With the mounting assassination attempts on Queen Elizabeth partly inspired by Cath...
An introduction to the history of black people in Britain, from the Romans to the slave trade. Schools programme for seven- to 11-year-...
The history of black people in Britain, from the abolition of the slave trade to the end of World War II. Education for seven- to 11-ye...
An introduction to the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi. Schools programme for seven- to 11-year-olds.
An introduction to the life and times of Nelson Mandela. Schools programme for seven- to 11-year-olds.
In October 1588, a lone Spanish ship was wrecked off south Devon. In today's programme children from three Devon schools use their own map...
Jean, a young girl from a Jacobite clan, goes to a 1990s fish market to see how butchery techniques had changed.
David Olusoga reflects on the past, present and future of number 10 Guinea Street.
Dan Snow recruits a team of volunteers to demonstrate the movements made by the rivals to the throne and how King Harold's armies attempted to d...
Queen Elizabeth II reflects on her father, King George VI's Coronation in 1937 and her first glimpse of the regalia.
The kids get a whole new wardrobe and haircut to match the 1940s period.
Alexander, a Jacobite soldier, meets a Canadian tourist shopping for high-end tartans.
The important history of the residents of 5 Ravensworth Terrace.
David Olusoga goes through the history of the 180 years and 132 residents of 62 Falkner Street in Liverpool.
David Olusoga investigates the owner Number 10 Guinea Street, the prolific Bristol slave trader Edmund S...
Explanation of how the assassination of Austria-Hungary's Archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered World War One.
Simon Schama investigates a Neolithic home.
An archaeological team visits the remains of a Roman Fort in Benwell, Newcastle, preparing for a furt...
Sarah was a child in Bolton during the Second World War. With family friend Tyler, she remembers the outbreak of the war and the e...
Simon Schama explores the circumstances in which Edward the C...
David Olusoga explores poverty, law and punishment in 19th century Newcastle through a case of the theft of two umbre...
The interviewees discuss what accents mean to them and how that can shape identity.
David Olusoga explores how 5 Ravensworth Terrace was an important space to a young family adapting to life post WW2.
David Olusoga visits Hadrian's Wall and discusses the Roman history of black soldiers.
The kids practice an air raid simulation, instructed by a warden.
The kids get to build a their own "Anderson" air raid shelter.
Michael Wood discusses Alfred's biggest urban project, the 886 restoration of London.
Michael Wood discusses the economy and coinage under King Alfred.
Michael Wood investigates the conflict following Alfred of Wessex becoming King.
Michael Wood discusses the brutal battle between King Alfred and the Vikings and the following peace process.
Michael Wood investigates life in Alfred's Kingdom.
Henry Louis Gates Jr investigates Amanirenas, the Queen of the Kingdom of Kush.
The American G.I.'s stationed over in England regularly visited the evacuees and brought treats and even jiving from America!
A businessman is drafted into the war toilets and finds out what Americans did to their toilet paper in the war.
David Olusoga tells the sad story of a baby called Martha who was found on the doorstep of 10 Guinea Street.
Betty lived in Cardiff during the war and was evacuated to Aberdare. With her family friend, Anesha, she retraces the journey an...
Simon Schama introduces life in Iron Age Britain.
Simon Schama visits the Stone Age cottages of Skara Brae in Orkney.
David Olusoga investigates the role that residents of 5 Ravensworth Terrace played in the Irish Self Determination League.
A visit to Ancient Egypt, and life 5000 years ago begins by exploring houses and homes, and contrasting them with our homes today.
We find out about many of the inventions developed in the area, as well as some of the reasons why the Sumer eventually died out.
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.
Clare Jackson views the original 1604 Anglo-Scottish Treaty of Union.
On November 11th 1918 at 11am, the guns of World War One finally fell silent. Listen to voices from the archives remembering that moment.
Michael Wood learns about Suffragette Nellie Taylor and her experiences during a London window-s...
David Olusoga investigates the history of the Aztec Double Headed Serpent.
Recruitment through the formation of 'Pals' Battalions' where friends and neighbours joined up together.
Baghdad at the time was the largest city in the world and was the centre of the world’s great trade routes.
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