History
Living Legends
A series about the truth behind some of the popular figures in British history.
6. Burke and Hare (29 mins)
- Blitz Spirit with Lucy WorsleyOur finest hour? Six personal tales of terrible pain – and remarkable resilience89 mins
- Six Wives with Lucy WorsleyHenry annuls his marriage to Anne of Cleves and marries Catherine Howard two weeks later.57 mins
- Villages by the SeaArchaeologist Ben Robinson uncovers the secrets of the Northumberland village of Bamburgh.
- D-Day: The Last HeroesHow two years of planning, espionage and analysis lay behind the D-Day invasions.
- Italy's Invisible CitiesAlexander Armstrong and Dr Michael Scott uncover 2,500 years of hidden history in Naples.
- The War LordsAJP Taylor’s classic series. The historian examines the motives behind the WWII leaders
- UprisingA fatal fire. A pain-filled protest. A community erupting. From director Steve McQueen
- VE Day 80Audio Described. A service of thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey.164 mins
- TimeshiftA look at the evolution of the weather forecast from print via radio to TV and beyond.58 mins
- Singapore 1942: End of EmpireA 70th-anniversary television event telling the story of the fall of Singapore in 1942.59 mins
- Nelson's Caribbean Hellhole: An 18th-Century Navy Graveyard Uncovered...Sam Willis explores how the Caribbean sugar islands were a kind of hell in Nelson's time.59 mins
- Churchill: When Britain Said NoDocumentary covering Winston Churchill's failure to be re-elected following World War II.59 mins
