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Treasures of Ancient Greece

Episode 2: The Classical Revolution

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

Alastair Sooke unpicks the reasons behind the dazzling revolution that gave birth to classical Greek art, asking how the Greeks got so good so quickly. Show more

Treasures of Ancient Greece

Episode 3: The Long Shadow

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

Filming in Italy, Germany, France and Britain, Alastair Sooke explores the extraordinary afterlife of Greek masterpieces that changed the course of western culture. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 8 months

How Britain's greatest treasure was found in an English country garden on the eve of WWII, shining a light into the Dark Ages and unlocking the mysterious story of how Anglo-Saxon culture was born. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 8 months

Nina Ramirez travels in the footsteps of the Nazi archaeologist who, on the brink of WWII, discovered The Lion Man, a treasure that would reveal how civilisation began. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 8 months

Janina Ramirez travels to Mexico, where, just before WWII, the discovery of giant stone heads led to a lost civilisation. Her journey is intercut with original technicolor footage. Show more

Union with David Olusoga

Series 1

The Making of Britain

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

David Olusoga tells the story of attempts to form a united Britain in the 17th and early 18th centuries, a period defined by religious and cultural divisions. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Olusoga
Director:
Francis Welch
Producer:
Kat Feavers
Series Producer:
Francis Welch
Executive Producer:
David Olusoga
Executive Producer:
Leanne Klein
Executive Producer:
Mary Crisp
Production Company:
Wall to Wall Media

Union with David Olusoga

Series 1

Creating Britishness

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

In the face of threats from overseas and rebellion in Scotland, a new sense of Britishness emerges, and a national hero is born. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Olusoga
Director:
Francis Welch
Producer:
Kat Feavers
Series Producer:
Francis Welch
Executive Producer:
David Olusoga
Executive Producer:
Leanne Klein
Executive Producer:
Mary Crisp
Production Company:
Wall to Wall Media

Union with David Olusoga

Series 1

The Two Nations

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

The 19th-century union appears secure, but beneath the surface run deep divisions, leading to the emergence of a new working-class movement - and a catastrophic famine in Ireland. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Olusoga
Producer:
Kat Feavers
Series Producer:
Francis Welch
Executive Producer:
David Olusoga
Executive Producer:
Leanne Klein
Executive Producer:
Mary Crisp
Production Company:
Wall to Wall Media

Union with David Olusoga

Series 1

Union and Disunion

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

The 20th century sees partition in Ireland. A sense of national unity emerges in the aftermath of the World War II, but new divisions create questions about the union’s future. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Olusoga
Director:
Francis Welch
Producer:
Kat Feavers
Series Producer:
Francis Welch
Executive Producer:
David Olusoga
Executive Producer:
Leanne Klein
Executive Producer:
Mary Crisp
Production Company:
Wall to Wall Media

Who Do You Think You Are?

Series 15

Episode 4: Boy George

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 8 months

Boy George expects to find a lot of sadness in his family tree, but delights in a new sense of his family being part of Irish history. Show more

Who Do You Think You Are?

Series 15

Episode 5: Shirley Ballas

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 8 months

Shirley Ballas investigates a family story that her maternal great-grandmother abandoned her husband and children for a more exciting life in America. Show more

Who Do You Think You Are?

Series 15

Episode 6: Marvin Humes

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 8 months

DJ, presenter and former member of boy band JLS, Marvin Humes looks at his Jamaican and his English heritage, finding exceptional stories on both sides of the family. Show more

Who Do You Think You Are?

Series 15

Episode 7: Robert Rinder

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 8 months

Robert 'Judge' Rinder follows the story of his grandfather, a Holocaust survivor, as well as investigating the dark mystery surrounding his great-grandfather. Show more

Duration: 57 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 3 months

Documentary series featuring dramatic reconstruction in which Lucy Worsley delves into the personal lives of Henry VIII's wives, beginning with Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Lucy Worsley
Catherine of Aragon:
Paola Bontempi
King Henry VIII:
Scott Arthur
Anne Boleyn:
Claire Cooper
Charles Brandon:
Orlando James
Maud Parr:
Natalie Grady
Maria de Salinas:
Bea Segura
Mary Boleyn:
Tiffany Ceri
Henry Norris:
Nicholas Agnew
Thomas Hawley:
Sam Phillips
Princess Mary:
Scarlett Cecil
Anne Savage:
Sophie Bleasdale
Production Company:
Wall to Wall South Ltd
Executive Producer:
Emma Hindley
Executive Producer:
Leanne Klein
Writer:
Chloe Moss
Producer:
Ben Evans

