History

S2E5: Slave Girl from Jerusalem: Part 2 | Roman Mysteries

Nubia, Lupus, Flavia and Jonathan have to find the evidence that will clear a slave wrongly accused of terrible cri...

S2E4: The Fugitive From Corinth: Part 2 | Roman Mysteries

The children take a carruca into the hills outside Ostia, in pursuit of the man Flavia thinks has murdered her fath...

S2E5: Slave Girl from Jerusalem: Part 1 | Roman Mysteries

Nubia, Lupus, Flavia and Jonathan have to find the evidence that will clear a slave wrongly accused of terrible cri...

S2E4: The Fugitive From Corinth: Part 1 | Roman Mysteries

The children take a carruca into the hills outside Ostia, in pursuit of the man Flavia thinks has murdered her fath...

S2E3: The Colussus of Rhodes: Part 2 | Roman Mysteries

Lupus narrowly escapes kidnap by slave traders, but his friend Porcius and other Ostian children are snatched.

S2E3: The Colussus of Rhodes: Part 1 | Roman Mysteries

Lupus narrowly escapes kidnap by slave traders, but his friend Porcius and other Ostian children are snatched.

S2E2: The Trials of Flavia Gemina: Part 2 | Roman Mysteries

Flavia has a challenge on her hands when her father brings home a mysterious woman that he is thinking of marrying.

S2E2: The Trials of Flavia Gemina: Part 1 | Roman Mysteries

An ship washes up in Ostia, Flavia's father brings home a mysterious woman, and everything is turned upside down ...

S2E1: The Gladiators From Capua: Part 1 | Roman Mysteries

A ship docks at Ostia carrying a team of gladiators and Nubia thinks she may have glimpsed her missing brother amon...

S2E1: The Gladiators From Capua: Part 2 | Roman Mysteries

Nubia thinks she may have glimpsed her missing brother, the children go to the arena and discover a mystery that en...

S1E5: The Enemies of Jupiter: Part 2 | Roman Mysteries

The secret of who invited Doctor Mordecai to Rome is revealed. A fast-acting poison threatens the life of a loved one,...

S1E5: The Enemies of Jupiter: Part 1 | Roman Mysteries

Emperor Titus has a premonition, 'when a Prometheus opens Pandora's Box, Rome will be devastated'. Powerless, he watch...

S1E4: The Dolphins of Laurentum: Part 2 | Roman Mysteries

The lure of a quick fortune has attracted others and the repulsive Venalicius makes an unwelcome return. However, t...

S1E4: The Dolphins of Laurentum: Part 1 | Roman Mysteries

Captain Marcus Flavius Geminus returns from sea, having lost his ship and his precious cargo. With the family hound...

S1E3: The Assassins of Rome: Part 2 | Roman Mysteries

Jonathan is utterly alone, plagued by dreams of a cyclops and confused by speculation that his mother was not killed in...

S1E3: The Assassins of Rome: Part 1 | Roman Mysteries

Jonathan's birthday is marred by the arrival of uncle Simian. After upsetting his friends, Jonathan is tricked into goi...

S1E2: Pirates of Pompeii: Part 2 | Roman Mysteries

Flavia and friends find themselves too close to a kidnapping plot. The children must pull together or face life in slavery.

S1E1: The Secrets of Vesuvius: Part 2 | Roman Mysteries

Flavia and her friends convince Admiral Pliny of the danger of Mount Vesuvius, but can he and his fleet can do anythi...

S1E2: Pirates of Pompeii: Part 1 | Roman Mysteries

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius has left a trail of destruction. In the chaos of the refugee camp, Flavia is shocked to dis...

S1E1: The Secrets of Vesuvius: Part 1 | Roman Mysteries

Flavia and her friends convince Admiral Pliny of the danger of Mount Vesuvius, but can he and his fleet do anything a...

11: The Greatest of Them All | Great Britons (2002)

A final opportunity to hear the arguments and vote for the Greatest Briton of all time. Anne Robinson is joined by the ce...

1: The Top 100 | Great Britons (2002)

Anne Robinson launches the BBC's search for the Greatest Briton in a special program, revealing a countdown of the top 100 nominations....

3: Green Imagined Land | Ian Hislop's Olden Days

Ian Hislop explores the British trait of obsession with the past. He looks at the rural olden days - Britain's idealised vis...

2: Forward into the Past | Ian Hislop's Olden Days

Ian Hislop explores the British trait of obsession with the past. He shows how the Victorians turned to the Middle Ages to...

8: Live Final | Icons

In this live final hosted by Claudia Winkleman and Nick Robinson, the celebrity advocates return to fight their winning icon's case, and the public vot...

4: To Infinity and Beyond | The Story of Maths

Marcus du Sautoy concludes his look at the history of mathematics by examining the great unsolved problems that confronted mat...

3: The Frontiers of Space | The Story of Maths

Marcus du Sautoy investigates the ways in which Europe replaced the Middle East as the world's powerhouse of mathematical idea...

1: The Language of the Universe | The Story of Maths

Marcus du Sautoy uncovers the use of a decimal system based on ten fingers of the hand and looks at the contributions of...

2: The Genius of the East | The Story of Maths

Marcus du Sautoy looks at the rise of mathematics in the east, discovering how it helped build imperial China and finding out ...

Schools' History Project | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Aimed at students who are revising for GCSE the Schools History Project concentrates on Medicine Through Time and The Ameri...

Modern World History | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Focusing on the skills students will need for all history syllabuses - source evaluation and essay writing.

History - Interpretations | Curriculum Bites

People interpret events from the past in different ways, so what is history?

