This family loves travelling, so they like watching and bonding over Race Across the World.
Treasures of Ancient Egypt
Episode 1: The Birth of Art
59 minutes on BBC History Channel
Available for years
Tracing the origins of Egypt's unique visual style, Alastair Sooke treks across the Sahara and travels the Nile to find the rarely seen art of its earliest peoples. Show more
Treasures of Ancient Egypt
Episode 2: The Golden Age
1 hour on BBC History Channel
Available for years
Alastair Sooke picks treasures from Ancient Egyptian art's most opulent and glittering moment, and explores architectural wonders, exquisite tombs and a lost city. Show more
Alastair Sooke concludes the story of Egyptian art by looking at how, despite political decline, the final era of Egypt's empire saw its art enjoy revival and rebirth. Show more
This footie fan loves Match of the Day and EastEnders.
Celebrity genealogy series. Actor Charles Dance explores his family history and is determined to learn about his dad, who died when Charles was four. Show more
Celebrity genealogy series. Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood heads to Australia to investigate what happened to his great-great-great-grandfather. Show more
Celebrity genealogy series. Sports broadcaster Clare Balding visits New Jersey and New York, where she uncovers an extraordinary dynasty. Show more
This family loves Casualty, News, Sport and the odd murder show!
Running badly behind schedule and far off-course, Michael travels from Ethiopia to Kenya. En route, he encounters a lion, turns to hitchhiking and meets a hippo colony while on safari.
Michael flies a hot air balloon over one of Kenya’s top game parks before heading on to Tanzania's Ngorongoro Crater and taking the world’s oldest ferry to Zambia.
This family likes Sport, News, The Traitors and they would definitely smash it on MasterChef.
Celebrity genealogy series. Citizen Khan star Adil Ray traces his mixed Asian and African ancestry on the trail of rumours of a link to African royalty. Show more
Celebrity genealogy series. Presenter Emma Willis explores her family history, with a marriage in Ireland leading her down two very different paths. Show more
Celebrity genealogy series. Lulu travels to Glasgow to uncover the story of her Catholic grandfather and Protestant grandmother's love affair across the sectarian divide. Show more
This family loves travelling, so they like watching and bonding over Race Across the World.
A Zambian witch doctor tells Michael that an 'evil shadow' is hanging over him. As bad fortune and tragedy dogs his journey to South Africa via Zimbabwe, Michael suspects it may be true.
Having missed his deadline to reach Antarctica, Michael abandons his original plan. Luckily a travel adventure company swoops in to save the expedition with a route through Chile.
This footie fan loves Match of the Day and EastEnders.
Delving into the corridors of power where Germany’s top political mastermind sees an opportunity to use the popularity of the Nazis for his own ends. Show more
At the start of 1933, Hitler is the chancellor of Germany, but he does not have absolute power. He sets his sights on dismantling the German state. Show more
Threatened by the ambition of SA leader Ernst Röhm, Hitler is persuaded by Himmler to destroy Röhm and his stormtroopers and make the SS Germany’s only paramilitary force. Show more
This family loves Casualty, News, Sport and the odd murder show!
At the peak of his power, Hitler now faces fellow dictator Stalin. He tries to deceive Stalin with a plan to invade Britain, while preparing an attack on the Soviet Union.
The Nazis have lost in Moscow. Hitler and Stalin take charge of their armies - with no-one to hold them back. In Stalin, Hitler has met his match - it's now a fight to the death.
Facing defeat on the Eastern Front, Hitler retreats, and his inner circle vies for power. The resistance gets a student voice, and an enemy within plots to kill Hitler.
This family likes Sport, News, The Traitors and they would definitely smash it on MasterChef.
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
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
Full Circle with Michael Palin
Episode 1: Alaska and Russia
50 minutes on BBC History Channel
Available for years
Michael Palin travels around the Pacific rim. He starts in the Diomede Islands in the Bering Strait, goes to see the Kodiak bear in Alaska and visits the geysers of Kamchatka. Show more
Full Circle with Michael Palin
Episode 2: Japan and Korea
50 minutes on BBC History Channel
Available for years
In this episode, Michael meets a Monty Python superfan in Japan and faces travel obstacles in South Korea Show more
Michael Palin enters China by boat from Korea. He visits the cities of Qingdao and Shanghai and takes a local steamer down the Yangtze. Show more
This family loves Casualty, News, Sport and the odd murder show!
Delving into the corridors of power where Germany’s top political mastermind sees an opportunity to use the popularity of the Nazis for his own ends. Show more
At the start of 1933, Hitler is the chancellor of Germany, but he does not have absolute power. He sets his sights on dismantling the German state. Show more