The Mystery of the Body in the Bog
A documentary following the investigation of a 4,000-year-old body found preserved in a bog.
2026-02-03 18:51:00 +0000 UTC→2026-02-03 19:51:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Live & Upcoming Programmes
Journeys From the Centre of the Earth
Iain Stewart shows the impact of salt on the existence of ice ages and the preservation of the dead in Egypt.
2026-02-03 17:53:00 +0000 UTC→2026-02-03 18:51:00 +0000 UTC(58m)
Journeys From the Centre of the Earth
Iain Stewart discovers how water has played a role in history, including the fall of the Roman Empire.
2026-02-03 16:55:00 +0000 UTC→2026-02-03 17:53:00 +0000 UTC(58m)
Journeys From the Centre of the Earth
Dr Iain Stewart looks at how the rocks of the Mediterranean have shaped human history.
2026-02-03 15:57:00 +0000 UTC→2026-02-03 16:55:00 +0000 UTC(58m)
Journeys From the Centre of the Earth
Cave painters scraped their colors from rocks, but later civilizations used rocks to broaden their palettes.
2026-02-03 14:58:00 +0000 UTC→2026-02-03 15:57:00 +0000 UTC(59m)
Journeys From the Centre of the Earth
Dr Stewart reveals how rocks inspired the Egyptians to build pyramids and the Romans to build perfect circles.
2026-02-03 14:01:00 +0000 UTC→2026-02-03 14:58:00 +0000 UTC(57m)
Journeys From the Centre of the Earth
Earthquakes are behind everything from catastrophic volcanoes to natural health spas.
2026-02-03 13:03:00 +0000 UTC→2026-02-03 14:01:00 +0000 UTC(58m)
Archaeology: A Secret History
How attention turned from civilization and kings to the search for the common man.
2026-02-03 12:04:00 +0000 UTC→2026-02-03 13:03:00 +0000 UTC(59m)
Archaeology: A Secret History
How discoveries in the 18th century overturned ideas of when and where civilization began.
2026-02-03 11:04:00 +0000 UTC→2026-02-03 12:04:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Archaeology: A Secret History
Richard Miles explores how archaeology began by trying to prove a biblical truth.
2026-02-03 10:05:00 +0000 UTC→2026-02-03 11:04:00 +0000 UTC(59m)
Ancient Worlds
Christianity filled a spiritual vacuum at the heart of the Roman civilization.
2026-02-03 08:58:00 +0000 UTC→2026-02-03 10:05:00 +0000 UTC(1h7m)
Ancient Worlds
Exploring the Roman Republic from its mythical beginning to violent end.
2026-02-03 07:51:00 +0000 UTC→2026-02-03 08:58:00 +0000 UTC(1h7m)
Ancient Worlds
Tracing the career of Alexander the Great from Greece to Pakistan.
2026-02-03 06:44:00 +0000 UTC→2026-02-03 07:51:00 +0000 UTC(1h7m)
Ancient Worlds
Art, philosophy and science blossom while political discord, social injustice and war erupt.
2026-02-03 05:37:00 +0000 UTC→2026-02-03 06:44:00 +0000 UTC(1h7m)
Ancient Worlds
Winners and losers from the Bronze Age collapse; emergence of the Iron Age.
2026-02-03 04:30:00 +0000 UTC→2026-02-03 05:37:00 +0000 UTC(1h7m)
Ancient Worlds
Exploring the origins of civilization, beginning in Uruk in southern Iraq through Greece.
2026-02-03 03:23:00 +0000 UTC→2026-02-03 04:30:00 +0000 UTC(1h7m)
Walking with Beasts
Mammoths meet danger crossing the Alps, but the biggest dangers are awaiting their return.
2026-02-03 02:50:00 +0000 UTC→2026-02-03 03:23:00 +0000 UTC(33m)
Walking with Beasts
Revealing the exotic, oversized creatures that inhabited South America one million years ago.
2026-02-03 02:17:00 +0000 UTC→2026-02-03 02:50:00 +0000 UTC(33m)
Walking with Beasts
The beginnings of mankind can be traced back 3.2 million years to Ethiopia.
2026-02-03 01:44:00 +0000 UTC→2026-02-03 02:17:00 +0000 UTC(33m)
Walking with Beasts
Going back 25 million years to the time of the indricothere, which was the size of a rhino.
2026-02-03 01:10:00 +0000 UTC→2026-02-03 01:44:00 +0000 UTC(34m)