California 2000 | Panorama

A look at California's technology industry and its potential impact on the future. The Californian technology industry is by far the most advanced...

8: 1991 Gulf | Peter and Dan Snow: 20th Century Battlefields

Peter and Dan Snow tell the story of Operation Desert Storm, revealing how the battle was dominated by cutting-e...

Evacuation Manor House

Twelve modern boys and girls experience life as 1940s evacuees at one of the finest country houses in the land. The evacuees face the challenge of liv...

Episode 2 | Back in Time for Tea

The Ellis family discover how life has changed for northern working class families. The postwar years see the family on rations with no frid...

Episode 1 | Back in Time for Tea

The Ellis family travel back in time to reveal how life has changed for northern working-class families over the past 100 years. Their exper...

Churchill's secret telephone | Horrible Histories

Winston Churchill holds conversations with American President Roosevelt in his secret loo.

Armistice Day 1918 | Witness History

On November 11th 1918 at 11am, the guns of World War One finally fell silent. Listen to voices from the archives remembering that moment.

Z is for Zeppelin | WWI A-Z

Newsreel, photographs and a school child's commentary give an account of the Zeppelin raids on Britain which began in January 1915.

Y is for Your Country Needs You | WWI A-Z

A selection of British newspaper headlines from World War One suggest the impact propaganda had on the Home Front.

X is for Xmas Truce | WWI A-Z

The story of the unofficial 'Christmas truce' that broke out between the opposing armies at Ypres on 24th December, 1914.

W is for Women | WWI A-Z

Newsreel of women working on the land and in factories, focusing on the munitions factories, which employed more than 1 million women in the war years.

V is for Victory | WWI A-Z

Newsreel shows the victory celebrations sparked by news of the armistice on 11th November 1918.

U is for Unsung Heroes | WWI A-Z

Newsreel and schoolchildren's commentary illustrate and describe the role animals played in the trench warfare of World War One.

T is for Trenches | WWI A-Z

Descriptions of the conditions of British trenches on the Western Front in World War One.

S is for Shrapnel | WWI A-Z

Shrapnel shells caused more injuries than any other weapon of the war years.

Q is for Quartermaster | WWI A-Z

Newsreel and commentary examine the role of the quartermaster in keeping British troops supplied and equipped during World War One.

R is for Remembrance | WWI A-Z

Schoolchildren describe the national act of remembrance that takes place on 11th November each year.

P is for Post Office | WWI A-Z

Overview of the role of the Post Office in conveying messages and parcels from home to British Tommies in the trenches.

O is for Owen (Wilfred) | WWI A-Z

Examining the life of Wilfred Owen, today one of the most widely recognised poets of World War One.

N is for Nurses | WWI A-Z

Commentary and newsreel describe the role of nurses during World War One, including the work of volunteer nurses.

M is for Medicine | WWI A-Z

Newsreel and commentary about the advances in medicine made during World War One.

Time Treasures - Guy Fawkes | Watch

The past explored through artefacts and dramatic reconstructions. In this programme, who was Guy Fawkes, and how and why did he plot to b...

Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot

In a one-off precursor to his Historyonic's series, Nick Knowles gets a behind-the-scenes look at why a Yorkshire-born zealot called Guy Fa...

John Smith | Learning Zone

John has been accused of forging letters from his employer to allow him to get clothes on credit from local shops, but John insists that he couldn...

Jane Angus | Learning Zone

Jane Angus, aged just 12, tells us how she was caught stealing a basket from a passenger at Greenock railway station. Jane was sentenced to 10 day...

James Fleming | Learning Zone

13 year old James Fleming from Perth explains the background that lead him to be sent to an Industrial school.

James Dunn Barr | Learning Zone

James Dunn Barr tells how he was sentenced to 9 months in prison in 1889 for housebreaking. Two historians guide us through what life would h...

Dick Turpin (Song) | Horrible Histories

The highwayman, Dick Turpin, is famous for his saying 'Stand and Deliver!' Oh and all of the robbery's he committed.

Fawkes' 13 | Horrible Histories

This Bonfire Night, watch as Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators embark on a devilish plot to blow up Parliament.

A theft from Ravensworth Terrace | A House Through Time

David Olusoga explores poverty, law and punishment in 19th century Newcastle through a case of the theft of two umbre...

6: The Men Who Wouldn't Fight | Not Forgotten

In this special edition of Not Forgotten, Ian Hislop explores the powerful and often overlooked stories of conscientious object...

Episode 2 | Rebel Heart

Ernie is released fr prison, but the tranquility of the life he led before the Easter rising is short lived.

20th Century Wrap: 4: 1950s: Britain - A Time of Change? | History File

Schools history programme looking at 1950's, a period of great change. How did British people react ...

Episode 2 | Firebombers

It's 1986, and the arson group have ramped up their attacks, taking the firebombing campaign over the border into England. The government enlist the ...

Episode 1 | Firebombers

It's 1979, and four holiday homes in Wales are torched in one night. It’s the beginning of an arson campaign. The story of Meibion Glyndwr told by th...

3: Rogues Gallery | Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues

Sam Willis looks at urban crime, fraud and corruption in the 18th century, uncovering a fascinating rog...

S2E2: The Gunpowder Plot | Lucy Worsley Investigates

On 5 November 1605, a group of conspirators planned to blow up parliament. Lucy Worsley investigates the Gunpowder Plot,...

Episode 3 | Elizabeth I's Secret Agents

A look at the world's first secret service. England has a new monarch and Robert Cecil exposes the most infamous terrorist threat in ...

