History 63 available programmes
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The First Anglo-SaxonsJulian Richards returns to the excavation of two early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries.
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The Luxe ExperienceHow 1920s and 30s architecture and design created and reflected the spirit of the age.
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Swansea City: The Fall and RiseCharting the fortunes of crisis-stricken Swansea City AFC after it was rescued by fans.
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Small is BeautifulHow a band of visionaries rescued narrow gauge railways that once served our industries.
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The First World War from AboveThe story of the Great War told from a unique new aerial perspective.
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The Last Day of World War OneMichael Palin tells the stories of the last soldiers to die in the First World War.
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The Somme: Secret Tunnel WarsArchaeologists examine a labyrinth built by British troops beneath the Somme battlefield.
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The Flying ArchaeologistThe Thames: Secret War
Ben Robinson reveals the newly discovered network of trenches on the Hoo peninsula.
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Ice Age GiantsLand of the Sabre-tooth
Professor Alice Roberts is on the trail of Ice Age beasts including the sabre-toothed cat.
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She-Wolves: England's Early QueensJane, Mary and Elizabeth
How the Tudor queens Jane, Mary and Elizabeth struggled with a crown made for a male head.
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William Mudge's Ordnance SurveyNicholas Crane reproduces the triangulation methods of Mudge's original map of 1809.
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A History of ScotlandSeries 1 - The Last of the Free
Neil Oliver reveals the mystery of how the Gaelic Scottish Kingdom - Alba - was born.
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Dornier 17: The Fall and Rise of a German BomberThe story of the plan to salvage a survival of World War Two from the English Channel.
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Regency Life: 3 Lives in 1 DayActress Charlotte Ritchie lifts the lid on a typical day for three Regency-era people.
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Country LivingHow new technologies and production methods changed the face of agriculture in the 1960s.
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Roundhead or Cavalier: Which One Are You?How Britain is still defined by the battle between metaphorical Cavaliers and Roundheads.
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TimewatchDam Busters: The Race to Smash the German Dams
A fresh look at the legendary 1943 mission that, extraordinarily, almost never happened.
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The Power of the PastHow attention turned from civilisation and kings to the search for the common man.
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The Dambusters: 70 Years OnDan Snow presents from RAF Scampton, a tribute to WWII's daring Dambusters raid.
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Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed HistoryTudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men
Lucy Worsley explores the medical histories of the Tudor and Stuart dynasties.
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