Witness history's most incredible moments and remarkable people.
Sounds,·240 episodes
Lost for 1,000 years, and rediscovered by a Swiss explorer... the ancient city of Petra
22 Jan 2024,·47 mins
The legend of Boudica has survived for two millennia. What is her real story?
15 Jan 2024,·45 mins,·
Dec 26th 2004, Sumatra, Indonesia. The deadliest natural disaster of the 21st Century
08 Jan 2024,·50 mins,·
Muhammad Ali - the greatest boxer of all time?
01 Jan 2024,·48 mins,·
The “Queen of Crime”, Agatha Christie, is the best-selling novelist of all time.
18 Dec 2023,·54 mins,·
J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings. What is his own remarkable story?
11 Dec 2023,·46 mins
The Colosseum, voted one of the seven wonders of the world. What is its remarkable story?
04 Dec 2023,·49 mins,·
One of history's most recognisable names, what is the real Winston Churchill story?
27 Nov 2023,·50 mins,·
What's the real story of the highwaymen? The rogues who are imortalised in art and myth
20 Nov 2023,·50 mins,·
Throughout 18th Century Britain, calls for the end of the slave trade grew louder
13 Nov 2023,·50 mins
One of the world's most celebrated novelists. What is the real Charles Dickens story?
06 Nov 2023,·50 mins
Magna Carta - the most enduring document from the Middle Ages. What does it mean?
30 Oct 2023,·45 mins,·
One of the most famous female writers, but what do we know about Austen's life?
23 Oct 2023,·45 mins
The world's deepest and most powerful waterway, with an exciting, often dark, history
16 Oct 2023,·45 mins,·
Margaret Thatcher, one of the 20th Century's most controversial leaders.
09 Oct 2023,·49 mins,·
America, 1773. 300 chests of tea are thrown into Griffin's Wharf. What happened, and why?
02 Oct 2023,·40 mins,·
Japan's biggest earthquake and fear of a global nuclear meltdown. How close did we come?
25 Sep 2023,·50 mins
Joan of Arc, peasant girl turned symbol of national freedom. But who was she really?
18 Sep 2023,·50 mins,·
The world's most famous canal - how and why does it still hold the key to global trade?
11 Sep 2023,·50 mins
Why does Marilyn Monroe still inspire and exert such power, 60 years after her death?
04 Sep 2023,·45 mins,·
1845-1852, Ireland suffered famine from its failed potato crop. What really happened?
28 Aug 2023,·50 mins,·
‘The 300’ fought to the death against the Persians, but who were the real Spartans?
What is Stonehenge? An ancient clock or computer? And who lived and died to create it?
28 Aug 2023,·50 mins
In the years of Nazi occupation, who were the French and Allied citizens risking all?
28 Aug 2023,·55 mins,·
The story of a man stranded on an island. What and who was Defoe’s inspiration?
At the time, the Mongol Empire was the largest the world had seen. How did they do it?
28 Aug 2023,·53 mins,·
Cleopatra’s legend has endured the ages. Manipulative femme fatale? The true story.
28 Aug 2023,·54 mins,·
A priceless collection of treasures kept in the Tower of London… What's the real story?
28 Aug 2023,·42 mins
Who were the Incas and why did they build a stone citadel on a mountain ridge?
28 Aug 2023,·52 mins
1666, The Fire of London tore through London. What happened? What is its lasting legacy?
