Crime and Punishment

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...

Fawkes' 13 | Horrible Histories

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

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...

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...

Criminal Histories: The Folville Gang | East Midlands Today

The first part of the BBC East Midlands strand "Criminal Histories", looking at the 14th Century Leicestershire c...

Who was Guy Fawkes? | Watch

Guy Fawkes introduces himself, outlines his grievances with King James I and explains his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot.

The King & the Playwright: A Jacobean History - Equivocation | The King & the Playwright: A Jacobean History

A description of the gruesome death of Sir Everard Digby and oth...

The plot is uncovered | Gunpowder 5/11: The Greatest Terror Plot

An anonymous letter tips off Lord Monteagle and leads to the discovery of Guy Fawkes beneath Parliament.

London: A Tale of Two Cities with Dan Cruickshank

Dan Cruickshank follows in the footsteps of chroniclers John Stow and John Strype to explore London in the 17th century, on...

The Pendle Witch Child

The story of the most disturbing witch trial in British history and how a young girl's testimony sent her mother, brother, sister and many of her neig...

The Pendle Swindle | The Pendle Witch Child

Simon Armitage describes one of the more famous witch trials of its time in Pendle.

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...

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...

4: Dick Turpin | Historyonics

Nick Knowles reveals the truth behind the romantic reputation of highwaymen. He introduces arguably the most famous highwayman of all, Duck Tur...

Mary Jane Kelly | Timewatch

An investigation of the brutal murder of Mary Jane Kelly.

Police failure | Timewatch

Why the police failed to find Jack the Ripper and how they too were influenced by the myths surrounding the murderer.

Jack the Ripper the doctor | Timewatch

The construction of the theory that Jack the Ripper was a doctor or surgeon.

The East End | Timewatch

An investigation of the East End of London at the time of the Whitechapel murders.

Music halls and west end gentlemen | Timewatch

The role that Victorian music halls played in the theory that Jack the Ripper was a respectable gentleman.

Jack the Ripper the gentleman | Timewatch

Following the murder of Annie Chapman, the media constructed the theory that Jack the Ripper could be a respectable gentleman.

Legacy of Jack the Ripper | Timewatch

An introduction to the creation of the myth surrounding Jack the Ripper and why people are still so interested in the case.

Setting and background to the murders | Timewatch

The setting and context in which the murders in Whitechapel were committed.

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...

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...

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...

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...

S5E7: A Safe House | ScreenPlay

In the aftermath of the Guildford and Woolwich pub bombings, a large number of people of Irish descent were rounded up for questioning by the...