Omnibus
From Millicent Fawcett to Multiculturalism
Anne McElvoy traces liberalism's development since the Suffragists.
18 Dec 2015,·58 mins
6. Take Back the City
While peace transforms the country, the twists continue in the story.
24 Apr 2023,·28 mins
British Conservatism: The Grand Tour - Omnibus
Week 2 Omnibus
Anne McElvoy traces British conservatism from the Edwardian era to the permissive society.
13 Sep 2013,·58 mins
8. Spies, Lies and a Political Prize
Dara Ó Briain and Isy Suttie unravel a strange-but-true tale, with guest Chris Chung.
22 Feb 2025,·28 mins
Alex Scott
Presenter and former footballer Alex Scott delves into both sides of her family history.
30 Jun 2022,·54 mins
The Story of the King James Bible
The Legacy
James Naughtie on the enduring place of the King James Bible in British culture.
05 Jan 2011,·45 mins
Series 2
Useless Men Jokes
Ian Hislop returns to unearth the oldest examples of five varieties of British joke.
05 Sep 2025,·14 mins
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Shiloh, American Civil War
29 May 2025,·36 mins
Episode 3
Ali Ansari concludes his grand tour of Iranian history travelling from the 1700s to today.
09 Jul 2012,·28 mins
Omnibus: Historian Ben Macintyre on guile in war, from the Old Testament to modern times.
07 Feb 2020,·57 mins
Episode 50: The End of the Beginning
The Irish delegation agrees to sign up to the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
10 Dec 2021,·35 mins
Facing The Music
Joseph Haydn: Letting Go of Loneliness
David Suchet plunges into Haydn’s isolation and how it was shattered in war-torn Vienna.
17 Feb 2025,·29 mins
What We Feared
Was the service ready for the events of 7/7 and what is it doing to prevent other attacks?
11 Dec 2007,·40 mins
10. Exile
The anti-communist chill drives countless Hollywood figures into career exile
25 Mar 2024,·38 mins
Series 8
The Junkers of Woodbridge Airfield
Michael Portillo remembers a crucial 1944 incident that impacted on the war.
18 Jun 2012,·28 mins
Episode Seven: The Wanderer
The story of the assassin who attempted to kill Victoria on her way to Windsor Castle.
01 May 2023,·34 mins
Nicolas Bourbaki
Professor Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics drives science.
25 Jun 2010,·15 mins
Episode 5
Napoleon ended his life on a distant island. Andrew Roberts asks what history made of him.
19 Jun 2015,·15 mins
Perfectionists: Martha Graham
Martha Graham was to modern dance what Picasso was to painting.
16 Jan 2026,·14 mins
Part Nine: Epilogue - 'Aberfan is different...'
55 years on, survivors of the disaster are looking to the future - as well as the past.
08 Dec 2021,·29 mins
Part 25: Through a Glass Darkly
Jeremy Bowen looks at some of the lessons of the past 25 years.
30 Jun 2017,·15 mins
5. London Lives
London has witnessed cycles of disaster and plague. History’s lessons still resonate.
07 Nov 2025,·14 mins
20. Shakespeare Goes Global
How a folio of collected plays in 1623 began the creation of a global phenomenon.
11 May 2012,·15 mins
Bonus: The Women on the Scene with Audrey Flack
Audrey Flack shares her firsthand accounts of the New York art scene in the 20th Century.
26 Nov 2024,·16 mins
3. The Road through Turkey to Istanbul
Bettany Hughes follows the ancient road from Rome to Istanbul.
18 Dec 2015,·30 mins
25/12/2018
Archive interviews with those who experienced the First World War.
25 Dec 2018,·57 mins
8. Born this Way
Sam Smith explores the experiences of young people who were born with HIV.
19 Aug 2022,·37 mins
Sanctuary: An Act of Defiance
Episode Six
Karen plots Viraj’s escape from Sri Lanka as a new posting is troubling for Father John.
30 Sep 2025,·29 mins
France
War and the French Economy from 1920 – 1940.
23 Aug 2019,·14 mins
Reichstag
Neil MacGregor ends his journey through 600 years of German history at the Reichstag.
07 Nov 2014,·15 mins
