A salvage maestro returns to raise more valuable tropical hardwood, trying not to wreck his own boat in the process a multimillion-dollar operation tries to salvage America's biggest shipwreck.
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A look at the biggest collection of Roman writing tablets in Britain, giving insight into what Roman London was really like.
A look at the camp from which Vikings invaded Britain, and groundbreaking evidence that the world-famous Avebury stone circle isn't just a sacred site but a place where people lived and worked.
A region in the North Atlantic Ocean defined by points in Bermuda. Reports of unexplained occurrences, vanishings of ships and planes, in the region date to the mid-19th century. Theories of supernatural causes for these disappearances abound.
Chichen Itza was built in 525 A.C. The main structure “Kukulkan” is honour to Quetzalcóatl, the god of cultivation and land. Archaeologists travel to Yucatan to explain how the Mayans built those, how they lived, their predictions and intelligence.
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.
Suez: Ross hops from Portsmouth to Plymouth and explores a coastline littered with treasures. A bout of hypercapnia leaves Ross shaken after the dive of a 17th century shipwreck.
Nazi Menace: The quest continues in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, a deeply personal journey given Ross' grandfather fought in the North Africa campaign during World War II.
Suez: Ross hops from Portsmouth to Plymouth and explores a coastline littered with treasures. A bout of hypercapnia leaves Ross shaken after the dive of a 17th century shipwreck.
The Mary Rose: In preparation for his deepest ever dive, Ross returns to training with dive master Neil Brock and explores the site of Britain's most famous wreck: the Mary Rose.
Ross tries to find out more about his sea-faring Great Grandfather, Arthur ‘Pop' Chalmers. He discovers that Pop served in the Merchant Navy and survived three shipwrecks. Inspired to know more, he links up with maritime archaeologist, Mallory Haas.
Ross prepares to explore the wreck of a sunken steam-age ship, the Iona II. The ship went down with a mystery cargo on board. Determined to solve the mystery, Ross meets with a maritime historian who has uncovered the Iona II's shocking purpose.
Ross first takes on the largest wrecks in Scapa Flow: Germany's sunken WWI fleet. Ross tries to understand why the proud German fleet ended up at the bottom. The trail leads to an experimental British aircraft carrier submarine.
Ross completes his specialist SCUBA training under the expert tutelage of dive Supervisor Neil Brock, and inspired by the stories of his shipwrecked relatives, he heads up to the Royal Navy's historic naval base in the far northerly Orkney Islands.
Ross first takes on the largest wrecks in Scapa Flow: Germany's sunken WWI fleet. Ross tries to understand why the proud German fleet ended up at the bottom. The trail leads to an experimental British aircraft carrier submarine.
Ross completes his specialist SCUBA training under the expert tutelage of dive Supervisor Neil Brock, and inspired by the stories of his shipwrecked relatives, he heads up to the Royal Navy's historic naval base in the far northerly Orkney Islands.
D-Day: Starting in Dorset's Studland Bay, Ross searches for wrecks that tell the story of D-Day and learns that winning wasn't just a case of superior power, but also ingenuity.
Nazi Menace: The quest continues in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, a deeply personal journey given Ross' grandfather fought in the North Africa campaign during World War II.
Suez: Ross hops from Portsmouth to Plymouth and explores a coastline littered with treasures. A bout of hypercapnia leaves Ross shaken after the dive of a 17th century shipwreck.
The Mary Rose: In preparation for his deepest ever dive, Ross returns to training with dive master Neil Brock and explores the site of Britain's most famous wreck: the Mary Rose.
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