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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How do communities form, survive and adapt? Explore how myths and legends shape societal rules and the punishments for those who break them.
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.
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.
Andy visits Britain's oldest shop, drinks coffee with a corpse and discovers a 19th-century time machine hidden in an urban cemetery.
Tony sets out on a walk across the Cairngorms to Balmoral, in the footsteps of Victoria and Albert, who promoted the Scottish Highlands.
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.
Love is a universal and powerful emotion but it can also be destructive, lust can destroy and betrayal can wound.
The violent story of Romulus and Remus, the brutal Vikings and the Valkyries, the Trojan War and exploring the influence of Homer's Iliad on Alexander the Great.
Alice studies the history of Canterbury, learning the true horror of the Black Death and exploring the iconic cathedral.
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.
Dan ventures behind the battlements of Dover Castle, exploring the underground lairs and a vast network of tunnels that have been used to defend the country for centuries.
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.
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.
Salvaging a motor yacht in Islamorda and a launch hung up on a dam on the Mississippi River, and repairing a major storm gate in the British Isles.
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.
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.
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