Prehistory: 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 another dig.
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Archaeologists continue their exploration of Pompeii, uncovering the secrets of this fascinating ancient city, with surprises to be found and trouble ahead.
Enjoy a journey through time, joining archaeologists as they tread new ground and search for new secrets in one of the world's most fascinating places - Pompeii.
The team search for remains of the crashed WWII Spitfire and discover parts of the cockpit.
Professor Alice Roberts reveals the forgotten story of the Roman Army's secret weapon in Britain: their cavalry.
It was 30 years after the Romans invaded Britain that they were ready to take on the challenge of conquering the Lake District. Tony Robinson tracks their 50-mile walk from Penrith past Ullswater to Ambleside and on to the Irish Sea at Ravenglass.
Tony Robinson heads off for a 45-mile walk across Wiltshire to tell the story of life and death in the last centuries of the Stone Age His route takes him through the greatest concentration of prehistoric sites in Europe.
Cannon, grenade and Brown Bess musket are all put under the microscope in this examination of what it was like to face a Napoleonic cavalry charge.
Karl Ude-Martinez puts ancient swords, spears and armour to the test as he revisits the bloody British uprising against the Roman invaders.
The Tudor Way: Tony Robinson takes a 45-mile hike through the beautiful countryside of the Weald in Kent and East Sussex, discovering its rich and surprising Tudor heritage.
Alice enjoys a Roman feast in Britain's most Roman city, Chester. She examines a radical theory on the Romans' plans for the city.
Professor Alice Roberts explores Manchester's history of protest and revolution during the Industrial Revolution, from Marx to the Suffragettes and the Peterloo massacre.
Rick Edwards joins YouTuber and detectorist Beau Ouimette on an underwater hunt to discover the secrets of Hadrian's Wall.
Rick and Beau return to the River Trent to follow in the bloody footsteps of the Vikings as they invade ninth-century Britain.
West: Alice Roberts and Matt Williams visit sites in the west of Britain, including one uncovering the rituals of Stonehenge.
Archaeology from the north of Britain neolithic Orkney a Roman altar wild horses at Flixton feasting hall Pictish treasure.
From the Austro-Hungarian Empire to Britain in the early Middle Ages, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding Franz Ferdinand's car, Lindow Man and more.
A walk through the iconic mausoleum complex, located in India and commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to house the remains of his beloved wife.
Alice discovers the well-preserved writing tablets, swords and domestic items left by Romans at Vindolanda during a time of British rebellion.
A look at the biggest collection of Roman writing tablets in Britain, giving insight into what Roman London was really like.
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