Professor Alice Roberts 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.
From India at the time of the Mughal Empire to the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding the Koh-i-Noor, the Neo-Assyrian Stele and more.
From rural Spain in the 1800s to Russia during World War II, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding Goya's Black Paintings, the Amber Room and more.
Jeremy Birch takes on a salvage to raise a vessel with a concrete hull it's been in the Fraser River for a month, collecting silt and mud, adding 30 tons to its deadweight.
Teams salvage a 15m motor yacht in Islamorda, Florida, a 13m launch hung up on a dam on the Mississippi River, and repair a major storm gate in the British Isles.
Cannon, grenade and Brown Bess musket are all put under the microscope in this examination of what it was like to face a Napoleonic cavalry charge.
Karl Ude-Martinez puts ancient swords, spears and armour to the test as he revisits the bloody British uprising against the Roman invaders.
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.
The team search for remains of the crashed WWII Spitfire and discover parts of the cockpit.
The search for Slumach's gold sends the team 300 kilometres away into the heart of the mystery.
The Mystery of Terrarosa Gold: Kru chases down a taped conversation with a man claiming to have found Slumach's gold deposit. Taylor attempts to decipher an old map.
East: 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.
Karl Ude-Martinez looks at various items of weaponry employed during 1916's Battle of the Somme, from machine guns to poison gas.
Presenters Karl Ude-Martinez and Kevin Hicks continue their look at how weapons and body armour were developed, investigating the part played by Danish battle axes, Saxon shields and Norman lances during the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
Professor Alice Roberts tells the story of Edwardian Britain by visiting Cardiff, which grew rich selling the coal that powered the Empire.
Professor Alice Roberts explores the Georgian era in her hometown of Bristol, from architectural gems to the world's first chocolate factory.
From the time of the Knights Templar to pre-historic Spain, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding the Turin Shroud, the Cave of Altamira and more.
From an Anglo-Saxon Burial ground to the caves of the Judean Desert and Siberia in the Ice Age, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding Sutton Hoo, Lyuba and more.
The Human Code: Step foot on the roller-coaster ride that is cracking humanity's most complex and important code - the Human Genome. Season finale.
Despite an idyllic tropical setting in the middle of the world's largest ocean, the Pacific Islands have been a battleground for centuries.