S10E3: Witchfinder General | Secret History

Documentary account, drawn from court records and testimonies, of how Matthew Hopkins and John Stern convicted hundreds of men, w...

S7E1: Great Train Robbery | Secret History

This program tells the real story of one of the most enduring crime news stories of the century, the great train robbery on August...

4: Gunpowder, Treason and Plot | Plague, Fire, War and Treason

In 1605 conspirators plotted to blow up Parliament and kill King James I. This film seeks out the truth behind...

2: Alexander's Story | The Jacobites

Alexander, a Jacobite soldier, meets a Canadian tourist shopping for high-end tartans.

1: Jean's Story | The Jacobites

Jean, a young girl from a Jacobite clan, goes to a 1990s fish market to see how butchery techniques had changed.

The Wives of Henry VIII (Song) | Horrible Histories

Henry VIII gives us a helpful rundown of his six sorry wives, some might say he ruined their lives.

The Four Georges - Born 2 Rule (Song) | Horrible Histories

They were born to rule over you, King George IV, III,I and II!

Orrible Oliver Cromwell (Song) | Horrible Histories

Oliver Cromwell was not a man to be messed with as you'll find out by listening to this song.

Mary Queen of Scots - Queenian Rhapsody (Song) | Horrible Histories

Mary, Queen of Scots' legal troubles were really something to sing and shout about!

Henry VIII - A Little More Reformation (Song) | Horrible Histories

Comedy superstar Rowan Atkinson stars as Henry VIII with an Elvis twist.

Black History Month Special with Oti Mabuse | Horrible Histories

Oti Mabuse presents a series of sketches from Horrible Histories to commemorate Black History Month.

The Grisly Great Fire of London (Song) | Horrible Histories

Check out Christopher Wren and special guests getting into the boyband groove after The Great Fire of London.

The End of the Stuarts | The Stuarts

Clare Jackson discusses the negotiations for the 1707 Act of Union, that united Scotland and England.

The Act of Settlement | The Stuarts

Clare Jackson investigates the circumstances that lead up to 1701 Act of Settlement.

The family grow old | The Stuarts

Exiled James insisted on bringing up his son as a Catholic and thus excluded him from the throne.

Louis XIV and Versailles | The Stuarts

Clare Jackson discusses the Seige of Londonderry.

The Battle of the Boyne | The Stuarts

Clare Jackson investigates the 1960 Battle of the Boyne.

The Stuarts and Parliament | The Stuarts

Parliament agreed to make William King, but tried to limit his power with the Declaration of Rights.

James' Heir | The Stuarts

The birth of James II's son sparked a Protestant revolt led by William of Orange.

James's catholicisation of Ireland | The Stuarts

Clare Jackson discusses James' Catholicisation of Ireland.

Monmouth versus James | The Stuarts

Clare Jackson investigates Monmouth's attempt to usurp James II.

James and Scotland | The Stuarts

Clare Jackson investigates James' presidency in Scotland and the assassination attempt on the lives of James and Charles.

Paranoia about the Catholic Threat | The Stuarts

Clare Jackson discusses paranoia about the Catholic threat during the reign of Charles II.

The end of the British Slave Trade | Angellica: Time Traveller

In the final part of this journey Angellica Bell meets one of the descendants of William Wilberforce who helpe...

Saint Lucia | Angellica: Time Traveller

Angellica Bell explains what happened to the slaves once they arrived in the Caribbean.

Slave Ships | Angellica: Time Traveller

A group of school children crowd onto a bus to try and get a sense of how slaves felt on the crowded ships taking them to new lands.

Senegal | Angellica: Time Traveller

Angellica Bell describes how people were captured and treated in Senegal as they entered into a life of salvery.

Bristol's role in the slave trade | Angellica: Time Traveller

Angellica Bell introduces the slave trade and the importance of Bristol in its history.

Neil Kenlock - Photographing the black British experience | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga talks to Neil Kenlock about his photographs of the experienc...

The Windrush Generation | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga discusses the Windrush Generation.

Charles Wootton | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga discusses racial violence in Liverpool.

Bechuanaland Chiefs | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga investigates the Bechuanaland Chiefs.

Morant Bay Rebellion | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga discusses the legacy of the slave trade in Jamaica in the decades after abolition.

Lancashire cotton famine | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga explains how the American civil war caused a cotton famine in Lancashire.

Mississippi cotton | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga discusses the cotton industry in Mississippi and how it fuelled Britain's industrial revolution.

Sara Forbes Bonetta | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga discusses the remarkable life of Sara Forbes Bonetta.

Frederick Douglass | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga discusses the life and work of Frederick Douglas.

West Africa Squadron | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga discusses the West Africa Squadron, which attempted to intercept slave ships and free the African...

Freetown | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga investigates the passenger list to Freetown in Africa.

Bill Richmond | Black and British: A Forgotten History

Davis Olusoga investigates the Bill Richmond black boxer who took Georgian Britain by storm.

Revolution of African-American slaves | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga investigates American Independence and the revolution of the African slaves.

Granville Sharp | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga discusses Granville Sharpe and Jonathan Strong's roles in the abolition of slavery.

Slave Codes | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga discusses the slave codes that stripped black people of all their rights.

Special Bulletin - Holocaust Memorial Day | Newsround

We've got a special bulletin for you today to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. We find out what the Holocaust was and meet ...

The Children of the Holocaust

Powerful animated films, in which elderly Jewish Holocaust survivors tell their stories of Nazi persecution in their childhood and how they esc...

Finding my Family: Holocaust | Newsround Specials

In this Newsround special, Holocaust survivor Steven Frank takes his teenage granddaughter Maggie on a journey to learn abo...

