Britain's Most Historic Towns
Alice looks into the history of York, taking part in a Viking battle and examining an almost 1,000-year-old poo.
2026-07-07 06:50:57 +0000 UTC→2026-07-07 07:45:39 +0000 UTC(54m)
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Digging For Britain
Alice Roberts and Matt Williams visit sites in the west of Britain, including one uncovering the rituals of Stonehenge
2026-07-15 01:11:35 +0000 UTC→2026-07-15 02:09:08 +0000 UTC(57m)
Scary Tales Of New York
Before the Unabomber, New Yorkers were terrified for 16 years by an attacker who planted bombs across the city. The culprit? An electrician named George Metesky.
2026-07-15 00:02:05 +0000 UTC→2026-07-15 01:11:35 +0000 UTC(1h9m)
Digging For Britain
Humans are found to have lived in Britain earlier than thought when tools are unearthed in Norfolk, while some of our ancestors' customs are revealed at a dig in Orkney.
2026-07-14 23:04:09 +0000 UTC→2026-07-15 00:02:05 +0000 UTC(57m)
Traitors
Arguably the greatest spy for the West during the Cold War, Dimitriy Polyakov was a Soviet Military General who turned on Russia.
2026-07-14 21:54:35 +0000 UTC→2026-07-14 23:04:09 +0000 UTC(1h9m)
Ross Kemp
To uncover how the mafia has worked in the UK, Ross heads to New York. Meeting Salvatore ‘Crazy Sal' Polisi, Ross learns how in the 1920's British bootleggers exported alcohol to the US during prohibition and in doing so helped build the mafia...
2026-07-14 20:56:34 +0000 UTC→2026-07-14 21:54:35 +0000 UTC(58m)
Ross Kemp
Ross starts his journey under the arches of Blackfriars bridge in London. In 1982, under this bridge a man was found. He had apparently hanged himself. The man was Roberto Calvi, better known as “God's Banker".
2026-07-14 20:00:32 +0000 UTC→2026-07-14 20:56:34 +0000 UTC(56m)
Ross Kemp
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.
2026-07-14 19:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-14 20:00:32 +0000 UTC(1h)
Al Murray: Why Do The Brits Win Every War
Al faces up to the richest nation on Earth to discover how the former British colony of America somehow slipped through its fingers.
2026-07-14 12:23:22 +0000 UTC→2026-07-14 13:20:41 +0000 UTC(57m)
Al Murray: Why Do The Brits Win Every War
Bruno Tonioli joins Al to look at key battle tactics during the Roman Invasion back in AD 43.
2026-07-14 11:25:50 +0000 UTC→2026-07-14 12:23:22 +0000 UTC(57m)
Digging For Britain
Alice Roberts and Matt Williams present more outstanding archaeology. The team unearths a mass grave and search the Thames for clues to a 17th century tragedy
2026-07-14 10:27:59 +0000 UTC→2026-07-14 11:25:50 +0000 UTC(57m)
Digging For Britain
Alice Roberts and Matt Williams visit sites in the west of Britain, including one uncovering the rituals of Stonehenge
2026-07-14 09:33:09 +0000 UTC→2026-07-14 10:27:59 +0000 UTC(54m)
Myths & Monsters
Stories of heroes and the villains encountered on their adventures are among the most thrilling in all mythology - but they come with controversial theories.
2026-07-14 08:38:59 +0000 UTC→2026-07-14 09:33:09 +0000 UTC(54m)
Digging For Britain
Humans are found to have lived in Britain earlier than thought when tools are unearthed in Norfolk, while some of our ancestors' customs are revealed at a dig in Orkney.
2026-07-14 07:44:29 +0000 UTC→2026-07-14 08:38:59 +0000 UTC(54m)
Britain's Most Historic Towns
Alice explores the story of Stewart Britain by visiting the home of the Scottish royals who eventually took the English throne in 1603 and created Great Britain.
2026-07-14 06:49:42 +0000 UTC→2026-07-14 07:44:29 +0000 UTC(54m)
Digging For Britain
Alice Roberts and Matt Williams visit the Dorset Country Museum, where they explore finds from archaeological digs across the west of Britain.
2026-07-14 00:30:36 +0000 UTC→2026-07-14 01:25:22 +0000 UTC(54m)
Forbidden History
In the National Library in Stockholm sits one of the ancient wonders of the world – a three-foot-tall compendium of medieval knowledge called the Codex Gigas, also known as the Devil's Bible.
2026-07-13 23:35:48 +0000 UTC→2026-07-14 00:30:36 +0000 UTC(54m)
Forbidden History
When Hitler seized power in 1933, he had one aim in mind – to convince the German people to go to war.
2026-07-13 22:43:01 +0000 UTC→2026-07-13 23:35:48 +0000 UTC(52m)
Greatest Prison Escapes With Billy Hayes
Edward Salas and seven other inmates, charged with violent crimes, escaped from the Curry County Adult Detention Center. The men escaped by climbing prison pipes inside a wall, then using homemade instruments to cut a hole in the roof.
2026-07-13 21:49:51 +0000 UTC→2026-07-13 22:43:01 +0000 UTC(53m)
Greatest Prison Escapes With Billy Hayes
The two prisoners kissed and cuddled to the extent their wrist and ankle manacles would allow. He had once been her prisoner, she had once been his guard until, police say, they ran away to Canada together.
2026-07-13 20:54:24 +0000 UTC→2026-07-13 21:49:51 +0000 UTC(55m)
Forbidden History
The spectacular rock-hewn pillars of Gobekli Tepe in southern Turkey have baffled archaeologists for decades. Who built this incredible monument over 12,000 years ago, and why? Were they the first settled communities of humans in the world?
2026-07-13 19:57:17 +0000 UTC→2026-07-13 20:54:24 +0000 UTC(57m)
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