Witness history's most incredible moments and remarkable people.
Sounds,·250 episodes
How did Bob Marley rise from Kingston’s most impoverished area to become a global star?
20 Jan 2025,·52 mins
How did Rome go from a small, almost insignificant settlement to a superpower?
17 Jan 2025,·55 mins,·
Nero is one of the most infamous leaders of Rome, but was he as bad as history suggests?
13 Jan 2025,·50 mins,·
Who was Zheng I Sao, and how did she become one of the most successful pirates ever?
10 Jan 2025,·43 mins,·
In 1961,JFK became President of the USA. What challenges did he overcome to reach office?
09 Jan 2025,·54 mins,·
The Pyramids have become a symbol of Egypt, but what mysteries might still remain inside?
27 Dec 2024,·52 mins
Known as Braveheart, William Wallace is synonymous with the battle for Scottish freedom.
23 Dec 2024,·41 mins
Were the Samurai elite martial artists or a self-important militia of romanticised thugs?
20 Dec 2024,·51 mins
How did Beatrix Potter - a shy, sheltered Victorian girl - become a literary phenomenon?
16 Dec 2024,·48 mins
The Gunpowder Plot is an epic tale of adventure and revenge but who was really behind it?
13 Dec 2024,·57 mins
The Panama Canal: arguably the greatest infrastructure project the world has ever seen
09 Dec 2024,·52 mins
A defiant act catapults Rosa Parks to the forefront of the battle for racial equality.
06 Dec 2024,·56 mins,·
How did Buckingham Palace become such an iconic part of Britain’s landscape?
02 Dec 2024,·53 mins
Cloaked in secrecy, Alcatraz is the most feared institution in the American penal system.
29 Nov 2024,·54 mins
Explore the rise, influence, and mysterious abandonment of Chichén Itza, a Maya marvel.
25 Nov 2024,·51 mins
1511. Spanish explorers become some of the first Europeans to make contact with the Maya.
22 Nov 2024,·51 mins
The apple, the genius, the rivalries. What were his discoveries and controversies?
18 Nov 2024,·30 mins
In 1969, Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to step foot on the surface of the moon.
15 Nov 2024,·51 mins
The Lighthouse of Alexandria was a Wonder of the Ancient World. What's its story?
11 Nov 2024,·49 mins
Explore the dawn of space travel as U.S. and Soviet teams race to take to the stars.
08 Nov 2024,·49 mins
Uncover the story of Vlad the Impaler, the inspiration behind Bram Stoker's Dracula.
04 Nov 2024,·51 mins
The Black Death ravages the populations of three continents during the 1340s.
01 Nov 2024,·47 mins,·
The Trojan War was a time of heroes, gods, and myths - but were the legends true?
28 Oct 2024,·49 mins
In 1922, in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, a young boy makes a remarkable discovery.
25 Oct 2024,·47 mins
Marie Curie was an extraordinary woman who turned the scientific world on its head
21 Oct 2024,·51 mins
In 79 AD, one of history’s most infamous natural disasters unfolds in Pompeii.
18 Oct 2024,·42 mins
Walter Raleigh: Elizabethan explorer and writer. But was he a patriot or a traitor?
14 Oct 2024,·53 mins
In 1848, the discovery of gold in the American River triggers an explosion of findings.
11 Oct 2024,·53 mins
The Vietnam War was a brutal, un-winnable conflict which reshaped global geopolitics
07 Oct 2024,·54 mins
In the 18th century, one man makes his name as the most notorious pirate of all time...
04 Oct 2024,·55 mins