Memories of Berlin Wall coming down | Newsround

On 9 November 1989, East Germany's rulers gave permission for the Berlin wall's gates to be opened. We speak to Vivien and Sa...

Fall of the Berlin Wall | Newsnight

As the Berlin Wall starts to be taken apart as rapidly as it arose, Peter Snow and Olenka Frenkiel report from the city on how people on ...

Nazi Olympic Games of 1936 | Great Continental Railway Journeys

Michael Portillo learns how new rail lines were constructed to transport crowds of spectators to the Nazi Oly...

Steven's Story | Newsround

Teenager Maggie joins her grandfather Steven on a trip to Amsterdam, where he tells her about his experience of the Holocaust in the Netherlands u...

Bruno and Grettle get taught about Jewish people | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Bruno and Grettle are taught Nazi ideologies about Jewish people.

Postwar: E17: A New Jerusalem? | Politically

S2E4 | World on Fire

As Kasia takes on her first assignment as an agent, Rajib's military values are tested. Meanwhile, a familiar face comes to David's aid.

S2E3 | World on Fire

As Stan and Rajib make a hasty retreat across the desert, Marga reasserts her commitment to the führer. Meanwhile, David is in peril in the skies over F...

S2E2 | World on Fire

As Harry struggles to adapt to the reality of desert combat, Lois still longs to leave home. In Paris, Henriette is in grave danger, and a mysterious st...

S1E7 | World on Fire

On a Polish mission as part of the SOE, Harry grasps a second chance at saving Kasia from the horrors of Warsaw, while Lois looks set for happiness with...

S1E6 | World on Fire

The Nazis have taken Paris with not a bullet fired. Webster and Albert's life in the city they love will never be the same again.

S1E4 | World on Fire

Harry's courage is tested at Louvain as he comes face to face with a German sniper, and Kasia's resistance activity in Warsaw intensifies.

S1E2 | World on Fire

A month after the outbreak of war, Warsaw is unrecognisable, while Manchester, on the surface, appears very much the same. Will there be a warm welcome ...

Series 1 | World on Fire

When war breaks, translator Harry Chase vows to help his Polish lover Kasia flee Warsaw, but how will he explain this to his sweetheart Lois, waitin...

1: Munich 1938 | Summits

David Reynolds uncovers the story of three summit meetings that have shaped the modern world. He examines Chamberlain's hubristic misreading of Hitl...

1: Hitler | Secrets of Leadership

Historian Andrew Roberts analyses Adolf Hitler's leadership techniques - and reveals the modern-day movers and shakers, in politics and bus...

11: The Cold War Confrontation | Twentieth Century History

The Berlin blockade of 1948-49 and the Korean War 1950-53.

Anglo-Saxon Britain | Learning Zone

One of the children is sick, and this is used as a means to explore the different approaches to medicine and medical care in Saxon times.

Good Vaccinations (Song) | Horrible Histories

From Edward Jenner's first vaccination to Louis Pasteur and Alexander Fleming's revolutionary discoveries, these three hard wor...

How the Lollard religion grew from the Black Death | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Simon Schama explains how the Lollard religion was developed from the Black Death.

How the Black Death changed social structure | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Simon Schama explains how the Black Death changed Medieval social structures.

Medieval treatment and beliefs on the cause of the Black Death | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Simon Schama discusses the Medieval beliefs about what caused the Black...

The symptoms of Black Death and how it spread | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Simon Schama discusses the black death, explaining it's symptoms and how it spread.

6: The Scientist | Colosseum

One of the most famous scientists of the ancient world, Galen of Pergamon, makes a name for himself as a doctor for gladiators in the arena.

Jenner's Marvellous Medicine | A History of the World

Professor Mark Horton tells the epic story of the world's greatest medical discovery. Edward Jenner's vaccination for s...

5: End of an Era | The Courage to Fail

Christiaan Barnard became the most famous surgeon in the world by successfully transplanting a human heart. Yet so disastrous were the...

4: A Gift of Life | The Courage to Fail

Richard Herrick, a young man dying of kidney disease, is about to make medical history. Surgeons will save his life by transplanting ...

3: Doers Not Thinkers | The Courage to Fail

By the early 1970s, surgeons were riding the crest of a wave. But controversy and uncertainty surrounded one of the commonest ope...

2: Into the Heart | The Courage to Fail

Crippled children, blue and breathless with congenital heart disease, were sent home to die. Operating on the inside of the heart was...

1: Nerves of Steel | The Courage to Fail

1830 - a smoke-filled room, crowded with spectators. Their eyes are fixed on a man, restrained on a wooden table, with a leg ravaged...

3: Brave New World | Pandemic 2020

From the Amazon to churches in the US and the slums of Delhi, reason and science battle conspiracy and denial.

4: Florence Nightingale | Great Britons (1990)

Philippa Stewart, biographer of Florence Nightingale, narrates her life story through on-location reports from places she live...

3: Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors | Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

Lucy Worsley explores how the health of monarchs has shaped the nation. She explo...

2: Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians | Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

Lucy Worsley explores how the health of monarchs has shaped the nation. She looks at th...

5: The Triumph of Art | Civilisations

Simon Schama examines how traditions developed in the years following the Renaissances.

3: The Great Famine and the Black Death | Michael Wood's Story of England

Michael Wood's portrait of one village across the whole of English history reaches the 14th century...

5: Medicine and Surgery | History File

Programme concentrates on looking at medicine and surgery, and looks at the rise of surgery and inventions such as X-rays, the stethos...

Victorian living conditions | Britain's Biggest Dig

Dr Yasmin Khan discovers the awful living conditions the workers during the Industrial Revolution had put up with.

