Witness history's most incredible moments and remarkable people.
Sounds,·250 episodes
Why did two palaeontologists enter a bitter professional feud in the 1870s?
05 Dec 2025,·48 mins
The Ashes have produced some of cricket’s most iconic moments.
01 Dec 2025,·47 mins
Frida Kahlo is as much a modern icon for her personal flair as she is for her paintings.
28 Nov 2025,·50 mins,·
Charlotte, Anne and Emily Brontë were among the most famous authors of the 19th century.
24 Nov 2025,·49 mins,·
What do the tapestry's scenes of battle reveal about life and death in the Middle Ages?
21 Nov 2025,·45 mins,·
How did Allan Pinkerton, a Scottish immigrant, found America’s first detective agency?
17 Nov 2025,·49 mins,·
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is, arguably, the most famous painting in the world.
14 Nov 2025,·50 mins
Wilde is remembered as one of the great Victorian writers, and a martyr for LGBTQ+ rights.
10 Nov 2025,·47 mins,·
In 1947, India was divided into two provinces, leading to confusion, chaos and violence.
07 Nov 2025,·49 mins,·
Enclosed within the city of Rome, Vatican City is the world’s smallest independent state.
03 Nov 2025,·56 mins,·
In 1971, D.B. Cooper became the subject of one of the strangest cases in FBI history.
48 mins,·
In early December 1952, a smog descended upon London, bringing chaos to the city.
27 Oct 2025,·46 mins,·
Did games of chance really drive the transformation of this small, dusty desert town?
24 Oct 2025,·50 mins,·
How did allies who came together to defeat the Nazis become sworn enemies?
20 Oct 2025,·53 mins,·
No single writer has shaped the way we speak and think more than William Shakespeare.
17 Oct 2025,·51 mins,·
The Tube is an emblem of ambition, cutting-edge technology, and genius design.
13 Oct 2025,·49 mins,·
How did Pocahontas spearhead a period of truce between her tribe and the Europeans?
10 Oct 2025,·50 mins,·
The White House has been the stage for various seismic moments in American history.
06 Oct 2025,·49 mins,·
How did one man attract such public adoration and murderous wrath all at the same time?
03 Oct 2025,·59 mins,·
How did this epic, nation-defining era finally come to an end?
29 Sep 2025,·52 mins,·
The Rosetta Stone provided the key to understanding Egyptian hieroglyphs.
26 Sep 2025,·54 mins,·
Over the course of Queen Victoria’s reign, Britain transformed into an imperial power.
22 Sep 2025,·50 mins,·
The Tower of London is a symbol of the authority and power of the British crown.
19 Sep 2025,·48 mins,·
During World War II, a country house in Buckinghamshire hosted some of the UK’s top minds
15 Sep 2025,·52 mins,·
Easter Island is best known for its hundreds of giant stone statues.
12 Sep 2025,·50 mins,·
Perhaps best known for Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell became a chronicler of modern society
08 Sep 2025,·51 mins,·
Van Gogh is one of the most important and influential figures in the history of art.
05 Sep 2025,·48 mins,·
The Domesday Book has survived almost 1,000 years of turmoil, war and politics.
01 Sep 2025,·47 mins,·
From the end of the 15th century, the Conquistadors changed the face of the Americas.
29 Aug 2025,·52 mins,·
Rarely out of the media during their lifetimes, the Mitford sisters have become notorious.
25 Aug 2025,·51 mins
