Witness history's most incredible moments and remarkable people.
Sounds,·240 episodes
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
Sitting Bull was the greatest chief the Lakota people had ever known
30 Sep 2024,·53 mins
With Soviet missiles on Cuban soil, The United States is now in Moscow's crosshairs.
27 Sep 2024,·45 mins
Was Mary Stuart an ambitious plotter who would stop at nothing to realise her dreams?
23 Sep 2024,·50 mins,·
Three men – Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro – hold the fate of the planet in their hands.
20 Sep 2024,·53 mins
Over roughly a thousand years, the Kremlin has come to symbolise Russia itself.
16 Sep 2024,·54 mins
We're in Ancient Rome to discover the bizarre and barbaric world of the gladiators.
13 Sep 2024,·43 mins
The Normans were a formidable force who left a lasting legacy across the British Isles
09 Sep 2024,·48 mins
One of the best-selling solo music artists of all time: Elvis Presley
02 Sep 2024,·53 mins
The late 19th century, a period of European imperialism. A land-grab of epic proportions
26 Aug 2024,·55 mins
Who were the men who gave up everything to find the Northwest Passage?
19 Aug 2024,·52 mins
