Historian Bettany Hughes presents a series of clues to show the legend of Atlantis was inspired by a real historical event, the greatest natural disaster of the ancient world. Show more
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Ben MacIntyre reveals the true story of Britain's most extraordinary wartime double agent, Eddie Chapman. Featuring remarkable footage of Chapman three years before his death. Show more
An exploration of the hold the dramatic story of the Titanic has had over the public imagination from the moment it sank on 14 April 1912. Show more
Dan Cruickshank investigates the circumstances and rituals surrounding death in Victorian Britain. He unearths some bizarre tales of sinister bodysnatchers and stolen corpses. Show more
Survivors and relatives of those killed when a coal tip collapsed, burying everything in its path, discuss their grief and their fight for justice following the disaster.
Is history correct to paint King George III as a fool? An examination of how his metabolic condition affected his life.
For 40 years the science world was hoodwinked by a forged "missing link" between ape and man. Who was responsible for the infamous "Piltdown Man" hoax?
Attempts to solve the mystery of the building of the Iron Bridge in Shropshire, built in 1779. Engineer Jamie Hillier is enlisted, to unravel how it was constructed.
The story of the massacre at No Gun Ri during the Korean War, one of the worst atrocities committed by American troops in the 20th century.
Huw Edwards investigates the events of an extraordinary day in 1969 when a few nationalist extremists plotted against the investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales. Show more
A look at the rapid changes in the nature of warfare during World War I which ended hopes of a swift conclusion and caused a long bloody stalemate in the trenches.
The stories of the one million post-war Britons who paid ten pounds to emigrate to Australia in one of the biggest planned migrations of the twentieth century. Show more
An investigation into a radical theory that Stonehenge, far from being a place of burial as is commonly assumed, was in fact a place of healing. Show more
Documentary telling the story of the Black African kingdom of Kush and its battles with ancient Egypt for supremacy of the Nile Valley. Show more
Simon Haslett and Ted Bryant examine the phenomenon of British tsunamis, believing that the Bristol Channel flood of 1607 was in fact a tsunami. Presented by Vanessa Collingridge. Show more
Documentary about the much-debated first 30 years of Adolf Hitler's life. With a look at new evidence revealing facts Hitler was desperate to conceal. Show more
A group of men follow in the footsteps of their ancestors who, under the leadership of Ernest Shackleton, tried to become the first men to reach the South Pole. Show more
First transmitted in 2001, this programme chronicles the construction of the Empire State Building in New York, which was the world's tallest skyscraper when opened in 1931. Show more
Christopher Frayling unravels the circumstances which turned a killer into a Gothic hero he asks: is it time to lay the ghosts of 1888 to rest? (1988) Show more
Drama-documentary telling the true story of how the HMS Venturer hunted down and sank the U-Boat U864 in February 1945, the only time two submarines duelled to the death. Show more