The battle of Castillon in 1453 was where the English finally lost the Hundred Years War against the bitter enemies the French. It was a seminal moment in European history that saw 4000 Englishmen killed, wounded or captured.
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Stirling has long been one of the most strategically important castles in Britain. Dan Jones examines the rich and savage history of this stronghold.
Ross goes on the hunt for wrecks that tell the story of D-Day, the 1944 Allied invasion of Occupied France, and discovers how winning wasn't just a case of superior firepower and numbers, but also ingenuity.
In this episode Ross continues his diving quest in the crystal clear waters of the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt. It's a deeply personal journey as Ross' grandfather fought in the North Africa campaign during World War Two.
The archaeologists get more than they bargained for while exploring the childhood home of Lady Jane Grey.
Dr Alice Roberts explores a secret location in the Cotswolds, which gives up a very precious and fragile artefact.
The Emerald Isle is new and fertile ground for the Medieval Dead team as it investigates the Gallowgl – the Norse/Scots clans that settled in medieval Ireland after being robbed of their lands during the Scottish Wars of Independence.
The battle of Castillon in 1453 was where the English finally lost the Hundred Years War against the bitter enemies the French. It was a seminal moment in European history that saw 4000 Englishmen killed, wounded or captured.
Dan Jones explores the history of Cardiff castle over more than 2,000 years and reveals how it became transformed from a strategically important Roman and Norman stronghold to a lavish fairy-tale Victorian home.
Hugh and the team search for a Roman settlement under the back gardens of Florence Road in Maidstone, Kent.
Hugh Dennis and a team of archaeologists are in Devizes, searching for a revolutionary 19th-century prison with a unique design.
In Stretton, Hugh and the team search for prehistoric roundhouses and try to work out when people first made the Staffordshire village their home.
Dr Alice Roberts discovers what Britain was like before the Romans as she examines fascinating finds from the Bronze and Iron Ages.
Dr Alice Roberts visits excavations in Orkney and York on the hunt for Viking relics. Finds include an amazing collection of silver and gold.
Andy explores Wiltshire's mysterious megaliths and barrows, visits a medieval meadery and encounters a religious pilgrimage at the site of a freshly made crop circle.
Andy searches for dragons in Somerset, visits the grave of Arthur and Guinevere and tests the healing waters of a spring once used to wash the Holy Grail.
Fresh from diving on the Mary Rose and still on the hunt for underwater artefacts that tell the story of the British Empire, Ross hops round the coast from Portsmouth to Plymouth, then on to the Gulf of Suez.
Ross heads to Portsmouth and the Mary Rose Museum and takes up an opportunity he can't turn down – to be one of the few divers allowed on the site of Britain's most famous wreck, the Mary Rose.
Alice Roberts follows the excavation of Iron Age Britain's most spectacular grave. A team of archaeologists in East Yorkshire have uncovered the remains of only the third upright chariot burial ever found in Britain.
Professor Alice Roberts explores 2018's best archaeological finds from the east of the UK: a monument as old as Stonehenge, a dig at the site of Britain's first tank battle, and some disturbing Roman burials.
Hugh and the experts attempt to uncover a lost Roman fort connected to the Antonine Wall, buried beneath the gardens of the quiet streets of Falkirk.
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