The 1900s | The Victorian Slum

A group of people move into a recreated Victorian slum. In the final episode the slum dwellers have moved into the 20th century and social cha...

The 1890s | The Victorian Slum

A group of people move into a recreated Victorian slum. The slum dwellers have moved into the 1890s, when Britain was slowly recovering from a...

The 1870s | The Victorian Slum

A group of 21st-century people move into a recreated Victorian slum. The slum dwellers live through a dire economic depression that blighted t...

The 1880s | The Victorian Slum

A group of people move into a recreated Victorian slum. The slum dwellers have moved into the turbulent 1880s: unemployment was sky high, livi...

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...

John Smith | Learning Zone

John has been accused of forging letters from his employer to allow him to get clothes on credit from local shops, but John insists that he couldn...

Jane Angus | Learning Zone

Jane Angus, aged just 12, tells us how she was caught stealing a basket from a passenger at Greenock railway station. Jane was sentenced to 10 day...

James Fleming | Learning Zone

13 year old James Fleming from Perth explains the background that lead him to be sent to an Industrial school.

James Dunn Barr | Learning Zone

James Dunn Barr tells how he was sentenced to 9 months in prison in 1889 for housebreaking. Two historians guide us through what life would h...

Charles Dickens - Miserable (Song) | Horrible Histories

Charles Dickens on life, novels and inspiration from his experiences in the Victorian Era.

Tricky Queen Vicky (Song) | Horrible Histories

Queen Victoria gets down, Bollywood style.

Thomas Edison invents ''hello'' | Horrible Histories

Edison stumbles upon an important development in the way people answer the telephone.

Queen Victoria - British Things (Song) | Horrible Histories

Queen Victoria discovers the surprising origins of some of her favourite things.

The Industrial Revolution | Civilisations

David Olusoga the social, cultural and scientific changes of the Industrial Revolution in Britain, as depicted in art.

62 Falkner Street | A House Through Time

David Olusoga goes through the history of the 180 years and 132 residents of 62 Falkner Street in Liverpool.

British emigration to America | A House Through Time

In the late 1880's, thousands of people were passing through Liverpool and emigrating to America. David Olusoga investig...

British railway | A House Through Time

A 19th century resident of 62 Falkner Street earns his living from the steam train industry.

Divorce in Victorian Britain | A House Through Time

David Olusoga investigates divorce in Victorian Britain, through the case of a resident of 62 Falkner Street who tried to...

Cholera | A House Through Time

David Olusoga investigates the 1850's Cholera epidemic in Liverpool.

The Bayeux Tapestry | Seven Ages of Britain

David Dimbleby walks through the history depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry, explaining each stage of the Norman conquest.

The Domesday Book | The Normans

Robert Bartlett details the beginnings of the Domesday book and the kind of information that William requested for it, highlighting the demis...

William's death | The Normans

On his deathbed, William confessed to his sins and his regrets towards how he treated the English people. After he died, panic and chaos ensued...

Norman churches | The Normans

Being devout Christians, the Normans were responsible for much of the religious infrastructure England knows today.

Hereward the Wake | The Normans

Hereward the Wake oversaw the next resistance to King William, and got help from the Danish to attack England from the East.

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...

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.

Norman cultural changes | The Normans

Robert Bartlett describes the cultural changes that the Normans brought to Britain.

The 1066 invasion | The Normans

Robert Bartlett gives a step-by-step guide to the infamous Battle of Hastings where William took the throne from King Harold and so ended th...

King Harold's reign | The Normans

The people of the Middle Ages were sceptical of their new king Harold who, previous to William, was attempted to be usurped by Norwegian Vi...

The Bayeux Tapestry | The Normans

Robert Bartlett guides us through the Bayeux Tapestry and details the historical timeline of events that lead to the beginning of the infam...

William's English links | The Normans

William had links to England as he was Edward the Confessor's cousin, so with Edward's death imminent he could make a plausible claim t...

William the Bastard | The Normans

Details of William the Conqueror's origin as the son of an embalmer and the turbulent times he was born into, facing rebellion at every tur...

The Normans | The Normans

Summing up the achievements and nature of the Norman people and their affect on Europe.

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...

Norman land ownership | Michael Wood's Story of England

Records in the national archives detail how small villages were divided up after the Norman invasion.

Norman invasion | Michael Wood's Story of England

Michael talks to some historical reenactors about what the Norman Conquest would have been like for the Anglo-Saxons.

Tower of London | Seven Ages of Britain

David Dimbleby visits the Tower of London, which was one of William the Conqueror's first statement buildings when in power.

William the Conqueror | Seven Ages of Britain

David Dimbleby explores what kind of man William the Conqueror was, his interest in stone over culture and why his success in C...

Viking invaders and settlers | Learning Zone

Neil Oliver visits three of the most important places associated with the Viking invasion and settlement of Anglo Saxon England.

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

Presenter Michael Wood seeks out the achievements of India's golden age.

6: Richard the Lionheart | Heroes and Villains

Drama-documentary about Richard the Lionheart. Was he the heroic warrior of Robin Hood? Or was he just a thug who looted the H...

4: The Shogun | Heroes and Villains

Drama-documentary about the Samurai general Tokugawa Ieyasu. He overthrew the governing dynasty of Japan and became the Shogun - the supr...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Episode 3 | The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors

Rageh Omaar ends his series with a look at how the collapse of the Ottoman Empire created a legacy of tension and conflict...

Episode 1 | The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors

Rageh Omaar examines the history of the Ottoman empire. He starts by looking at the unlikely roots of the Ottomans, as nom...

