cleansing of native peoples - along with US claims on land - seemingly ends 'the frontier' chapter in American history.

  • 21:00

    25 May

    Pompeii: The New Dig - Season 1 New

    The biggest archaeological dig in Pompeii for a generation reaches its climax as the dig moves focus to a luxurious residence possibly owned by Pompeiian bigwig and politician Aulus Rustius Verus.

  • 22:15

    25 May

    Pompeii: Buried Secrets of the Villa Giuliana

  • 23:25

    25 May

    Secret Lives of the Roman Emperors with Mary Beard

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