In AD80, the Colosseum opens. Emperor Titus plans 100 days of games to commemorate.
Tim and David look back at the Normans in Ireland. Was it really an English invasion?
At the biggest dig in a generation, archaeologists strike gold in a lavish Pompeiian home.
Including an Anglo-Saxon sword, a Roman sarcophagus and an exquisite coin hoard.
Chris O'Donnell traces the ancestry of his late father, discovering a legacy of courage.
How did the Jack the Ripper case fuel today's true crime obsession?
A political mastermind uses the sudden popularity of the Nazis for his own ends.
Journalist Jordan Dunbar meets survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
A look at the Brighton bombing of 1984, with new testimony from many of those affected.
Adam Hart-Davis investigates the lavish lifestyles of the Romans.
Lucy Worsley investigates real-life murders of the first half of the 19th century.
The story of 15 men and women on the front line of the 1984 miners' strike.
First-hand account of the 1984 bombing of the Conservative Party Conference in Brighton.
When tensions between Protestants and Catholics explode, the British Army is deployed.
The story of the Black African Kingdom of Kush.
The Allies launch a high-stakes invasion of Nazi-occupied France to win the war.
Documentary about Gustave Eiffel's industrial feat in building France's famous landmark.
A shell gallery needs shoring up, and a priceless Rubens is saved from falling down.
Julius Caesar tears up the rulebook in his quest to become Rome鈥檚 greatest man.
Film about a Swedish galleon which sank after setting off on her maiden voyage in 1628.
