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Fossil Detectives is a 2008 BBC Television documentary series in which presenter Hermione Cockburn travels across Great Britain exploring fossil...

Michael Wood argues that the most important and influential British kings were a father, son and grandson who lived over a thousand years ago during...

Take a gentle walk as familiar faces explore landscapes in the north of England in this series of immersive and intimate documentaries.

Vienna was the capital of the Habsburg dynasty and home to the Holy Roman Emperors. From here, they dominated middle Europe for nearly 1,000 years....

The case of the Yorkshire Ripper is re-examined by film-maker Liza Williams.

Series showing how new camera technology is revealing the inner workings of the Earth's most spectacular natural wonders.

Dr James Fox tells the story of three cities in three exceptional years - cities whose artists and thinkers, writers and musicians set the world on a...

Treasures of Ancient Rome is a 2012 three-part documentary written and presented by Alastair Sooke. The series was produced by the BBC, and...

Earth is a collection of worlds within worlds, each one a self-contained ecosystem bursting with life. These microworlds depend on an intricate web...

An exploration of the history of bohemians - weird and wonderful artists and writers who have chosen to defy convention, from radical romantics to...

It is estimated that 99 per cent of species have become extinct and there have been times when life's hold on Earth has been so precarious it seems...

With sumptuous palaces, exquisite artworks and stunning architecture, every great city offers a dizzying multitude of cultural highlights. So what...

Sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe takes a voyage through the history of British seafaring and puts some of the vessels featured in the programme through...

Three British aristocratic families struggle to hang on to their historic homes. Their lifestyle is assumed to be idyllic, but constant battle with...

It took more than 350 million years for the human body to take shape. Anatomist Neil Shubin reveals how our bodies are the legacy of ancient fish,...

Series which follows Martha Kearney's bee-keeping year and explores the science, art and culture of the honeybee, the most ingenious insect known to...

Lucy Worsley explores how British history is a concoction of fibs and stories manipulated by whoever was in power at the time.