How two French girls, a century apart, became queens of England. Isabella of France would be accused of murder and Margaret of Anjou of destructive ambition. Show more

How Matilda almost became the first woman to be crowned queen of England in her own right, and how Eleanor of Aquitaine was more than the queen of courtly love. Show more

Documentary. Through an astonishing manuscript, writer and historian Dr Helen Castor unpicks the story of Joan of Arc, placing her back in the world that she inhabited. Show more

Helen Castor reveals how the moment of labour and birth was one of the most dangerous times for a medieval woman, with no antiseptics or anaesthetics available. Show more

Helen Castor explores the lives of the Tudor queens Jane, Mary and Elizabeth, and how each struggled with wearing a crown that was made for a male head. Show more

Historian Helen Castor reveals how the Catholic church tried to control marriage from the 12th century onwards, as a way to contain the troubling issue of sex. Show more

Helen Castor reveals how being remembered shaped not only the worship of the people of the Middle Ages but the very buildings and funding of the medieval Church itself. Show more

Helen Rosslyn reveals the influence of the 17th-century British pioneer collectors such as Thomas Howard and how the Whitehall Group brought a taste for the Baroque. Show more

How collecting reached its maturity in the 19th century when the booming economy encouraged philanthropic industrialists to spend their fortunes on art. Show more

Series exploring the hidden corners of the UK and revealing landscape secrets. Ellie Harrison, Chris Hollins and Denise Lewis explore the Lake District. Show more

Series exploring the hidden corners of the UK and revealing landscape secrets. Ellie Harrison, Chris Hollins and Denise Lewis explore Devon. Show more

Art series with Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould. Can the team prove that a still life of a glass jug and pears is the work of celebrated British artist William Nicholson? Show more

Art series with Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould. Fiona and Philip head to France to see if they can reverse an art world decision which one owner refuses to accept. Show more

Art series with Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould. The team look into whether a small watercolour sketch could be by the British 20th-century sculptor Henry Moore. Show more

Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould are in Scotland for a double investigation. Can they prove who painted two rare portraits of black Britons from the 18th and 19th centuries? Show more

Can the team prove that a portrait attributed to pioneering female artist Maria Cosway is actually an undiscovered work of the great Regency artist Sir Thomas Lawrence? Show more

Bought for just £1, could a small still life be the work of one of the masters of early 20th-century art, Giorgio de Chirico? Show more

The team investigates a beautiful 18th-century Venetian view. Could this be a work by one of the Italian masters, either Francesco Guardi or Michele Marieschi? Show more

Some of the nation's best-loved presenters travel around the globe to marvel at seven diverse natural wonders and meet some of the two billion members of the Commonwealth. Show more

Lisa Eldridge explores the peacocks of British history: the Georgians. This was a period of extreme ostentation, but the glamour of the look stemmed from the turbulence of the age. Show more