In 1605 conspirators plotted to blow up Parliament and kill King James I. This film seeks out the truth behind...
The first part of the BBC East Midlands strand "Criminal Histories", looking at the 14th Century Leicestershire c...
A look at the world's first secret service. England has a new monarch and Robert Cecil exposes the most infamous terrorist thre...
This Bonfire Night, watch as Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators embark on a devilish plot to blow up Parliament.
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...
Dan Cruickshank follows in the footsteps of chroniclers John Stow and John Strype to explore London in the 17th century, on...
Documentary account, drawn from court records and testimonies, of how Matthew Hopkins and John Stern convicted hundreds of men, w...
On 5 November 1605, a group of conspirators planned to blow up parliament. Lucy Worsley investigates the Gunpowder Plot,...
A description of the gruesome death of Sir Evera...
Simon Armitage describes one of the more famous witch trials of its time in Pendle.
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...
An anonymous letter tips off Lord Monteagle and leads to the discovery of Guy Fawkes beneath Parliament.
The past explored through artefacts and dramatic reconstructions. In this programme, who was Guy Fawkes, and how and why did he plo...
Guy Fawkes introduces himself, outlines his grievances with King James I and explains his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot.
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