Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.

Lucy Worsley, chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces, explores how the physical and mental health of our past monarchs has shaped the history of the...

The SS was the Nazi state’s instrument of domination and oppression, responsible for the intelligence services and the police. The SS committed...

On 23 August 1939, the world was shocked to discover that Hitler and Stalin, the most intractable of their enemies at the time, had signed a pact...

The story of three decades of war told through the eyes of various men who were its key players: Roosevelt, Hitler, Patton, Mussolini, Churchill,...

An investigation into the nature, details and reasons for the collaboration, from 1940 to 1944, during World War II, between the Vichy regime,...

A Cleveland grandfather is brought to trial in Israel, accused of being the infamous Nazi death camp guard known as Ivan the Terrible.

WWII’s Greatest Raids is a series that takes you into the heart of an elite band of soldiers in the heat of a key action in their history, and...

Through this three part series Art Historian Dr Janina Ramirez tells the story of the Medieval monarchy as preserved through stunning illuminated...

Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain is a 2009 BBC documentary television series presented by Andrew Marr that covers the period of British...

From cafes to craft fairs, glamping to ghosts, join Dame Penelope Keith as she meets the owners of Britain’s historic country houses struggling...

The story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four American towns. The war touched the lives of...

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

World War II In Colour is a 13-episode television documentary miniseries recounting the events of World War II narrated by Robert Powell. The show...

Using highly advanced colourisation techniques, critical moments from World War II, from Stalingrad to The Battle of Britain, are shown in a whole...

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

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

A documentary series that gives a historical account of the events of World War II, from its roots in the 1920s to the aftermath and the lives it...

Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary to complement the revival of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Each...

The story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four American towns. The war touched the lives of...

An insider's look at the engineering and scientific miracles behind the things that form the modern world.

WWII in HD is a 10-part American documentary television miniseries that originally aired from November 15 to November 19, 2009 on the History...

Biography is a documentary television series. It was originally a half-hour filmed series produced for CBS by David Wolper from 1961 to 1964 and...

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