St Brice’s Day massacre 1002 | Digging for Britain

2: The Battle of Hastings | Battlefield Britain

Peter and Dan Snow on the battles that shaped our nation, using state-of-the-art graphics. The story of the turbulent events ...

1: Medieval London | Filthy Cities

Dan Snow gets down and dirty in medieval grime to discover how the London of today was forged in the filth of the 14th century.

1: The Normans and their Castles | Castle

Marc Morris consults the Bayeux Tapestry and archaeological evidence to discover how castles evolved over a 600-year period, and re...

S1E2: Conquest | The Normans

Robert Bartlett explores the impact of the Norman conquest of Britain and Ireland, and looks at how England adapted to its new masters.

Hastings | War Walks

Professor Richard Holmes walks and rides over the Hastings battlefield that marks a turning point in British history, handling the weapons and equipment...

S1E1: Men of the North | The Normans

A look at how the Normans developed from a band of marauding Vikings into the formidable warriors who conquered England in 1066.

Walsham le Willows | Lucy Worsley Investigates

Lucy explores the records about the Black Death for the small village of Walsham le Willows, and what happened to the families...

1: Instruments of Invasion | Castles: Britain's Fortified History

Sam Willis shows how the castle arrived as an instrument of invasion with the Normans but became a weapon w...

William's castles | The Normans

William's coronation was met with some angst, but he persevered and proceeded to divide up land to Norman noblemen and build castles.

Harrying of the North | The Normans

Offshoots of Anglo-Saxons, particularly in Northern England, would target roaming Normans, killing them to prevent any changes to their l...

Episode 3 | 1066: A Year to Conquer England

Duke William leads his vast invasion fleet across the Channel to face King Harold. The two armies meet at battle in Sussex on 14 ...

1: The Great Plague | Plague, Fire, War and Treason

This episode examines the Great Plague of 1665, one of the darkest moments in Britain's history, when over one-fifth of L...

Why was Domesday book commissioned? | Domesday

Dr Stephen Baxter investigates the contrasting theories about why the Doomsday Book was commissioned.

S1E3: Bishop Makes King | A History of Scotland

Neil Oliver investigates the role the church played in Robert Bruce's struggle to secure Scottish independence.

2: Robin Hood | Historyonics

Nick Knowles takes a romp through history in an attempt to separate fact from fiction in the story of historical hero Robin Hood. In fact, did R...

2: The Monk | Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

This week he investigates the truth behind the cloistered medieval monk.

4: Power | Inside the Medieval Mind

Robert Bartlett lays bare the framework of the medieval class system, where inequality was part of the natural order and the life of serf...

Norman castles | Michael Wood's Story of England

William the Conqueror brought castle-building to England, oppressing the English by installing French men as the local autho...

S1E2: Hammers of the Scots | A History of Scotland

Neil Oliver charts the 13th century story of the two ruthless men who helped transform the Gaelic kingdom of Alba into the...

S1E2: Middle Ages | The Worst Jobs in History

Among the worst jobs of the Middle Ages (up to 1500) during the age of chivalry were Arming squire serving a Knight, dishing ou...