Alice explores the English Civil War through the history of Oxford, the city at the heart of a battle between an autocratic king and his rebellious parliament.
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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.
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.
Alice Roberts learns more about mankind's Stone Age ancestors, and travels to Jersey to meet a team hoping to shed new light on the Neanderthals.
Dr Alice Roberts discovers what Britain was like before the Romans as she examines fascinating finds from the Bronze and Iron Ages.
In their time, the Farne Islands have been home to immense numbers of seals and seabirds, early Christian communities and the first attack by terrifying Viking raiders.
A journey to some of the mysteries of how the early Celts emerged and expanded, from collapsed salt mines, to bizarre rituals and lost cities.
Alice explores the English Civil War through the history of Oxford, the city at the heart of a battle between an autocratic king and his rebellious parliament.
A newly discovered town in Devon turns history on its head and there's a shocking find by the Thames - almost 100 baby skeletons.
Walking from the stone circles of Avebury to Stonehenge, Tony explores the connections between Europe's finest collection of Neolithic monuments.
Tony Robinson winds back the clock to 1940 for a walk along Dorset's Jurassic Coast, revealing the county's World War II role as the frontline against Hitler.
Series bringing to life Great Empires, each episode visiting the most significant sites 100 historic sites in all, discovering how they were built, for what purpose, and what they reveal about the empire's rise and fall.
Series bringing to life Great Empires, each episode visiting the most significant sites 100 historic sites in all, discovering how they were built, for what purpose, and what they reveal about the empire's rise and fall.
Over the centuries, the mystery of death has inspired strange ceremonies, incited bizarre rituals and launched complex religious beliefs. By investigating their approach to death, this series casts new light on the secrets of ancient civilisations.
Over the centuries, the mystery of death has inspired strange ceremonies, incited bizarre rituals and launched complex religious beliefs. By investigating their approach to death, this series casts new light on the secrets of ancient civilisations.
In this unique take on British history, Professor Alice Roberts explores Britain's rich and varied past through the stories of individual towns. In each programme Alice studies key periods in British history by delving into the secrets of historic towns
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.
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.
Dr Alice Roberts visits excavations in Orkney and York on the hunt for Viking relics. Finds include an amazing collection of silver and gold.
A newly discovered town in Devon turns history on its head and there's a shocking find by the Thames - almost 100 baby skeletons.
In 1171 Henry II himself arrives to takes control of Ireland, and he grants land there to settlers from Britain. Now archaeology and cutting-edge science reveal their fascinating lives.
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