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Journalist Afua Hirsch explores how three very different African countries are throwing off their colonial pasts and...
The story of this devastating global conflict is told through the often tragic destinies of those who lived it (...
In this acclaimed four-part documentary series, Dr. Amanda Foreman charts the changing role of women from the dawn...
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...
Six of Britain's greatest, private, country houses throw open their doors to historian Dan Cruickshank and release...
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...
Survivors share stories of life before, during and after the atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima,...
Turmoil over the Euro, the migrant crisis and the road to Brexit. With unprecedented access, discover the inner...
Acclaimed British historian Mary Beard puts aside the stories of Emperors and armies, blood, guts and gore, to take...
Acclaimed British horticulturist Monty Don heads across the Channel to find out what makes French gardens, and the...
Monty Don visits some of the most sublime romantic retreats in southern Italy.
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,...
Christopher Timothy and Peter Davison go back to the Roaring Twenties to relive the Golden Age of Motoring. They set...
Experts help illuminate moments in Winston Churchill's life that informed his decisions during the war, and how he...
Historian David Reynolds reassesses Stalin's role in the life and death struggle between Germany and Russia in the...
Why did Britain spend so much of the conflict battling through North Africa and Italy? Historian David Reynolds...
Built for Herbert Johnson, Marshcourt evokes the decadence and frivolity of the bankers' era of dominance.
In 1944, the Allies have landed in Italy, but find their march blocked by the Wehrmacht. On the Eastern Front, the...
Survivors share stories of life before, during and after the atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima,...
Peter and Chris set out from London to motor down the length of the A30,originally an 18th-century coach road.
Paris is occupied, like most European capitals. Hitler attacks the USSR to try to dominate Europe before the US can...
Having forged an unlikely alliance with Churchill, Joseph Stalin overreaches with audacious plans to drive back the...