Factual: History A to Z

  1. The Prime Ministers

    Nick Robinson explores the history of Britain's prime ministers

  2. The Roman Way

    The Roman Way explores aspects of everyday life in the Roman Empire, two millennia ago.

  3. The RSC at 50

    James Naughtie follows the Royal Shakespeare Company as it celebrates its 50th birthday

  4. The Secret Catacombs of Paris

    Jonathan Glancey investigates Paris's secret underground maze of tunnels.

  5. The Secret History of Social Networking

    Rory Cellan-Jones traces its roots

  6. The Sex Test

    Chris Ledgard asks if gender testing will mean a level playing field for female athletes.

  7. The Stasi Jigsaw Puzzle

    Chris Bowlby tells the story of the attempt to rescue East Germany's Stasi secret files.

  8. The Story of Economics

    Michael Blastland lays out the history of economic ideas

  9. The Thistle and the Rose

    The correspondence between James VI of Scotland and Elizabeth I.

  10. The Trouble with Kane

    Series following a new approach tried as an alternative to custody for child offenders

  11. The Tudor Tarantino

    Dominic Arkwright charts the life of Thomas Middleton, the bad boy of Renaissance drama.

  12. The Why Factor

    Why do we do the things we do? Join Mike Williams in this new series.

  13. Things We Forgot to Remember

    Series examining overlooked but noteworthy historical events, with Michael Portillo

  14. This Sceptred Isle: Empire

    Christopher Lee's history series telling the story of the growth of Britain's Empire.

  15. Through Persian Eyes

    Prof Ali Ansari presents a world history as seen through Persian eyes

  16. Titanic Letters

    Ciaran Hinds introduces a series of letters written 100 years ago by people on-board

  17. Titanic Town

    Gerry Anderson considers Titanic's complex relationship with the city of her birth.

  18. Tracing Your Roots

    Series exploring the practice of researching family history

  19. Unbuilt Britain

    Jonathan Glancey looks at the great building projects of Britain that never made it

  20. Voices from the Old Bailey

    Amanda Vickery presents dramatised extracts from 18th-century Old Bailey court cases

  21. Voices of the Powerless

    Melvyn Bragg explores the lives of ordinary British people across the last 1,000 years.

  22. Witness

    Series looking at key events in history, as told by the people who were there

  23. Witness

    The stories of our times told by the people who were there.

  24. World Book Club

    World Book Club invites the globe's great authors to discuss their best known novel.