Dan Cruickshank reveals the extraordinary story behind the design and building of iconic First World War memorials and explores the idea behind the creation of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
John Humphrys returns to South Wales to discover more about the devastating Nazi bombing campaign and how it affected those who experienced it. He sees the reconnaissance maps the Germans used to identify key bombing...
It's 1940, and in London, the threat of invasion by Germany has become very real. Montagu Mansions resident Timothy Corsellis begins training as an RAF pilot, but begins to regret his decision when facing the prospect of...
In AD80, the Colosseum opens. Emperor Titus plans 100 days of games to commemorate.
We still live in the shadow of ancient Rome — a city at the heart of a vast empire that stretched from Scotland to Afghanistan, dominating the west for over 700 years. Professor Mary Beard puts aside the stories of...
Documentary series featuring dramatic reconstruction in which Lucy Worsley revisits key events in the lives of Henry VIII's six wives, revealing how each attempted to exert influence on the king and the Tudor court. Lucy...
Is a mystery that has bewildered police and investigators for fifty years about to be solved? On a 2012 research trip to Africa, Neil's colleague Glen finds a Lucan. Not the missing Lord, but his younger brother Hugh....
Moving stories of loss and remembrance, told by the loved ones of those killed in action.
Simon Sebag Montefiore looks at how every event in ancient Rome revolved around religion. From the foundation myth through to the deification of emperors, nothing could happen without calling upon the pantheon of Roman...
Writer, broadcaster and Newsnight arts correspondent Stephen Smith looks back at the Medieval Age to find out what it took to get ahead at the court of Richard II. Richard presided over the first truly sophisticated and...
David Olusoga traces the residents' stories from winter 1942 to the end of the war. In the shattered ruins of Berlin, not all the residents survive. As the Berlin residents come to terms with Germany's declining fortunes...