Episode 2 | The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors

Rageh Omaar explores the contrasts between two very different Ottoman sultans, Suleiman the Magnificent in the 16th centur...

7: Radiance | Civilisations

Simon Schama starts his meditation on colour and civilisation with the great Gothic cathedrals of Amiens and Chartres. He then moves to 16th-cent...

6: First Contact | Civilisations

David Olusoga shows how art was always on the frontline when distant cultures met.

5: The Triumph of Art | Civilisations

Simon Schama examines how traditions developed in the years following the Renaissances.

4: The Eye of Faith | Civilisations

Professor Mary Beard explores the controversial topic of religion and art. How, and at what cost, do different religions make the unseen ...

3: Picturing Paradise | Civilisations

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

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.

Episode 1 | The Silk Road

Sam Willis traces the story of the famous trade route. He explores Venice's Renaissance architecture and art before travelling to the beginning of ...

4: Destruction | Crusades

Terry Jones reports on how Richard the Lionheart set out to battle with Saladin and on rise of Muslim fanaticism as a mirror to Christian ferocity.

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...

Finding My Family - Windrush | Newsround Specials

Seventy years since the Windrush's UK arrival, two kids head to the Caribbean to discover why their grandparents left for a...

William's death | The Normans

On his deathbed, William confessed to his sins and his regrets towards how he treated the English people. After he died, panic and chaos ensued...

The Domesday Book | The Normans

Robert Bartlett details the beginnings of the Domesday book and the kind of information that William requested for it, highlighting the demis...

Norman churches | The Normans

Being devout Christians, the Normans were responsible for much of the religious infrastructure England knows today.

Hereward the Wake | The Normans

Hereward the Wake oversaw the next resistance to King William, and got help from the Danish to attack England from the East.

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...

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.

Norman cultural changes | The Normans

Robert Bartlett describes the cultural changes that the Normans brought to Britain.

The 1066 invasion | The Normans

Robert Bartlett gives a step-by-step guide to the infamous Battle of Hastings where William took the throne from King Harold and so ended th...

King Harold's reign | The Normans

The people of the Middle Ages were sceptical of their new king Harold who, previous to William, was attempted to be usurped by Norwegian Vi...

The Bayeux Tapestry | The Normans

Robert Bartlett guides us through the Bayeux Tapestry and details the historical timeline of events that lead to the beginning of the infam...

William's English links | The Normans

William had links to England as he was Edward the Confessor's cousin, so with Edward's death imminent he could make a plausible claim t...

William the Bastard | The Normans

Details of William the Conqueror's origin as the son of an embalmer and the turbulent times he was born into, facing rebellion at every tur...

The Normans | The Normans

Summing up the achievements and nature of the Norman people and their affect on Europe.

Being Scottish | Black and Scottish

The interviewees reflect on how Scottish they feel but the importance of remembering their roots.

Racism | Black and Scottish

The interviewees discuss their different and difficult experiences of racism living in Scotland.

Hair | Black and Scottish

The interviewees discuss how people reacted to their hair and what some of them did to "fit-in".

Being mixed-race | Black and Scottish

The interviewees talk about what it means to be mixed-race and how it can be difficult to find a sense of belonging.

The Cutkelvins | Black and Scottish

The X-Factor semi-finalists describe their family history and how being on the show encouraged a lot of support from the black-Scottish c...

Fitting in | Black and Scottish

The interviewees recall growing up and often being the only black child in their peer group.

8: 1991 Gulf | Peter and Dan Snow: 20th Century Battlefields

Peter and Dan Snow tell the story of Operation Desert Storm, revealing how the battle was dominated by cutting-e...

S9E3: Protesting with Pankhurst | Horrible Histories

Protests about inequality or environmental damage are common today, but how have people protested in the past? Emmeline ...

Exploring the Past: Post War Britain

Six young people trace their family histories to find out what life was like in post-war Britain, discovering how society has changed.

Episode 9 | Evacuation Manor House

Local farmer Mr Ward brings a delivery of three little pigs. They might be cute but they're for fattening up to eat.

Episode 10 | Evacuation Manor House

The whole house gathers to hear a special radio announcement from the prime minister: the war in Europe is finally over.

Episode 8 | Evacuation Manor House

The evacuees prepare Pradoe Hall for a potential enemy invasion as Colonel Fanthorpe arrives from the Home Guard.

Episode 7 | Evacuation Manor House

A new girl arrives whose workshy ways certainly do not go unnoticed by the other evacuees.

Episode 5 | Evacuation Manor House

The evacuees discover just how scary life in wartime Britain was as they swap chores for building air raid shelters.

Episode 6 | Evacuation Manor House

The evacuees struggle with their manners. Pheasant shooting season arrives, one of the most important social events of the year.

Episode 4 | Evacuation Manor House

Sunday is not the day of rest for the modern-day evacuees. Miss Young is determined to get them fit, which means an early start for a 1940...

Episode 2 | Evacuation Manor House

With mystery surrounding the girls when no-one admits to using the hot water during the night, Mrs Dobson goes on the warpath in search fo...

Episode 3 | Evacuation Manor House

On day three at Pradoe Hall, the boys discover how unfair life in the 1940s can be when the girls receive a special invite to afternoon te...

Evacuation Manor House

Twelve modern boys and girls experience life as 1940s evacuees at one of the finest country houses in the land. The evacuees face the challenge of liv...

Finding My Family - Windrush | Newsround Specials

Seventy years since the Windrush's UK arrival, two kids head to the Caribbean to discover why their grandparents left for a...

