History Documentaries

How London has grown in size and spread into the surrounding country. (1964)

Dan Snow investigates the events and the legacy of the largest naval battle of WWI.

Documentary acclaimed as the most important colour footage taken during WWII.

Revealing the heroic spies who helped contribute to victory in WWII.

A look at the early Romanovs, from 16-year-old Mikhail in 1613 to Peter the Great.

Documentary discovering how our medieval forebears built the wonders of their world.

Professor Alice Roberts is on the trail of Ice Age beasts including the sabre-toothed cat.

The story of Queen Victoria throughout her 64-year reign.

Kate Adie re-examines her historic coverage of the 1989 massacre in Tiananmen Square.

Documentary commemorating the 70th anniversary of the death of Jane Haining.

Simon Schaffer goes in search of amazing engineering wonders of the 19th century.

1959 documentary showing images of a Liverpool still recovering from the post-war gloom.

James Holland reassesses the 77-day Battle for Normandy that followed D-Day.

Mary Beard uses modern technology to examine the secrets of the victims of the eruption.