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Bettany Hughes goes in search of this lost civilisation, revealing the story of a city founded out of the desert by Alexander the Great in 331 BC to...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Bettany Hughes

This documentary follows a team of local archaeologists excavating never before explored passageways, shafts, and tombs, piecing together the secrets...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Salima Ikram

Thousands of terracotta warriors guarded the first Chinese emperor's tomb. This is their story, told through archeological evidence and reenactments.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dr. Hui Ming Tak Ted

It's the most extraordinary feat of engineering in history, and one of the most iconic man-made structures on the planet - the Great Wall of China,...

Genre: History

Cast: William Lindesay

In May 1940, feeling the RAF needs every man to fight to Luftwaffe, Geoffrey 'Boy' Wellum joins at 18, becoming the youngest ever Spitfire pilot....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sam Heughan

What is true and what is false in the hideous stories spread about the controversial figure of the Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mary Beard

Historian Thomas Penn reveals the secrets of founder of Britain’s great Tudor Dynasty - and his amazing trajectory to power. Two weeks after...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Thomas Penn

Mary Beard is on a mission to uncover the real Julius Caesar, and to challenge public perception, exploring Caesar's surprising legacy.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mary Beard

The volcanic eruption that ravaged Pompeii in year 79 is one of the most famous in history. It is known how its victims died, but how did they live?...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mary Beard

An exploration into the man behind the film-inspired myth, from both Western and Arab perspectives. Thomas Edward Lawrence, a 24-year-old British...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Michael Maloney

Fifty years ago, a Home Office committee chaired by Wolfenden, then vice-chancellor of Reading University, recommended the decriminalization of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Matt Ryan

From a small Italian community in 15th-century Florence, the Medici family would rise to rule Europe in many ways. Using charm, patronage, skill,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Massimo Marinoni

Seventy years on, brothers Colin and Ewan McGregor take viewers through the key moments of the Battle of Britain, when 'the few' of the RAF faced the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ewan McGregor

BBC look at whether or not Snuff films really exist. Snuff as defined by the FBI and the film is a film that shows some one being killed which was...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ian Michie

With many breeds and countless variations, canines are one of the most diverse species on Earth. From ears to tails, coats to paws, every part of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jake Robards

Cleopatra - the most famous woman in history. We know her as a great queen, a beautiful lover and a political schemer. For 2,000 years almost all...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Neil Oliver

Chris van Tulleken takes a personal view at why ultra-processed foods are so irresistible and how they have come to dominate food culture.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Chris van Tulleken

They were the absolute superstars in ancient Rome: charioteers. The heroes of the racetrack, often slaves, risked their lives in every competition....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leart Docle

An exploration of the unique circumstances in Bristol, Connecticut, that fostered a community intertwined with violence, focusing on three former...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Aaron Hernandez

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Paul McGann