Episode 2 | Back in Time for Tea

The Ellis family discover how life has changed for northern working class families. The postwar years see the family on rations with no frid...

Episode 1 | Back in Time for Tea

The Ellis family travel back in time to reveal how life has changed for northern working-class families over the past 100 years. Their exper...

School Dinner History | Inside the Factory

Ruth Goodman serves up the history of school dinners with UCL's Professor Gary McCulloch.

5 Ravensworth Terrace | A House Through Time

The important history of the residents of 5 Ravensworth Terrace.

Tyneside revival | A House Through Time

The refurbishing of the house on Ravensworth Terrace are completed alongside a revival of Tyneside.

Newcastle in the Sixties | A House Through Time

During the 1960's 5 Ravensworth Terrace was as a Salvation Army base.

Oti Mabuse: My South Africa

Strictly's Oti Mabuse returns to her childhood home to revisit the people and places that inspired her to be the dancer and woman she is today.

The end of the British Slave Trade | Angellica: Time Traveller

In the final part of this journey Angellica Bell meets one of the descendants of William Wilberforce who helpe...

Saint Lucia | Angellica: Time Traveller

Angellica Bell explains what happened to the slaves once they arrived in the Caribbean.

Slave Ships | Angellica: Time Traveller

A group of school children crowd onto a bus to try and get a sense of how slaves felt on the crowded ships taking them to new lands.

Senegal | Angellica: Time Traveller

Angellica Bell describes how people were captured and treated in Senegal as they entered into a life of salvery.

Bristol's role in the slave trade | Angellica: Time Traveller

Angellica Bell introduces the slave trade and the importance of Bristol in its history.

Leif Ericsson | Horrible Histories

HH Movie Pitch: Leif Ericsson tries to explain that the film he's pitching about discovering America isn't a fantasy.

Christopher Columbus | Horrible Histories

Christopher Columbus insists to a sceptical crewman that he's discovered India - also, mermaids.

Neil Kenlock - Photographing the black British experience | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga talks to Neil Kenlock about his photographs of the experienc...

The Windrush Generation | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga discusses the Windrush Generation.

Charles Wootton | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga discusses racial violence in Liverpool.

Bechuanaland Chiefs | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga investigates the Bechuanaland Chiefs.

Morant Bay Rebellion | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga discusses the legacy of the slave trade in Jamaica in the decades after abolition.

Lancashire cotton famine | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga explains how the American civil war caused a cotton famine in Lancashire.

Mississippi cotton | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga discusses the cotton industry in Mississippi and how it fuelled Britain's industrial revolution.

Sara Forbes Bonetta | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga discusses the remarkable life of Sara Forbes Bonetta.

Frederick Douglass | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga discusses the life and work of Frederick Douglas.

West Africa Squadron | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga discusses the West Africa Squadron, which attempted to intercept slave ships and free the African...

Freetown | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga investigates the passenger list to Freetown in Africa.

Bill Richmond | Black and British: A Forgotten History

Davis Olusoga investigates the Bill Richmond black boxer who took Georgian Britain by storm.

S9E3: Protesting with Pankhurst | Horrible Histories

Protests about inequality or environmental damage are common today, but how have people protested in the past? Emmeline ...

Time Treasures - Guy Fawkes | Watch

The past explored through artefacts and dramatic reconstructions. In this programme, who was Guy Fawkes, and how and why did he plot to b...

Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot

In a one-off precursor to his Historyonic's series, Nick Knowles gets a behind-the-scenes look at why a Yorkshire-born zealot called Guy Fa...

Episode 6 | Back in Time for Tea

In this final episode of the series, the family reflects on their time-travel adventure and explores how the legacy of 100 years of tumultuo...

Episode 5 | Back in Time for Tea

The Ellis' 80's home is a homage to chintz and magnolia with the exciting addition of some new technology: their first telephone, a chest fr...

Episode 4 | Back in Time for Tea

The Ellis family see how life changed for northern working-class families in the 1970s, enjoying rare time together, helped by the acquisiti...

Episode 3 | Back in Time for Tea

The Ellis family discover how life has changed for northern working-class families. 1960 marks the start of an era of prosperity. Dad Jon pu...

Royal Coronation | Newsround Specials

Ricky explores the special coronation ceremony at London's Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6 May.

The King | Newsround Specials

Ricky explores the life of King Charles III, ahead of his special coronation ceremony at London's Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6 May.

John Smith | Learning Zone

John has been accused of forging letters from his employer to allow him to get clothes on credit from local shops, but John insists that he couldn...

Jane Angus | Learning Zone

Jane Angus, aged just 12, tells us how she was caught stealing a basket from a passenger at Greenock railway station. Jane was sentenced to 10 day...

James Fleming | Learning Zone

13 year old James Fleming from Perth explains the background that lead him to be sent to an Industrial school.

James Dunn Barr | Learning Zone

James Dunn Barr tells how he was sentenced to 9 months in prison in 1889 for housebreaking. Two historians guide us through what life would h...

Dick Turpin (Song) | Horrible Histories

The highwayman, Dick Turpin, is famous for his saying 'Stand and Deliver!' Oh and all of the robbery's he committed.

The Puritans - Court Me Maybe? (Song) | Horrible Histories

Dating during Puritan times had some very strict rules, including being seperated by an eight foot tube!

Formidable Florence Nightingale (Song) | Horrible Histories

Nurse, statistician and social reformer - the Lady with the Lamp did a lot of amazing things!

Mary Seacole (Song) | Horrible Histories

Mary Seacole's life as a nurse in the Crimean War.

