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 a dig in Orkney.
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An awe-inspiring year of archaeological digs with Dr Alice Roberts. Roman finds include an amazing coin hoard and a man buried on a pile of dead animals.
Tony arrives at the most rebellious corner of England as he looks back at the Duke of Monmouth's attempt to overthrow the British monarchy.
On the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta, Tony unravels the history from the myths surrounding King John and Robin Hood.
The Zodiac Killer Code reveals the desperate bid to crack the crazed codes sent by America's most mysterious serial killer.
Uncovering some of the world's most famous encryptions. Revealing how they were decoded, the brilliant minds who cracked them and the mysteries they were hiding.
In August of 1968, 71-year-old lost gold prospector Bernard Rover crawled on hands and knees through 10 miles of Pitt Lake wilderness in a 12-day fight for his life. His rescuers say when they found him he was in shock, disoriented, dazed.
When legendary prospector Volcanic Brown went missing in the fall of 1931, rumours of his mysterious disappearance tied him to Slumach's gold…and his curse.
Professor Alice Roberts is in Glasgow to investigate the impact of steam power on the major towns of Britain in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Professor Alice Roberts visits Plymouth where England's golden age was launched in the Elizabethan era.
Ross goes on the hunt for wrecks that tell the story of D-Day, the 1944 Allied invasion of Occupied France, and discovers how winning wasn't just a case of superior firepower and numbers, but also ingenuity.
In this episode Ross continues his diving quest in the crystal clear waters of the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt. It's a deeply personal journey as Ross' grandfather fought in the North Africa campaign during World War Two.
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 a dig in Orkney.
An awe-inspiring year of archaeological digs with Dr Alice Roberts. Roman finds include an amazing coin hoard and a man buried on a pile of dead animals.
At Rathlin Island, the third episode of the series visits a neolithic stone tool factory, a unique ‘upside-down' lighthouse, and a WW2 shipwreck.
The legend of Slumach's Lost Gold Mine has a prospector, mountaineer and a truth-seeker searching for clues in Pitt Lake, British Columbia. Early 1900's newspaper reports claim that Taylor's ancestor Slumach placed a curse on his mine.
In 1066, William of Normandy decided to go to England to claim the crown of England - which ignited a war of succession on an exceptional scale.
Dr Alice Roberts investigates British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length and breadth of the country. The team hunt for artefacts from World War II.
Dig into how a lobster helped archaeologists discover an 8000-year-old underwater settlement.
For five years, the Channel Islands were occupied by Nazi Germany. Here, Tony traces the still-visible story of the occupation.
Tony traces the Norman conquest of this part of Wales, which still feels more English than the rest of the country, nearly 1000 years later.
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