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Man Alive

Top Class People

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for over a year

1960s working-class stars reveal their thoughts and feelings upon meeting royalty and how accents are now less of a hindrance in establishing credentials. (1967) Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Angela Huth
Presenter:
Jeremy James
Presenter:
John Percival
Presenter:
Trevor Philpott
Presenter:
Desmond Wilcox
Participant:
Alan Aldridge
Participant:
Sandie Shaw
Participant:
Johnny Speight
Participant:
Evie Taylor
Participant:
Twiggy

Genres

Duration: 32 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for over a year

Stefan Westmann, a Corporal with the German 29th Infantry Division, recollects the moment he killed a French Corporal. He also describes an act of kindness by British soldiers. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Stefan Westmann
Executive Producer:
Sandra Gorel

Royal History’s Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Series 2

George IV and the Regency

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 12 months

Lucy Worsley finds the fibs behind the facade of Georgian elegance and discovers how the story of Regency Britain – from Waterloo to Peterloo – was spun to avoid revolution. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 12 months

Lucy explores the myths and fibs that swirl around the dramatic events of 1917 and discovers it was really a group of women workers who kick-started the Russian Revolution. Show more

Who Do You Think You Are?

Series 20

Kevin Clifton

Duration: 57 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

Kevin Clifton investigates the rumour of an ancestor from Canada’s First Nations, taking him on an extraordinary journey to the country’s remote 18th-century trading posts. Show more

DNA Family Secrets

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 7 months

Stacey Dooley helps answer life-changing questions through the power of DNA. Bill wants to learn what happened to his father, while Charlie asks if she is safe from a deadly disease. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Stacey Dooley
Director:
Chris Taylor
Series Producer:
Lucy Morgan
Executive Producer:
Kari Lia
Executive Producer:
Sophie Leonard
Executive Producer:
Kate Collier
Production Company:
Minnow Films

DNA Family Secrets

Series 1

Episode 3

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 7 months

Stacey Dooley helps answer life-changing questions through the power of DNA. A set of adopted triplets want to discover their ethnicity, and gene therapy could stop Leo going blind. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Stacey Dooley
Director:
Chris Taylor
Series Producer:
Lucy Morgan
Executive Producer:
Kari Lia
Executive Producer:
Sophie Leonard
Executive Producer:
Kate Collier
Production Company:
Minnow Films

DNA Family Secrets

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 7 months

Stacey Dooley helps answer life-changing questions through the power of DNA. Janine’s origins have always been a mystery, and Duri fears she may get terminal cancer like her mother. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Stacey Dooley
Director:
Chris Taylor
Series Producer:
Lucy Morgan
Executive Producer:
Kari Lia
Executive Producer:
Sophie Leonard
Executive Producer:
Kate Collier
Production Company:
Minnow Films

DNA Family Secrets

Series 2

Episode 1

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 7 months

Richard is on a lifelong mission to discover the identity of his father, Janet wants to know if she has a secret sister, and Glen hopes his DNA can finally reveal his ancestry. Show more

During World War II, thousands of men and women from the Caribbean colonies volunteered to join the fight against Hitler. They tell their extraordinary stories in their own words. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
David Olusoga
Executive Producer:
Chris Granlund
Production Manager:
Alison Mills
Production Coordinator:
Josef d'Bache-Kane

Civilisations

Series 1

Episode 5: The Triumph of Art

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

Simon Schama examines how traditions developed in the years following the Renaissances. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Simon Schama
Executive Producer:
Denys Blakeway
Executive Producer:
Michael Jackson
Series Producer:
Melanie Fall
Assistant Producer:
Billie Shepherd
Assistant Producer:
Scarlet Moore
Production Company:
Nutopia

Civilisations

Series 1

Episode 6: First Contact

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

David Olusoga shows how art was always on the frontline when distant cultures met. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Olusoga
Executive Producer:
Denys Blakeway
Executive Producer:
Michael Jackson
Series Producer:
Melanie Fall
Director:
Ian Leese
Associate Producer:
Ewan Roxburgh
Production Company:
Nutopia

Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

Episode 1: Profit and Loss

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 8 months

Documentary about the abolition of slavery. Huge sums of money were paid out in compensation, not to slaves, but to slave owners. Show more

Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

Episode 2: The Price of Freedom

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC History Channel

Available for 8 months

Documentary. David Olusoga traces the bitter propaganda war waged between the pro-slavery lobby and the abolitionists. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Olusoga
Executive Producer:
Chris Granlund
Series Producer:
James Van Der Pool
Director:
Ben Crichton
Producer:
Ben Crichton

Around the World in 80 Treasures

Series 1

Episode 5: India to Sri Lanka

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

Documentary series with Dan Cruickshank. In India, he tangles with a ten-armed naked goddess and is moved to passion in the Cave of Heavenly Maidens. Show more

Around the World in 80 Treasures

Series 1

Uzbekistan to Syria

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

Documentary series with Dan Cruickshank. Dan sees tile making in Samarkand, the Trading Domes of Bukhara, the Fire Temple of Baku and Persepolis. Show more

Great Coastal Railway Journeys

Series 2

St Bees to Maryport

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 3 months

On the last leg of his railway journey around the north west coast of England, Michael meets a lifelong fan of Alfred Wainwright’s famous guidebooks. Show more

Great Coastal Railway Journeys

Series 2

Middlesbrough to Boulby

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 3 months

Michael's journey propels him in search of the unknown universe in Boulby, North Yorkshire, as he joins the hunt for dark matter in the deepest mine in Britain. Show more

Around the World in 80 Treasures

Series 1

Australia to Cambodia

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

In his documentary series revealing the most beautiful things in the world, Dan Cruickshank travels from the Australian outback to Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom in Cambodia. Show more

Around the World in 80 Treasures

Series 1

Japan to China

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for years

Dan Cruickshank reveals the most beautiful and precious things in the world. In Japan, he visits a temple with a meditation garden. In China, Dan marvels at the Great Wall and the Terracotta Army. Show more

Great Coastal Railway Journeys

Series 2

Morecambe to Grange-over-Sands

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 4 months

Michael Portillo continues his rail journey, learning to make potted shrimp at Morecambe Bay, helping clip the topiaries at Levens Hall and visiting Cartmel's 12th-century priory. Show more

Great Coastal Railway Journeys

Series 2

Ulverston to Ravenglass

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 4 months

Michael Portillo is in Cumbria, enjoying one of the most spectacular coastal railway journeys in Britain. He takes to the lake in Ulverston and hikes up Black Combe. Show more

Villages by the Sea

Series 1

Lindisfarne

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 28 days

Archaeologist Ben Robinson discovers the story of the monks and villagers of the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, off the Northumberland coast. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Ben Robinson
Producer:
Chris Jackson
Executive Producer:
Tony Parker
Executive Producer:
Diana Hare

BBC History Channel

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