Duration: 57 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 3 months

Documentary drama series exploring the lives of Henry VIII's wives. Henry leaves Katherine to marry Anne Boleyn, but rumours start to spread that she has been unfaithful. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Lucy Worsley
Catherine of Aragon:
Paola Bontempi
Henry VIII:
Scott Arthur
Anne Boleyn:
Claire Cooper
Jane Seymour:
Elly Condron
Henry Norris:
Nicholas Agnew
Maria de Salinas:
Bea Segura
Archbishop Cranmer:
Crispin Letts
Princess Mary:
Grace Drew
Anne Savage:
Sophie Bleasdale
Princess Elizabeth:
Isla Bliss
Prince Edward:
Ashton Hayward
Executive Producer:
Emma Hindley
Executive Producer:
Leanne Klein
Writer:
Chloe Moss
Producer:
Ben Evans
Editor:
Henry Wood
Production Company:
Wall to Wall South Ltd

Duration: 56 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 3 months

Documentary drama series exploring the lives of Henry VIII's wives. Henry annuls his marriage to Anne of Cleves and marries teenager Catherine Howard two weeks later. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Lucy Worsley
Anne of Cleves:
Rebecca Dyson-Smith
Henry VIII:
Richard Ridings
Catherine Howard:
Lauren McQueen
Katherine Parr:
Alice Patten
Princess Elizabeth:
Madeleine Power
Ambassador Karl Harst:
Carsten Hayes
Thomas Culpepper:
Wilf Scolding
Archbishop Cranmer:
Crispin Letts
Charles Brandon:
Andrew Greenough
Eleanor Paston:
Sophie Roberts
Henry Norris:
Nicholas Agnew
Executive Producer:
Emma Hindley
Executive Producer:
Leanne Klein
Writer:
Chloe Moss
Producer:
Ben Evans
Production Company:
Wall to Wall South Ltd

Berlin 1933

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 51 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

As the new year dawns, Berlin is fractured and divided. Street battles intensify, and cracks deepen as the National Socialists have become the strongest party in Germany. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Volker Heise
Producer:
Thomas Kufus
Production Company:
Zero One

Berlin 1933

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 52 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

Now Reich chancellor, Hitler embarks on a push to consolidate power. He begins to purge government ministries and the civil service, and takes control of the press and radio. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Volker Heise
Producer:
Thomas Kufus
Production Company:
Zero One

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 8 months

Janina is in Crete on the trail of the millionaire who discovered the mythical palace of the Minotaur and the first western civilisation, but who is now mired in controversy.

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 8 months

Janina is in Scandinavia, investigating the lost thousand-year-old ship that transformed the fierce reputation of the Vikings and became a symbol of a nation's fight for freedom.

Digging for Britain

Series 11

The Roman Emperor’s Bathhouse

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 2 months

Digs in northern Britain reveal a Roman emperor’s lost bathhouse, the sunken treasures of medieval pilgrims and a formidable fortress perched on top of a Scottish mountain.

Contributors

Presenter:
Alice Roberts
Reporter:
Onyeka Nubia
Reporter:
Cat Jarman
Production Manager:
Verity Quinn
Series Producer:
Dominic Ozanne
Executive Producer:
Rory Wheeler
Executive Producer:
Edward Hart
Production Company:
Rare TV

Digging for Britain

Series 11

Anglo-Saxon Gold and Rebellious Nuns

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 2 months

In central England, an RAF airbase with a Roman past, a forgotten medieval nunnery, a gold pendant from a 7th-century grave and a pub with a very long history of hospitality.

Contributors

Presenter:
Alice Roberts
Reporter:
Onyeka Nubia
Production Manager:
Verity Quinn
Series Producer:
Dominic Ozanne
Executive Producer:
Rory Wheeler
Executive Producer:
Edward Hart
Production Company:
Rare TV

Digging for Britain

Series 11

A Norman Panic Room and a Mesolithic Fish Trap

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 2 months

In the west of Britain, there's a rare medieval cemetery, a disappearing Mesolithic landscape, a mysterious Iron Age burial and the ruins of a Gothic masterpiece.

Contributors

Presenter:
Alice Roberts
Reporter:
Stuart Prior
Production Manager:
Verity Quinn
Series Producer:
Dominic Ozanne
Executive Producer:
Rory Wheeler
Executive Producer:
Edward Hart
Production Company:
Rare TV

Digging for Britain

Series 11

A Roman Mystery and Waterloo’s Disappearing Dead

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 2 months

Roberts reveals the most fascinating archaeological finds this year in the east of England: a Roman dodecahedron, the secrets of Boudicca’s hill fort and Waterloo’s disappearing dead.

Contributors

Presenter:
Alice Roberts
Reporter:
Onyeka Nubia
Production Manager:
Verity Quinn
Series Producer:
Dominic Ozanne
Executive Producer:
Rory Wheeler
Executive Producer:
Edward Hart
Production Company:
Rare TV

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