1: Building a New Society | New Elizabethans with Andrew Marr

1: Leaders | Icons

Trevor examines the lives of Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Margaret Thatcher and Nelson Mandela. He discovers exactly what made each of th...

1: Making Margaret | Thatcher: A Very British Revolution

Margaret Thatcher's inner circle reveals how she managed to overcome her outsider status to become a prominent polit...

1: The Sound of the Crowd | The 80s with Dominic Sandbrook

Dominic Sandbrook takes a look at a dynamic decade. This episode looks at how the early 80s saw new forces of choi...

2: A Brave New World | New Elizabethans with Andrew Marr

Andrew Marr explores how Britain since 1952 has coped with the loss of empire, America's cultural and political hege...

2: Doomwatch 73-74 | The 70s

Dominic Sandbrook looks at the impact of a fast-changing world on British life and the effects of the oil price hike of the 70s.

2: Power | Thatcher: A Very British Revolution

Mrs Thatcher struggles to cling to power as the economy collapses, riots break out and she is subverted by members of her own ...

2: Under Pressure | The 80s with Dominic Sandbrook

Dominic Sandbrook looks at a dynamic decade. By the mid-80s, Britain felt like an embattled nation, struggling to establis...

3: Enemies | Thatcher: A Very British Revolution

Mrs Thatcher confronts her enemies, leading the country to war, taking the economic fight to her opponents in the trade unio...

3: Flood at Winchester | Cathedral

Documentary drama series that reconstructs events that shaped the building of Britain's cathedrals.Winchester Cathedral faced destruction ...

3: Made in Britain | New Elizabethans with Andrew Marr

During the Queen's long reign, Britain's heavy industries have faced devastating decline. Andrew Marr picks the 'New E...

4: Guns and Government | Endgame in Ireland

In February 1991, Prime Minister John Major survived an IRA mortar attack. But this wasn't the only message he received from the ...

4: Revolution | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

Andrew Marr revisits the Britain of Margaret Thatcher and comes to some surprising conclusions about the British nati...

4: That Bloody Woman | Thatcher: A Very British Revolution

As Mrs Thatcher's government transforms the British economy, tensions erupt within her inner circle and personal r...

4: The Winner Takes It All 77-79 | The 70s

Dominic Sandbrook looks at the final years of the decade, marked by concerns that appear startlingly current.

5: Downfall | Thatcher: A Very British Revolution

Mrs Thatcher's leadership style and judgement on Europe and the poll tax create splits in her cabinet and public anger, lea...

5: New Britannia | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

In the final part of Andrew Marr's national saga, Britain enters the post-Thatcher era. Many have done well during...

7: Age of Ambition | Seven Ages of Britain

David Dimbleby looks at how the 20th century saw Britons upturn ancient power structures and class hierarchies.

Churchill and the Fascist Plot

The cloak-and-dagger story of how Churchill and MI5 hunted down Britain's fascist sympathisers, who threatened to undermine the war effort.

Churchill's Darkest Decision

How and why Winston Churchill ordered the Royal Navy to attack the French fleet in July 1940.

Edward Heath | Panorama

Is Heath the right man for the job? Panorama talks to Conservative Party activists about their views on Edward Heath. He is then interviewed by a pan...