Frenchman Fred Sirieix joins Al Murray to break down what really happened during the Napoleonic wars. Did Britain really win the battle of Waterloo?
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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.
Al joins forces with German comedian Henning Wehn to delve deeper into the truth behind some World War II myths.
Frenchman Fred Sirieix joins Al Murray to break down what really happened during the Napoleonic wars. Did Britain really win the battle of Waterloo?
Alice Roberts and Matt Williams visit the Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site, where they explore finds from archaeological digs across the north of Britain.
Alice Roberts and Matt Williams visit the Dorset Country Museum, where they explore finds from archaeological digs across the west of Britain.
In the National Library in Stockholm sits one of the ancient wonders of the world – a three-foot-tall compendium of medieval knowledge called the Codex Gigas, also known as the Devil's Bible.
When Hitler seized power in 1933, he had one aim in mind – to convince the German people to go to war.
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.
Before the Unabomber, New Yorkers were terrified for 16 years by an attacker who planted bombs across the city. The culprit? An electrician named George Metesky.
Umberto 'Albert' Anastasia, once the chief of the notorious 'Murder Incorporated' crime firm, winds up the target of a mob hit in a barber shop chair.
Despicable duo Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck team up to con lonely women across the nation, posing as siblings to rob them of their riches.
With a double indemnity insurance policy on her husband's life and a lover as an accomplice, what can go wrong with Ruthie Brown's plan to stage a murder?
The prime suspect of a gruesome triple homicide, wax sculptor Robert Irwin sold his story to finance his defence and escape the death penalty.
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.
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.
The wild is a rich setting for myths and legends, with countless tales about the wilderness and the fearsome monsters within it.
Stories of heroes and the villains encountered on their adventures are among the most thrilling in all mythology - but they come with controversial theories.
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.
Love is a universal and powerful emotion but it can also be destructive, lust can destroy and betrayal can wound.
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