Lucy Worsley discusses the violence and interrogation women faced when being accused of witchery.
Schools history programme looking at 1950's, a period of great change. How did British people ...
Sam Willis looks at urban crime, fraud and corruption in the 18th century, uncovering a fascinati...
Nick Knowles reveals the truth behind the romantic reputation of highwaymen. He introduces arguably the most famous highwayman of all, Duck Tur...
In 1605 conspirators plotted to blow up Parliament and kill King James I. This film seeks out the truth behind...
Andrew Marr revisits the Britain of Margaret Thatcher and comes to some surprising conclusions about the Britis...
In the final part of Andrew Marr's national saga, Britain enters the post-Thatcher era. Many have done well ...
In this special edition of Not Forgotten, Ian Hislop explores the powerful and often overlooked stories of conscientious ...
David Olusoga explores poverty, law and punishment in 19th century Newcastle through a case of the theft of two umbre...
Adam Hart-Davis investigates the Victorian innovations that left a lasting impression on British society. In this progr...
The highwayman, Dick Turpin, is famous for his saying 'Stand and Deliver!' Oh and all of the robbery's he committed.
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...
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 ...
Ernie is released fr prison, but the tranquility of the life he led before the Easter rising is short lived.
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...
This documentary casts new light on the Jack the Ripper case, identifying another victim and naming the killer.
The construction of the theory that Jack the Ripper was a doctor or surgeon.
Following the murder of Annie Chapman, the media constructed the theory that Jack the Ripper could be a respectable gentleman.
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...
13 year old James Fleming from Perth explains the background that lead him to be sent to an Industrial school.
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...
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...
An introduction to the creation of the myth surrounding Jack the Ripper and why people are still so interested in the case.
Dan Cruickshank follows in the footsteps of chroniclers John Stow and John Strype to explore London in the 17th century, on...
An investigation of the brutal murder of Mary Jane Kelly.
The role that Victorian music halls played in the theory that Jack the Ripper was a respectable gentleman.
Why the police failed to find Jack the Ripper and how they too were influenced by the myths surrounding the murderer.
Documentary account, drawn from court records and testimonies, of how Matthew Hopkins and John Stern convicted hundreds of men, w...
Documentary lifting the veil on the taboo that is corporal punishment, revealing a history spanning...
Documentary tracing the story of the ultimate sanction, examining such matters as the protocols of t...
How did the Jack the Ripper case shape the way true crime is covered today? Lucy Worsley investigates how these shocking ki...
On 5 November 1605, a group of conspirators planned to blow up parliament. Lucy Worsley investigates the Gunpowder Plot,...
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...
This program tells the real story of one of the most enduring crime news stories of the century, the great train robbery on August...
The setting and context in which the murders in Whitechapel were committed.
An investigation of the East End of London at the time of the Whitechapel murders.
A description of the gruesome death of Sir Evera...
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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