Not Just the Tudors Episodes Available now
Dancing Plague of 1518
One woman's mysterious dance sparked an epidemic of people dancing til they dropped.
How to Kill a Scottish Witch
Scotland's Witch Trials and the modern-day efforts to recognise these historic injustices
Shakespeare's First Playhouse
The Making of Shakespeare: Apprenticeship, Theatre and the Burbage Legacy
Young Elizabeth I
How did a child written off by the court become one of England's most iconic monarchs?
The Maya & the Inquisition
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb explores a chilling act of cultural destruction in Mexico
The Elizabethans and Islam
How and why did Elizabeth I try to align England with Muslim powers?
The Dark Side of Sir Francis Drake
A fresh look at Drake’s voyages, dispelling the myths and uncovering some brutal truths.
Tudors & Their Dogs
The Tudors' love of dogs reveals a lot about the hierarchy and pleasures of the period
The Caribbean, Colonisers & Christianity
What - and who - did Christopher Columbus find when he landed in the Caribbean?
Cardinal Wolsey
The rise and fall of Henry VIII's most trusted confidant