Walking Through History
Tony sets out on the trail of St Cuthbert across the ancient kingdom of Northumbria stretching across its 7th-century extent from Edinburgh to York.
Tony sets out on the trail of St Cuthbert across the ancient kingdom of Northumbria stretching across its 7th-century extent from Edinburgh to York.
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Al is joined by Sanjeev Kohli as they visit Craufurdland Castle to explore the truth behind famous battles from the Wars of Scottish Independenc
Comedian John Thomson and historian Janina Ramirez join Al to explore the truth about Vikings and how they were so successful in Britain.
Dr Alice Roberts explores finds from the west of Britain, including the lost World War I training trenches on Salisbury Plain.
In the north of Britain, a team discovers clues to Scotland's first kingdoms and metal detectorists unearth a Viking treasure hoard.
Hugh and the team attempt to uncover a secret World War military base on the clifftops of South Shields and become the first people to put these pieces of military history on the map.
Hugh and the team unearth William the Conqueror's lost priory hidden beneath Lenton in Nottingham and begin to draw a bigger picture of the landscape during the Domesday Book era.
Dan Jones explores the history of Cardiff castle over more than 2,000 years and reveals how it became transformed from a strategically important Roman and Norman stronghold to a lavish fairy-tale Victorian home.
Alice Roberts and Matt Williams visit sites in the west of Britain, including one uncovering the rituals of Stonehenge
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.
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.
Arguably the greatest spy for the West during the Cold War, Dimitriy Polyakov was a Soviet Military General who turned on Russia.
To uncover how the mafia has worked in the UK, Ross heads to New York. Meeting Salvatore ‘Crazy Sal' Polisi, Ross learns how in the 1920's British bootleggers exported alcohol to the US during prohibition and in doing so helped build the mafia...
Ross starts his journey under the arches of Blackfriars bridge in London. In 1982, under this bridge a man was found. He had apparently hanged himself. The man was Roberto Calvi, better known as “God's Banker".
Ross heads to Portsmouth and the Mary Rose Museum and takes up an opportunity he can't turn down – to be one of the few divers allowed on the site of Britain's most famous wreck, the Mary Rose.
Al faces up to the richest nation on Earth to discover how the former British colony of America somehow slipped through its fingers.
Bruno Tonioli joins Al to look at key battle tactics during the Roman Invasion back in AD 43.
Alice Roberts and Matt Williams present more outstanding archaeology. The team unearths a mass grave and search the Thames for clues to a 17th century tragedy
Alice Roberts and Matt Williams visit sites in the west of Britain, including one uncovering the rituals of Stonehenge
Stories of heroes and the villains encountered on their adventures are among the most thrilling in all mythology - but they come with controversial theories.
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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