Myths & Monsters
How do communities form, survive and adapt? Explore how myths and legends shape societal rules and the punishments for those who break them.
How do communities form, survive and adapt? Explore how myths and legends shape societal rules and the punishments for those who break them.
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Dan takes a look behind the Arundel Castle and the infamous Earls of Arundel. He examines how its knights would've fought in the Hundred Years' War, as well as how they would've prepared the castle for Queen Victoria's visit in 1846.
Dan Jones visits Lancaster Castle to explore its grisly history of crime and punishment, including the infamous Lancashire Witches trials and the martyrdom of the Jesuit priest Saint Edmund Arrowsmith.
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.
Death is a frightening, unsettling prospect for us all. Myths and legends help explore those anxieties but they tell us about more than mortal fear alone.
How do communities form, survive and adapt? Explore how myths and legends shape societal rules and the punishments for those who break them.
Al Murray is joined by comedian Chris Daley. Together they uncover the real story of the pirates of the Caribbean, and Al works on on a sugar cane plantation to get a taste of the exploitation that helped boost Scotland's economy.
The team search for remains of the crashed WWII Spitfire and discover parts of the cockpit.
Andy travels to Scotland, visiting the heart-rending doggy suicide bridge and learning about a terrifying family of cannibals who used to prey upon weary travellers.
Tony heads out on a walk that reveals the story of the remarkable Bronte family, exploring how the moors inspired their most famous novels.
When bundles of cedarwood tree trunks are smashed apart, releasing thousands of logs on the shoreline, Jeremy and his crew must move fast to recover the cargo.
Chris Ward and Josh Moreira set out to salvage a light aircraft from the seabed, and Jeremy Birch braves Arctic conditions to salvage two vessels that have fallen prey to the ice.
An old map connected to testimony from an 1891 eyewitness account of Slumach's hanging sheds light on the legend. Adam's new theory pushes the team deep into the BC wilderness where the legend says Slumach found the gold.
The final words of a lifelong gold hunter send Adam, Kru and Daryl Friesen through an icy gauntlet high above Pitt Lake. On the Gadsby claim, Kru & Daryl move earth in search of Slumach's walnut-sized gold nuggets.
With the aid of dramatic reconstruction, Dan Jones explores the 900-year history of the beautiful Leeds Castle in Kent, from its origins as a royal Saxon family's manor and Norman stronghold to the private property of six medieval queens.
In medieval England, the North was ruled from York. Dan Jones explores the history of its castle, from the Viking Jorvik and the Normans, through the dark days of the anti-Jewish pogrom and the imprisonment of the Knights Templar, to one of its most colourful inmates - the legendary highwayman Dick Turpin.
Dr Alice Roberts investigates British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length and breadth of the country.Alice Roberts shares archaeological discoveries from the west of the UK, including the biggest maritime excavation since the Mary Rose, a Roman bath house and a German camp.
The team search for remains of the crashed WWII Spitfire and discover parts of the cockpit.
After aborting his mission last season, lone wolf prospector David Muise returns undeterred and looking for a partner. The unexplored back door entrance into David's hidden valley has Adam intrigued and up for a new adventure.
Adam, Kru and his ‘little' brother Tony follow the path of a failed 1982 Vancouver news team led by a Slumach gold hunter and mystic dowser. A series of unexplained events bear striking similarities to those of the crew decades before.
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