4: Ages of Gold | Michael Wood: The Story of India

1: Medicine and Religion | History File

Programme begins with looking at Ancient Greece, then the Roman Empire then looking at Muslim and Christian links.

1: Medicine, Religion and Natural Causes | History File

This programme looks at ancient Egypt, Hippocrates, Christianity and Islam.

1: Pilgrims in Arms | Crusades

Terry Jones explores the history of the Crusades, to discover exactly what happened when the Pope instigated a popular campaign to conquer Jer...

1: Samurai Sword | Handmade in Japan

On Kyushu, a family of Samurai sword makers continue a tradition their ancestors began 230 years ago.

1: The Age of Discovery | Howard Goodall's Story of Music

Composer Howard Goodall traces the development of music from the religious 'Gregorian' chant to the growth of instr...

1: The Renaissance Arrives | A Very British Renaissance

Dr James Fox traces the story of how the arrival of a few foreign artists in the 16th century sparked a cultural revo...

1: Wellspring of Holiness | Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City

Simon Sebag Montefiore begins a history of Jerusalem by exploring how it came into being and how it became s...

2: Clash of the Titans | The Crusades

Dr Thomas Asbridge examines the two figures who have come to embody Crusader war: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin.

2: Cortes | Heroes and Villains

The Spanish adventurer Hernan Cortes is supposed to have taken the Aztec empire with a few soldiers and 16 horses. Can that be true?

2: Invasion, Invasion, Invasion | Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City

Simon Sebag Montefiore continues his history of Jerusalem by discovering the impact of Islam and the c...

2: Jerusalem | Crusades

Encased in armour, Terry Jones sets out on the walk to the Holy City - a journey that took the Crusaders two years and killed most of them.

2: Kimono | Handmade in Japan

On Amami Oshima in the southern oceans, we follow the elaborate handmade production of a traditional Japanese kimono.

2: The Cross and the Crescent | Africa's Great Civilisations

Henry Louis Gates Jr explores how the emergence of Christianity and Islam reshaped Africa over centuries.

2: The Elizabethan Code | A Very British Renaissance

Dr James Fox examines the Elizabethans' love of codes and complexity, and the cultural revolution sparked by an age of e...

24: 1979: God Fights Back | People's Century

Religion makes a comeback into people's lives in the Islamic world and elsewhere, as people seek guidance and spiritual sustenan...

3: Jihad | Crusades

Terry Jones continues his history of the Crusades by describing how the Crusaders lost Jerusalem in 1144 to Zengi, the Arab leader. A second crusade fell...

3: Mingei Pottery | Handmade in Japan

The Hamadas are a famous family of potters, and we see Tomoo at work, shaping his pots and firing them in a wood-fuelled kiln.

3: Picturing Paradise | Civilisations

Simon Schama explores the depiction of nature. Simon discovers that landscape painting is seldom a straightforward description of obser...

3: The Age of Elegance & Sensibility | Howard Goodall's Story of Music

Howard Goodall looks at the age in which composers went from being the paid servants of princes and ar...

3: Victory and Defeat | The Crusades

Dr Thomas Asbridge reveals that the outcome of these holy wars was decided not on the hallowed ground of Jerusalem, but in Egypt.