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Journalist Afua Hirsch explores how three very different African countries are throwing off their colonial pasts and...
Historian Amanda Foreman charts the changing role of women, from the dawn of civilization to the modern day.
Journalist Afua Hirsch explores why people are uncomfortable with the true history and legacy of Britain's heroes.
Berlin 1945 time-travels in cinematic style into the city's most fateful year through the eyes of those who...
Within 100 years of each other, despite being separated by thousands of miles, three of the greatest minds in...
Historian Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world - Karl Marx...
Turmoil over the Euro, the migrant crisis and the road to Brexit. With unprecedented access, discover the inner...
Mary Beard investigates the real Julius Caesar, separating fact from fiction and revealing how his influence is...
British historian Mary Beard puts aside the stories of Emperors and armies, blood, guts and gore, to take a fresh...
Acclaimed British horticulturist Monty Don heads across the Channel to find out what makes French gardens, and the...
World-famous gardener Monty Don takes us on a trip around Italy's most beautiful gardens.
Monty Don travels across the Islamic world and beyond in search of Paradise Gardens, whose beauty and symbolic...
Leading experts look at the past 30 years and the events that have shaped our world, including the collapse of the...
Historian Mary Beard answers questions that have fascinated people for centuries. How could a mediocre city in...
In Medieval and Tudor England there was no question in peoples' minds – men ruled and women didn't. Historian Helen...
Kate Humble travels through India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia, discovering how spices were once so coveted that a small...
From the settlement of the Nile by a handful of nomads to the building of the pyramids and the burial of King Tut,...
Historian Amanda Vickery tells the story of the 300-year-long struggle for gender equality in Britain, revealing the...
Experts help illuminate moments in Winston Churchill's life that informed his decisions during the war, and how he...