The cameras follow every step of the training course as two classes of new recruits begin their journey to become sailors at HMS Raleigh in Cornwall.

Drama documentary about Edward Teach, also known as Blackbeard, who terrorised the British colonies in the Americas during the golden age of piracy.

Historian Dan Snow charts the defining role the Royal Navy played in Britain's struggle for modernity - a grand tale of the twists and turns which...

The exciting, surprising and often moving story of HMS Queen Elizabeth’s first operational mission: a seven-month voyage to the other side of...

Julia Bradbury and JJ Chalmers are given unprecedented access to the Royal Navy.

Documentary series exploring everyday life on board various ships in the Royal Navy fleet.

Built especially for the challenging conditions of Antarctica, HMS Endurance is the Royal Navy’s only ice patrol ship and its only one capable...

A major BBC television documentary series, first shown in 1976. About the life on board the fourth HMS Ark Royal, a British aircraft carrier. It...

Devonport is the largest naval base in Western Europe, home to most of the surface fleet and the navy’s Trafalgar-class nuclear-powered...

The HMS Ark Royal carried the Harrier and 3 types of helicopter during its active service, these included the Lynx which is currently the fastest...

Set during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, a young and shy midshipman, rises through the ranks to become an admiral.

The story follows fisherman Ed Collier, who is highly protective over his family, which includes wife Claire and daughter Abbie. However, when a rich...

Explore the surprising things we know (and don’t know) about why people are the way they are through expert interviews, rare footage from...

Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types.

This compelling series investigates the motives and m.o. of female murderers. While males are often driven by anger, impulse and destruction, women...

In this true-crime documentary, a cult expert and filmmaker infiltrate a polygamist sect to expose a self-proclaimed prophet and bring him to justice.

This docuseries captures the remarkable rise and unprecedented success of one of the most dominant and iconic franchises in professional sports....

Maritime mysteries—old and new—come to life in this series, combining scientific data and digital re-creations to reveal shipwrecks,...

Morgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, what different civilizations thought about the act...

Explores WWII from Germany's invasion of Poland through the atomic age, examining pivotal battles, wartime leaders like Churchill and Roosevelt, and...

Filmed across six continents, this docuseries uses cutting-edge camera technology to capture animals' nocturnal lives, revealing new behaviours...

An in-depth look at the history and pop cultural significance of horror films.

Infographics and archival footage deliver bite-size history lessons on scientific breakthroughs, social movements and world-changing discoveries.

Don Wildman unearths relics from the world's greatest institutions to reveal secrets from the past. He examines each artifact to illuminate history's...