3: The Bell Rock Lighthouse | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

9: The Victorian Achievement | In Search of Scotland

Fiona Watson looks at how the prosperity of cities such as Glasgow and Dundee in the 19th century was tempered by widesp...

2: Creating Britishness | Union with David Olusoga

David Olusoga reveals how, in the 18th century, a new British identity was forged in the face of multiple threats from wit...

8: Crucible of the Modern World | In Search of Scotland

Fiona Watson looks at the influential Scots who played a large part in both the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revo...

S1E3: Scotland | Local Heroes

Bicycling scientist Adam Hart-Davis looks at pioneers of science and invention. Includes the pocket calculator, kaleidoscopes, weighing the ear...

S2E2: Scotland | Local Heroes

Adam Hart-Davis goes in search of pioneers of science and invention in Scotland. He investigates the achievements of Alexander Bain, Charles Ma...

S2E3: The Price of Progress | A History of Scotland

Neil Oliver examines how, in the late 18th century, Scotland was transformed from a poor country into one of the richest ...

S2E4: This Land Is Our Land | A History of Scotland

Neil Oliver looks at how, in the early 19th century, rural workers fled from Scotland's countryside into the industrial t...

The Singer Story: Made in Clydebank

Charting how the Singer sewing machine helped establish the town of Clydebank by employing tens of thousands of people before its demise ...

5: Sewer King | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

As 19th century London's sewage problem reached crisis point and cholera was rife, Joseph Bazalgette proposed a scheme ...

The 1860s | The Victorian Slum

A group of 21st-century people move into a recreated Victorian slum. In this episode, the slum dwellers move into the 1860s, when London was t...

Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here

Professor Jeremy Black explains the unique economic, social and political factors that helped Britain transform itself almost ent...

S2E3: The Worst Industrial Jobs in History | The Worst Jobs In History

Among the Worst Industrial Jobs in History are: Bridge builders, Canal leggers, bone cleaner to make b...

Crime and Punishment | What the Victorians Did For Us

Adam Hart-Davis investigates the Victorian innovations that left a lasting impression on British society. In this progr...

The Children Who Built Victorian Britain

Using animation and actual recorded testimony, historian Jane Humphries tells the story of the child workers whose exploitation was ...

Episode 1 | Back in Time for School

Fifteen pupils and three teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure to discover how much life at school has changed. The class start ...

Series 3 | A House Through Time

David Olusoga investigates the residents of an 18th-century house in Bristol, uncovering stories of piracy, an abandoned baby, a notorious po...

Episode 4 | 24 Hours in the Past

Six celebrities work in four Victorian workplaces. The six celebrities spend their final 24 hours in the workhouse.

Series 1 | A House Through Time

The story of those who lived in one house, from the time it was built until now. David Olusoga follows the stories of the first inhabitants o...

The beginnings of the British slave trade | Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

David Olusoga investigates the beginnings of the British slave trade in Barbados.

6: 1900-1909 - Britain at its peak? | History File

Compilation of secondary schools programme on British History 1750-1900. Looks at how industrialisation changed the day-to...