S2E2: Scotland | Local Heroes

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...

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

In 1800 Robert Stevenson set about building a lighthouse on the deadly Bell Rock reef off the east of Sco...

S1E3: Scotland | Local Heroes

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

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 ...

1: A Cup of Tea | The Boat That Guy Built

Guy Martin renovates a neglected narrowboat with inventions from the Industrial Revolution. He begins by building an 18th-century b...

1: Britain's Moral Makeover | Ian Hislop's Age of the Do-Gooders

Ian Hislop salutes the unsung heroes of Victorian Britain who improved cities, housing and working condition...

1: Emergence | Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip - An Emotional History of Britain

Ian Hislop investigates Britain's emotional history. He charts how and why the stiff upper lip ...

1: Migration and Emigration | History File

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

1: Painting the Town | The Victorians

Jeremy Paxman begins his exploration into Victorian Britain by investigating the most dramatic event of the age - the explosion of grea...

1: The Great Ship | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

Following the story of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's struggle to build the world's largest ship, The Great Eastern.

1: The Time Machine | 1900s House

We go behind-the scenes to find out how an ordinary terraced house in the shadow of the Millennium Dome was transformed into a time machine...

1: The Viceory of India | A Passage to Britain

Dr Yasmin Khan tracks down passengers who travelled from Mumbai to Britain in the 1930s on the luxurious P&O liner The Viceroy...

1: Why Britain? | Empire: How Britain Made The Modern World

In this programme we learn about the origins of the British empire in the 17th century and how its foundations we...

10: A Year to Remember | 1900s House

The Bowlers reflect on the highs, lows and unforgettable moments of their three month living-history experiment.

2: A Nice Hot Shower | The Boat That Guy Built

Guy decides to make a steam engine power the shower on board his aptly-named narrowboat, Reckless. He also visits the factory ...

2: Brunel | Great Britons (2002)

In a series of programs about the chief candidates for greatness, Jeremy Clarkson argues the case for Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the great 19t...

2: Crime and Punishment | History File

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

2: Heyday | Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip - An Emotional History of Britain

Ian Hislop investigates Britain's emotional history. He argues that we have the Victorians to than...