Fawkes' 13 | Horrible Histories

This Bonfire Night, watch as Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators embark on a devilish plot to blow up Parliament.

The FA's ban on women's football | Nation on Film

Investigating the financial reasons behind the FA's ban of women's football in 1921.

Women's Football | Nation on Film

The popularity of the Dick Kerr Ladies football team.

3: Geneva 1985 | Summits

David Reynolds uncovers the story of three summit meetings that shaped the modern world. He sees how Reagan and Gorbachev helped ensure a peaceful e...

2: Vienna 1961 | Summits

David Reynolds uncovers the story of three summit meetings that shaped the modern world. How Kennedy and Khrushchev's meeting in Vienna in 1961 near...

2: The World Turned Upside Down | Russia's Lost Princesses

The last four years of the sisters' lives saw war, revolution, imprisonment and murder.

1: The Gilded Cage | Russia's Lost Princesses

The story of Tsar Nicholas II's four daughters. As they grew up, the sisters attracted frenzied press attention and grew close ...

3: Hadrian's Wall: Life on the Frontier | The Flying Archaeologist

Ben Robinson flies over Hadrian's Wall to reveal a landscape of hundreds of sites of human occupation sugg...

1: Stalin and the Modernisation of Russia | Twentieth Century History

A schools feature about the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin, who turned Russia into an industrial powerho...

9: Stalingrad | The World at War

After initial successes, Hitler's invasion of Russia is decisively stopped at Stalingrad.

S2E3: The Home Front | Rise of the Nazis

Facing defeat on the Eastern Front, Hitler retreats, and his inner circle vies for power. The resistance gets a student voice, and a...

S2E2: Stalingrad | Rise of the Nazis

The Nazis have lost in Moscow. Hitler and Stalin take charge of their armies - with no-one to hold them back. In Stalin, Hitler has met ...

3: The Road to Revolution | Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley

Lucy investigates how the Romanov family's grip on Russia unravelled in their final century...

2: Age of Extremes | Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley

The story of the dynasty that ruled Russia for more than three centuries. Lucy examines the reign ...

1: Reinventing Russia | Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley

Lucy looks at the beginning of the Romanovs' reign, from Mikhail to Peter the Great, the tsar d...

S3E1: The Cost of Betrayal: The Defection of Burgess & MacLean | Days That Shook the World

Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess's escape to Moscow in 1951.

S2E9: Spy swap of Abel, Pryor and Powers | Days That Shook the World

This program focuses on the exchange of pilot Gary Powers and Soviet spy Colonel Abel in 1962.

S2E9: Cold War Spies: 1960 U-2 incident | Days That Shook the World

This program focuses on the shooting down of the US U-2 spy plane in 1960.

S2E6: Yuri Gagarin's Flight | Days That Shook the World

Yuri Gagarin's journey as the first man in space.

S1E5: The Murder of the Romanovs | Days That Shook the World

This program examines events marking the beginning and end of communism in Eastern Europe, including the executi...

5: Stalin and the Bomb | History File

This programme looks at the Cold War.

4: Life Under Stalin | History File

This programme looks at the Cold War.

3: Stalin Takes Control | History File

This programmeramme covers Stalin.

Founding Fathers | Horrible Histories

Together they bring a new constitution, a new system of government, and an epic pop ballad!

Declaration of Independence | Horrible Histories

Writing his Declaration of Independence, things get awkward between Thomas Jefferson and his slaves.

Boston Tea Party | Horrible Histories

GameTube: Zack Septic-Tank plays through the Boston Tea Party and starts a war (parody of Jacksepticeye).

Mayflower cruises | Horrible Histories

The one-way journey of a lifetime abroad the Mayflower (advertisement).

Puritans and the Mayflower | Horrible Histories

Puritans set sail to the New World on the Mayflower after the first boat sinks.

Birth of America (Trailer) | Horrible Histories

A HH movie trailer entitled, America: Who Really Discovered the Continent?

American toilet paper | Horrible Histories

A businessman is drafted into the war toilets and finds out what Americans did to their toilet paper in the war.

Patriots vs Loyalists | Horrible Histories

The Americans are revolting against the English, wanting their land back to themselves, but with an army of farmers and help from ...

Mr President Rap | Horrible Histories

We bet you know your UK kings and queens, but how well do you know your US Presidents?

Martin Luther King - They Were the Heroes (Song) | Horrible Histories

Martin Luther King on the struggle to earn racial equality in America and the many famous faces that he...

Rosa Parks - I Sat on a Bus (Song) | Horrible Histories

Rosa Parks shares about how she helped spark the Civil Rights Movement, all by sitting on a bus!

Liverpool and the American Civil War | A House Through Time

David Olusoga investigates Liverpool's connection with the American Civil War, through the story of a resident of...

Episode 11 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

From humble beginnings, Hollywood became the world’s leading multi-billion dollar industry of glitz, glamour, money and fam...

Episode 10 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

In the 20th century, families like the Rockefellers and Vanderbilts built and spent massive fortunes. Political dynasties s...

Episode 8 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

In the early 20th century, leisure and recreation transformed American lives. Newly wealthy, the American society filled fre...

Episode 9 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

In the early 20th century, leisure and recreation transformed American lives. Newly wealthy, the American society filled fre...

Episode 7 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

America lead the world in industrial innovation in the early 20th century.

Episode 6 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

The story of America’s criminal past, seen in colour for the first time using rare archive.

Episode 5 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

A look at America in the 1960s - a decade of revolution that delivers the modern America we recognise today - in colour for ...

Episode 4 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

To Americans the 1950s are the golden years. Having recovered from World War II, the life of the nation was on the up. The n...